Port: After Rep. Dockter's guilty verdict, can North Dakota's citizen Legislature survive?

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Port: After Rep. Dockter's guilty verdict, can North Dakota's citizen Legislature survive?

MINOT — Back in January, I wrote that state Rep. Jason Dockter, the beneficiary, along with his business partners, of a cozy real estate deal with the Attorney General's office, should resign. At that time, I was convinced that Dockter had clearly committed a wrong and violated the public's trust. What I wasn't certain about was whether he committed a crime. A jury has now concluded that Dockter committed a crime, but my opinion hasn't chan…