Last month U.S. District Court Judge Camela C. Theeler told Secretary of State Monae Johnson and her minions that they cannot enforce an unconstitutionally early…
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The state refuses to accept Judge Camela C. Theeler’s ruling that Speaker Jon Hansen once again disregarded the First Amendment when he pushed the initiative…
Evidently eager for more beatings in court, the state yesterday filed its notice of appeal to the Eighth Circuit over its loss this summer over…
Democracy isn’t dead yet. In a significant victory for South Dakotans’ right to make their own laws, U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler ruled that…
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…
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,…
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…