Carol Ronning Kapsner
Carol Ronning Kapsner was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. She was first appointed to the court in 1998 by Republican Governor Ed Schafer. She was subsequently elected in 2000 to a full 10-year term on the court and re-elected in 2010. Although her term was set to expire on January 1, 2021, Kapsner retired on July 31, 2017.[1][2]
Education
Kapsner received her B.A. in English literature from the College of St. Catherine, her M.A. in English literature from Indiana University, and her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1977.[1]
Career
- 1998-2017: Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
- 1977-1998: Founder, Kapsner and Kapsner[1]
Elections
2010
Kapsner was re-elected with 99.35 percent of the vote.[3]
- Main article: North Dakota judicial elections, 2010
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Kapsner received a campaign finance score of 1.2, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 1.00 that justices received in North Dakota.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[4]
See also
External links
- Project Vote Smart, "Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner (ND)"
- North Dakota Supreme Court, "Opinions of Carol Ronning Kapsner"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 North Dakota Supreme Court, "Carol Ronning Kapsner bio," accessed August 8, 2014
- ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "Supreme Court Justice Carol Kapsner to resign in July," April 25, 2017
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2010 Unofficial Judicial Results-Statewide"
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of North Dakota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of North Dakota
State courts:
North Dakota Supreme Court • North Dakota Court of Appeals • North Dakota District Courts • North Dakota Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Dakota • North Dakota judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Dakota
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