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Lori K. Goad

Lori K. Goad

Lori Goad graduated with honors from the University of South Dakota Law School in 2017 and served as judicial clerk for the Fourth Judicial Circuit upon graduation. She currently works as an assistant public defender in Pennington County.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Protection of domestic violence victims is at stake in US Supreme Court case

By: and - July 10, 2023

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to grant review in U.S. v. Rahimi, a case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The sole issue presented for the court’s review is the constitutionality of the federal law that prohibits possession of firearms by people subject to protective orders issued under […]