The North Dakota Chief Justice is making history

Have you ever wondered who’s working hard inside the state capitol? I’m talking about the heavy hitters, those making decisions year-round. One of those people is Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle.

VandeWalle is the longest-serving Supreme Court chief justice in the state’s history and the longest-serving of all the active justices in the United States.

“I like research. I like taking a legal problem, researching it, solving it and writing it. Besides that, I am not talented in any other way. I don’t have mechanical abilities,” said VandeWalle.

He is a judge of the supreme court and has been for 27 years. Some of the things he does are watch over trials and hearings, sets the agenda for the court’s meetings, and he makes administrative decisions.

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