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A plaque dedicating the parking meter to Howard Henry that was donated from the city of Minot. The parking meter represents Henry's fight to get the meters banned from North Dakota. (Jesse Trelstad/Grand Forks Herald)

With the Courts Making Parking Enforcement More Complicated North Dakota Needs to Legalize Meters

- April 23, 2019 - ,

With the Courts Making Parking Enforcement More Complicated North Dakota Needs to Legalize Meters

- April 23, 2019 - ,

A Michigan woman by the name of Alison Taylor, fed up with getting parking tickets, decided to make a federal case out of it. Literally. She objected to the chalking of her tires by law enforcement. This is a common practice for parking law enforcers. They put a chalk mark on your tire in order to…

State Rep. Luke Simons Dickinson Press photo

Shouldn’t the Cops Need a Warrant, or at Least Probable Cause, to Come on Your Land?

- April 2, 2019 - ,

As it was originally written, HB1290 introduced by Rep. Luke Simons (R-Dickinson) would have prohibited law enforcement from entering any person’s private land without permission unless they have a warrant, probable cause, or if the entry is justified by an emergent situation. Here’s the language it would have added to the North Dakota Century Code:…

An Interstate 94 traffic stop the morning of Jan. 21, 2018, about 8 miles east of Jamestown, N.D., resulted in a Stutsman County deputy seizing 476 pounds of marijuana. Special to The Forum

Cop Stopped and Searched Motorists Because They Were Suspiciously Obeying the Law

- July 11, 2018 - ,

Last month a North Dakota Judge ruled that nearly 500 lbs of marijuana seized during a traffic stop could not be admitted as evidence for criminal charges against the driver and his passenger because the traffic stop itself was unconstitutional. The story made headlines because, let’s face it, that’s a lot of marijuana and losing…

Audio: Fargo Attorney Says Cops Access Our Cell Phone Data “Far More Frequently Than Any of Us Know”

- December 5, 2017 - ,

A case currently before the United States Supreme Court questions whether law enforcement officials can access data collected from your cell phone usage without a warrant. Here in North Dakota, a Fargo-based defense attorney says state lawmakers need to pass a law requiring such a warrant. The case is Carpenter vs. USA and deals with a…

North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer accepts the state GOP endorsement at its convention on Sunday, April 4, 2016, in Fargo. Rick Abbott/The Forum

Kevin Cramer: Privacy Must Be Balanced With Safety

- June 24, 2016 - ,

Libertarian U.S. House Candidate Jack Seaman has made a number of false claims about my record, claiming I’ve voted to “expand our government’s surveillance of U.S. citizens” and “in favor of indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.”  The fact of the matter is, my record is exactly the opposite. While I wasn’t serving in Congress in…

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U.S. Supreme Court To Take Up Challenge To North Dakota Drunk Driving Law

- December 11, 2015 - ,

Back in January I wrote about an opinion from the North Dakota Supreme Court which, frankly, made it illegal for citizens to exercise their 4th amendment rights when facing a drunk driving investigation. During the 2013 legislative session lawmakers passed a number of laws to address a supposed drunk driving epidemic. Among the changes was…

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