first amendment

I'm tired of hearing and reading people who are crying "disaster" now that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court.

In February, Duluth received approval from the Minnesota Judicial Council for a formal veterans treatment court.

In the aftermath of the recent school shooting in Broward County, Fla., many of the high school students have been very active and outspoken in seeking political change.

One of the more difficult things a judge has to do is listen to statements from crime victims prior to sentencing a defendant.

In the court system, we often deal with people suffering from mental illness or chemical dependency.

As a young Navy judge advocate, I was assigned to a court-martial involving a sexual assault on a female sailor, shortly after women were allowed to serve on aircraft carriers.

"Me, too." With those two words of a hashtag, thousands of women around the world have shared stories of being sexually assaulted or sexually harassed.

I have been taking my kids to University of Minnesota Duluth hockey games since they were toddlers. One of the first things they had to learn when they went with me to a game was the proper way to observe the national anthem. If you wear a hat into my courtroom, security personnel...