Last week Rep. Tim Goodwin withdrew his offensive House Bill 1145, the vague “no-go zone” bill based on Breitbartian Islamophobia. I’m glad to see that bill…
Tag: First Amendment
Rep. Tim Goodwin has shown himself to be a poor reader of law; now the Rapid City Republican shows he’s just as bad at writing…
In an undercard to the South Dakota Legislature’s sex scandal, KSFY took a stand for journalists’ First Amendment rights against the state. KSFY recorded an interview with a former intern…
Representative Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) has roused 18 Republican colleagues to co-sponsor a poorly worded, unworkable, and unconstitutional restriction on out-of-state campaign contributions to ballot question…
Rep. Michael Clark (R-9/Hartford) takes a moment to mock public protest as futile: On the opening day, there was a group of a dozen or…
Governor Dennis Daugaard reached for an awkward analogy yesterday to justify Republican legislators’ impending attack on our right to put initiatives and referenda on the ballot:…
In good news, House Republicans’ retreat from their sneaky effort to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics shows that Congress will still listen to public pressure. In bad…
Vice-President-Elect Mike Pence went to Broadway last night to see Hamilton. The cast ended the show with a message for him and for all of our…
Yes, the man wearing this shirt at a Trump rally in Minnesota Sunday is deplorable: Journalism is a vital First Amendment activity that has always protected us…
Last night I posted Augustana Democrat Spencer O’Hara’s report that members of the Augustana Republicans shouted “Build a wall” and “Lock her up” from their Viking…