Ultimately, the Legislature “blinked”…at least for now.
A coalition of left-wing groups discovered long ago that they could not elect the people they’d like, nor get their preferred policies into law because North Dakotans were too smart…
One of the critical elements of our system of government is the checks and balances it ensures. The Constitution gives specific powers to each branch to check the powers of…
The sad thing is that North Dakota didn’t need to find itself in this regrettable situation.
On Nov. 5, 2024, Donald Trump won his second presidential term. But that day was important for another reason: Ranked choice voting was soundly rejected — except in Washington, D.C.,…
An honest review of those Founders’ original intent for the judiciary reveals that it was designed to be the final arbiter of legal cases, but not the final word on…
The confusion over the recent veto error by the Governor has just taken a turn for the worse as a new Attorney General’s Opinion muddies the water even more. Governor…
What we earlier dubbed “The Big Oops” has caused tensions to rise, proverbial shots across the bow to be fired and the question of who will decide the matter up…
As the old adage has it, “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom.” That’s true both for citizens and those elected to represent them in public office. A good example…
In today’s political theater, the outrage machine runs 24/7 — especially when the left catches wind of a conservative doing something effective. The latest criticism? A non-elected individual on the…
Earlier this legislative session, we wrote about the separation of powers and, specifically, the tug and pull as it relates to the legislature and the governor’s office during legislative sessions. The…
We all may remember hearing about “Separation of Powers,” but what does it really mean? How should it work? When is it abused? Does it matter? These are important questions, and…
Fargo became the first city in North Dakota to adopt so-called approval voting for local elections in 2018, and the way things look now, it will be the last. North…
The steady decline in the quality of mail service in recent years has been well documented by MinnPost and other media outlets across the country. The saga over unreliable mail…
Almost half of the lawmakers (69) in the North Dakota Legislature will be out of a job in 2028, courtesy of term limits approved by state residents that restrict the…
The effort to standardize state election procedures by banning approval and ranked choice voting continues to move forward in the state legislature. The North Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted…