Courts & rulings
North Dakota · highest court
North Dakota Supreme Court
Elected (nonpartisan)
Chief: Elected to a five-year term by vote of the Supreme Court justices and the district court judges.
Justices
All judges & justices →- Lisa K. Fair McEvers
- Jon J. Jensen
- Jerod E. Tufte
- Douglas A. Bahr
- Mark A. Friese
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of North Dakota
Adopted 1889. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Declaration of Rights). This court has the final word on what the North Dakota constitution means.
Not well documented
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).