Minnesota Supreme Court

The Minneapolis Police Department still has a staffing problem.

More than one in four Minnesotans voting in the 2022 election cast an absentee ballot. The genie’s out of the bottle post pandemic, setting the stage for the number of…

With the May 20 adjournment date in sight, it looked like the 2024 legislative session was going to end on time, on budget and with very little drama. But this…

In 2008, Brian Flowers, a month shy of 17, participated with another juvenile male in the brutal murders of Katricia Daniels and her 10-year-old son Robert Shepard in their North…

At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...

Our adversarial system of justice is under attack from within.

The case of Marvin Haynes We should all be proud to live in a country where people are considered innocent until proven guilty.  Marvin Haynes was proven guilty of a…

As they say at the bingo hall, hold your cards! A district court judge in Mille Lacs County is telling some felons to hold their voter registration cards despite Minnesota’s…

The Minnesota Supreme Court pulls back the absentee ballot reins.

UMLC drills down on the governor’s authority to declare a state emergency.

American Experiment spurs stiffer restrictions against the Federal Reserve’s lobbying

I have written frequently this past year on the role the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) plays in our overall public safety. Current legislative efforts to stack the MSGC (including adding…

Week three of the 2023 legislative session is over, and the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are taking full advantage of their new power.

Activists are discovering the power of working together to bring accountability to their communities.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled this week in favor of Minneapolis citizens who were forced to sue just to ensure the city maintained a proportion of police officers guaranteed in…

In January 2016, Center of the American Experiment filed an Amicus Brief supporting a legal challenge to the City of St. Paul’s right-of-way maintenance (ROW) fee on behalf of two…

AG Ellison blocks watchdog group from investigating inappropriate hires.

Members of Minnesota’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission abandon their plan to reduce prison terms during our record spike in violent crime. At least for now.

While the debate over voter fraud and the “big lie” continues across the country, a relatively minor bill moved through a Senate committee this week that could do more to…

The Fed’s lobbying for the Page Amendment undermines its independence.

Letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell outlines illegal grass roots lobbying Center of the American Experiment sent a letter to the head of the Federal Reserve Board in…

The Minnesota Board of Pardons has always required the unanimous agreement of the governor, attorney general, and chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court to consider a convicted criminal’s application…

A lawsuit aimed at overriding local control by directing Gov. Tim Walz to order Minnesota schools to adopt a statewide mask mandate, whether districts object or not, has lost round…

The powers that be at Red Wing City Hall have already voted on the recall special election aimed at six of seven city council members. But they still don’t think…