Roger Baron is a professor emeritus at the University of South Dakota School of Law. He writes frequently about the opinions of the South Dakota Supreme Court and the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He also maintains and operates USDLAW, an email discussion group for the legal community in South Dakota.
Licensure for new attorneys in South Dakota depends on exam results from essays and timed multiple-choice questions. But the current exams place more emphasis on the wrong portion of the tests. An applicant’s ability to quickly select answers preferred by the author of the multiple-choice questions often determines licensure — even where the test-taker provided […]
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to grant review in U.S. v. Rahimi, a case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The sole issue presented for the court’s review is the constitutionality of the federal law that prohibits possession of firearms by people subject to protective orders issued under […]
