Lawmakers Should Keep Supreme Court Ruling in Mind While Considering Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill
HB1286, introduced by Rep. Rick Becker (R-Bismarck), would require a conviction before law enforcement can forfeit (read: keep) property or...
Month: February 2019
House Lawmakers Seem More Concerned About Economic Development Than Fair Treatment for Female Prisoners
If we ever needed a measuring stick for just how thoroughly addled by parochialism state politics are, consider the state...
After the Furor Over North Dakota’s Voter ID Laws Study Finds Those Sort of Policies Don’t Actually Suppress Votes
A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that voter ID laws "have no negative effect on...
Plain Talk: Lawmaker Explains Why We Need Initiated Measure Reform, Closer Look at Oil Boom Crime Stats Paints a Different Picture
On this episode of Plain Talk, state Senator David Hogue talks about his remarkable speech on the Senate floor to...
Print Column: Nobody, Not Even Voters, Should Be Able to Make Laws Unilaterally
MINOT, N.D. -- The populist cranks slobbering about the initiated measure process and how it represents the “will of the...
Even at Its Peak Violent Crime in the Bakken Oil Patch Was About the Same as the Surrounding Region
Recently my colleague April Baumgarten produced a very thorough report on crime in the region of the Bakken oil fields...
If You’re Skeptical of the Legislature Making Changes to the Initiated Measure Process Please Watch This Video
The state Senate's Committee' on Government and Veteran Affairs voted on SCR4001 they gave it a unanimous "do not pass"...
Plain Talk: Sen. Cramer “Doubts” Trump’s Emergency Will Stand up in Court, Says Trump’s “Treason” Accusation Not an Exaggeration
On this episode of Plain Talk, Senator Kevin Cramer was on to take listener questions. Cramer appears on the podcast...
Survey Says Most North Dakotans Would Flunk the U.S. Citizenship Test
According to a survey commissioned by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, most North Dakotans can't pass the citizenship test immigrants must...
Plain Talk: A Prosecutor and a Defense Attorney Debate North Dakota’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
On this episode of Plain Talk, civil asset forfeiture has been a hot topic in Bismarck. Proposed legislation would creating...
