Tag: Minnesota Supreme Court
GOP leaders: ‘We warned Gov. Walz’ signing ‘jumbo omnibus’ bill was...
The Minnesota Legislature has a history of pushing constitutional limits on the size and scope of “omnibus bills” that have been signed into law.
Now...
Minnesota Supreme Court rejects challenge to voting rights for felons on...
The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law returning voting rights to Minnesotans with felony convictions immediately after their release from prison.
In...
Minnesota Supreme Court’s self-defense ruling ‘flies in the face of human...
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Minnesotans faced with a potentially violent aggressor must first retreat, if possible, and only brandish a...
Emergency powers law needs changes to prevent governors from seizing lawmakers’...
While the pandemic may seem old news for some people, the courts are just finally now getting around to deciding essential issues related to...
MN Supreme Court won’t let group of moms defend parental notification...
The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by a group called Mothers Offering Maternal Support (MOMS), which sought to intervene...
More than a half dozen contested judicial races will come before...
Nathan Hansen has tried over 100 cases in his more than 20 years as an attorney. The Mahtomedi resident and father of four believes the...
Justice Karl Procaccini, ‘chief architect’ of Walz’s 2020 executive orders, will...
A south metro attorney who ran (but fell short of a win) for district court judge in 2022 is aiming higher this November.
Matt Hanson filed his affidavit of...
Minnesota Supreme Court rules state COVID emergency declaration was lawful
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a COVID-19-era emergency declaration previously issued by Gov. Tim Walz was constitutional.
The governor’s emergency was rescinded years...
Marijuana party loses major party status after lawsuit from Democrats
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the Legal Marijuana Now Party (LMNP) did not meet statutory requirements to be considered a "major party"...
Walz names two new Supreme Court appointees
Come Aug. 1, Minnesota’s highest court will feature a panel of seven judges exclusively appointed by Democratic governors.
On Monday morning in the Capitol rotunda,...