Republican gubernatorial candidate and Speaker of the House Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) testified for the defense in federal court on Monday, June 23, in the…
Category: South Dakota
The 2025 Legislature approved seven bills and one resolution affecting the initiative and referendum process. Governor Larry Rhoden vetoed the single absolute worst of those…
So if I already got the courts to say that any initiative petition deadline earlier than six months before the election violates the First Amendment,…
Whether or not Dakotans for Health prevails in its legal battle to stop the state from moving the initiative petition deadline from the first Tuesday…
In other court news, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Piersol dismissed on Thursday a civil rights complaint from Joel Koskan, who was convicted of incest…
Dakotans for Health and the State of South Dakota faced off in federal court Monday as U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler heard arguments over…
I had the pleasure of spending Monday in federal court in Rapid City. I testified as an expert witness on circulating ballot question petitions on…
First a novel, now a paper in the South Dakota Law Review! My friend Reynold Nesiba emailed me back in January: “Of all of the…
Chapter 23: Foundation’s Traveler
Thursday morning, before the sun hit the Maitland Road, I took off on my bike for another Black Hills ride, the longest of this short…