
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander MacDonald "Sandy" Keith died last month. I served as a law clerk at the Court when the Chief joined as the junior associate justice in 1989. He was the first person to hold office in each of the three branches of Minnesota state government, serving as state senator, the 37th Lieutenant Governor, and as an associate justice and later chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. The Chief was born and raised in Rochester, Minnesota before … [Read more...]