Attorney General Marty Jackley batted .500 for South Dakota this week in the one-party state’s war on the First Amendment. On Thursday, Jackley secured an…
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In a remarkable display of judicial independence, a Rhoden-appointed judge has thrown a spanner in the works of a Rhoden-anointed economic development project. In February,…
Alas, we don’t get to watch Republicans beat up Republicans in court. Judge Carmen Means has put the kibosh on crony-capitalist A1 Development Solutions’ lawsuit…
The League of Women Voters and the American Civil Liberties Union have been cranky about 2026 Senate Bill 175 since rookie wingnut Senator John Carley…
Marty Jackley, Jon Hansen, and the state of South Dakota lose again in their effort to stifle direct democracy. Yesterday on a 2–1 decision, a…
Governor Larry Rhoden and Attorney General Marty Jackley both have elections to win in November, so they can’t accept their crushing legal defeat at the…
The state of South Dakota lost yet another important First Amendment case Friday, as a federal judge told the state it can’t punish people for…
Trump again chickens out, this time from appealing a federal court ruling that found illegal his moratorium on federal permits for wind power projects: In…