Commissioners of the Commonwealth Casino Commission voted Thursday last week for Ramon M. Dela Cruz of Tinian to serve as an interim chairman effective last Friday. At a meeting held via videoconference, the commissioners also voted for Diego M. Songao of Rota to serve as interim...

Impairing the obligation of contracts is clearly unconstitutional under both the U.S. and NMI constitutions. The recent proposal of the CNMI governor to suspend contractual obligations and foreclosures is quite shocking coming from the chief executive. Either he has no...

In 1789—or about 230 years ago—the U.S. Constitution was ratified and approved by the 13 original colonies. This landmark legal instrument established the first democracy in the world. As a representative democracy, the people of the United States freely choose their political...

About two weeks ago, the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands issued, at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, search warrants with respect to the office of Gov. Ralph Torres, the Torres Brothers LLC law firm, the Legend Realty real estate company,...