A U.S. President constantly makes decisions that can have monumental ramifications. However, few of those decisions reaches further than the choice of nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court itself. The President’s decision to nominate a 49 year to the Bench could easily result in 30-40 years of decisions that will result in precedent long after they leave the Bench. In order words, this one decision can impact a hundred years. As a result, gun right, search and seizure, right to counsel, search warrants, interrogations, due process rights, and almost everything else can be heavily impacted based upon how far a President is able to push the Court one direction or another. As a St. Paul criminal defense lawyer, this can heavily influence how I deal with criminal defense work in courtrooms in Ramsey County, Hennepin County, Anoka County, Dakota County and everywhere else across Minnesota.

I will appear on AM 950 with Matt McNeil on Thursday, October 1st to discuss. Always enjoy our conversations.