Congresswoman Kristi Noem thinks it’s really important that the International Trade Commission yesterday overturned the Trump newsprint tariff: “Local newspapers document the heartbeat of small…
Tag: First Amendment
In my random blog-walk of the morning, I get from empathy and arts in government to the state helping an anti-gay church find a pastor.…
Specific Campaign Materials Still Verboten at Minnesota and South Dakota Election Sites The United States Supreme Court ruled this morning that Minnesota’s law banning political…
As court precedent elsewhere signaled was likely, a federal court has ruled that Colorado’s residency requirement for petition circulators likely violates the First Amendment and ordered…
I hate paid out-of-state petition circulators. The roving bands of mercenaries who make money traveling from state to state to carry petitions for state and…
Lori Walsh wasted public resources yesterday by giving Neal Tapio 34 minutes to word-saladify about June Cleaver gender roles, the inability of Bernie Sanders rallygoers…
The Ninth Circuit dealt a blow to the USDA’s Beef Checkoff program Monday. The court upheld a lower court ruling and said the USDA can’t…
Some Libertarians apparently read my blog as attentively as Democrats do. Following my post about their candidates, their convention, and the apparent harm that angry…
We discussed NIFLA v. Becerra Monday; yesterday, the Supreme Court went it. The Justices gave the clear impression that they do not like California’s law require…
Advocates of ballot questions and free speech can thank Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) for bumbling his way into killing House Bill 1282, another attack on…