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STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DREW WRIGLEY, REGARDING WRIGLEY V. ROMANICK

March 16, 2023

N.D.C.C. 12.1-31-12, commonly known as the “trigger law,” was bi-partisan legislation passed by the 2007 Legislature and signed into law.

STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DREW WRIGLEY IN RESPONSE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITHDRAWL OF ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ DEATH PENALTY NOTICE

March 14, 2023

Alfonso Rodriguez is currently confined to the death row prison cell he earned by targeting, threatening and sexually assaulting women across three decades, before he kidnapped, beat, tied, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered Dru Sjodin, in November 2003.

WRIGLEY SETTLES WITH HEALTHCARE MINISTRY JERICHO SHARE

March 14, 2023

Attorney General Drew Wrigley today announced a settlement with House of Prayer and Life, Incorporated dba Jericho Share, Jericho Health Share, and JHS Community (“Jericho Share”) a Healthcare Sharing Ministry based in Houston, Texas.

WRIGLEY SHUTS DOWN JOHN SPILLER AND JACOB MEARS FOR MAKING MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS IN NORTH DAKOTA

March 6, 2023

Attorney  General  Drew  Wrigley  announced  judgments  shutting  down  a  vast  robocall  operation  involving  John  Caldwell  Spiller  II  and  his  business  partner  Jakob  Mears,  the  owners  of  Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC, as well as Rising Eagle Capital Group–Cayman. 

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MEETINGS THAT CONSTITUTE A QUORUM MUST BE PROPERLY NOTICED

December 22, 2022

The Billings County Commission violated open meetings laws when it failed to provide notice of meetings attended by each of the commissioners during which they discussed public business.

TEACHERS AT SECTARIAN SCHOOLS MAY RECEIVE GRANTS FROM THE TEACHER SUPPORT SYSTEM

December 1, 2022

Article VIII, Section 5 of the North Dakota Constitution is not enforceable under United States Supreme Court caselaw, and therefore teachers at sectarian schools may receive grants from the Teacher Support System.

HIPAA DOES NOT PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION IN ORDER TO ASSERT AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO ABORTION LAW.

November 16, 2022

The North Dakota Attorney General has determined that state and federal law do not preclude a defendant from disclosing a patient’s PHI in order to assert an affirmative defense to N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-12 so long as the applicable requirements are met.

ELECTION OFFICIAL MAY NOT REQUIRE A VOTER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP

October 26, 2022

Without a clear statutory requirement by the legislature to prove citizenship or a constitutionally permissible method by which to prove it, an election official may not require a voter to provide documentary proof of citizenship in order to vote.