Civil Asset Forfeiture – legal process that enables a government to seize property and other assets belonging to persons suspected of committing a crime. In March of 2017, the North Dakota Legislature did the unthinkable and defeated Rep. Rick Becker’s (R [read more…]
In February of 2017, North Dakota State Representative Rick Becker (R – District 7) took to the House floor to advocate for passage of House Bill 1340. As the primary sponsor of the bill, Becker sought to decriminalize marijuana. This [read more…]
One of the first articles we published, when The Minuteman went live with a website in January of 2017, was “The Time Has Come for Constitutional Carry in North Dakota“. Many of us had anticipated the legislation to surface during [read more…]
In North Dakota’s political circles, we often hear jokes and criticism from Republicans about our neighbors to the east in Minnesota being liberals. Yet, as someone recently pointed out to me, when it comes to a comparison of our state [read more…]
North Dakota politics can be very interesting. In some respects, I think we’re seeing a shift of sorts on our political landscape when it comes to the two-party system in the state. If true, does this shift mean we’ll see [read more…]
In November of last year, we published an article detailing the argument that North Dakota’s ethanol subsidies may be unconstitutional. The question arose while reviewing the minutes from the interim Government Finance Committee’s meeting on August 2, 2017. In that [read more…]
In North Dakota’s current political climate, one of the first questions asked of those who announce their intention to run for national or statewide political office is, “Will you abide by the outcome of the convention?” The indication of course [read more…]
On January 11th, we broke the news – while he was on the air with radio talk show host Scott Hennen – that Congressman Kevin Cramer had decided against a run at U.S. Senate. This left many Republicans across the [read more…]
Yesterday, the Forum reported that Congressman Kevin Cramer has hired a new campaign manager in his bid for re-election to the U.S. House. Jared Hendrix of Minot will fill that role. The news was no surprise to us here at [read more…]
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