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(6,344 posts) Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:53 AM Jun 2016

Dayton selects McKeig as next Supreme Court justice - First Indian jurist and first female majority

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Source: StarTribune

June 28, 2016 9:54 PM
Gov. Mark Dayton has selected Fourth Judicial District Judge Anne McKeig as the next Minnesota Supreme Court justice, giving the state's highest court its first American Indian jurist and its first female majority since 1991.

McKeig delivered an emotional speech Tuesday to reporters, members of her family and Minnesota dignitaries, including the state Supreme Court.

"Today is a historic day, not only for myself and for my family, but for all native people," McKeig said.

She thanked trailblazing Judge Robert A. Blaeser for paving the way for other Indians pursuing legal careers. "He was a White Earth member," said McKeig, recalling the impression his 1995 swearing-in left on her. "And, I, a proud descendant of the White Earth Nation, knew that if he could do it, than maybe I could. … It is people like him and his wife who have led the way that have allowed for others like me to dare to dream."

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/dayton-selects-mckeig-as-next-supreme-court-justice/384699971/

1st Native American Indian (White Earth Nation) appointed to MN Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice Anne K. McKeig was appointment on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, now creates a woman majority of the Minnesota Supreme Court. --- 4 women & 3 men.

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Dayton selects McKeig as next Supreme Court justice - First Indian jurist and first female majority (Original Post) Equinox Moon Jun 2016 OP

Cool! 47of74 Jun 2016 #1

Off topic here madokie Jun 2016 #2

cool!....I'm 7 of 9 sdfernando Jun 2016 #9

I agree, the StarTribune could have had a better headline Equinox Moon Jun 2016 #4

I thought you meant in the article itself 47of74 Jun 2016 #5

In LBN the rules are - we can't change the original article or headline Equinox Moon Jun 2016 #8

Greatest Page for your timely, informative post! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #3

It's not the first female majority bench in Minnesota's history Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #6

That is correct Equinox Moon Jun 2016 #10

That is correct Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #11

excellent niyad Jun 2016 #7

47of74

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1. Cool!

Reply to Equinox Moon (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:58 AM

Jun 2016

I'm going to Mitchell-Hamline this fall - the successor to Hamline's law school so it's nice to see a Hamline Alum being appointed to such a posting.

I wish though the article had said Native American instead of American Indian, if for no other reason than to distinguish between Native Americans and people who either emigrated from India or are children of such immigrants.