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Glen A. Severson
Glen A. Severson was an associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2009 by Republican Governor Mike Rounds to represent the state's Second Supreme Court District. He would have been up for retention election at the end of his term in 2020.[1]
Severson retired in June 2018.[2] To learn more about this vacancy, click here.
Education
Severson attended the University of South Dakota, receiving a B.S. in 1972. He went on to attend the University of South Dakota School of Law, receiving his J.D. from this school in 1975.[3]
Career
Severson worked in private practice from 1983 to 1992. He also served as the Huron city attorney from 1977 to 1992, and as a Beadle County deputy states attorney in 1975. Severson was first appointed to the judiciary when he became a circuit court judge in 1993. He served there as that court's presiding judge from 2002 until his 2009 appointment to the South Dakota Supreme Court.[3]
Military service
Severson served in the South Dakota Air National Guard from 1967 to 1973.[3]
Associations
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, South Dakota Bar Association
- Member, Second Circuit Bar Association
- 1986-1992: Member, South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources[3]
2012 election
Justice Severson was retained to the Second Supreme Court District.[4][5][6]
- See also: South Dakota judicial elections, 2012
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.
Severson received a campaign finance score of 0.68, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was less conservative than the average score of 1.05 that justices received in South 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.[7]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Keloland, "Severson Sworn In As Supreme Court Justice," April 3, 2009
- ↑ Argus Leader, "Justice Severson to retire from South Dakota Supreme Court," December 19, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Supreme Court," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "Sample Election Ballot November 6, 2012"
- ↑ Per information submitted by SD State Election Coordinator to Judgepedia via email
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "South Dakota Official Results 2012"
- ↑ 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 South Dakota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Dakota
State courts:
South Dakota Supreme Court • South Dakota Circuit Courts • South Dakota Magistrate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Dakota • South Dakota judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Dakota
