Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee

#North Dakota#

##Justices##

- Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle – Term expires 2014 (leans progressive)

- Justice Dale Sandstrom – Term expires 2016 (leans conservative)

- Justice Mary Muehlen Maring – Re-elected 2008, tern expires 2018 (leans conservative)

- Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner – Term expires 2010 (leans conservative)

- Justice Daniel Crothers – Term expires 2012 (leans conservative)

##About the court##

Court is non-partisan with a conservative majority. However, there have been notable moderate and progressive rulings come from the court.

Recent opinions posted involved presentation of expert medical opinions in workers’ comp cases and parents’ entitlements to legal counsel at all times throughout proceedings to forcefully terminate the parent-child relationship.

Terms are 10 years. The next election cycle is 2010.