…And We Still Need a Ruling on Petition Deadlines! This news will be no comfort to the family of Joe Boever and all South Dakotans…
Tag: First Amendment
That Dakota Dunes flag bill whose title cropped up briefly on the LRC website last month has officially emerged as Senate Bill 81, Senator Jim Bolin’s…
Among my small pleasures this relaxing morning is clicking on the SDGOP spin blog’s link to right-wing-extremist platform Parler and getting the “404 Not Found”…
I seem to recall that, back in 2017, when the South Dakota Senate prepared to offend democracy by repealing Initiated Measure 22, there was some…
Thinking about initiatives gets me thinking about petitions and the challenges folks will face come November when they start collecting signatures to place substantive policy…
But let’s not fall for Lee Schoenbeck’s nice-guy act, or for Julie Frye-Mueller’s hogwash about Lee’s being an “East River liberal.” The Watertown Senator may…
Yes, states can limit how many people can gather in churches, right along with placing limitations on how many people can gather at concerts, theaters,…
I am darn glad I left Facebook. Seeing his industry come under attack from tyrant Donald Trump over Twitter’s modest effort to point out that…
Senate Bill 180, the revamped ballot question petition circulator registry and badging mandate, is on its way to Governor Kristi Noem’s desk. In brief remarks…
Senate Bill 180, Senator Jim Stalzer’s effort to salvage some shreds of circulator stifling from the unconstitutional wreck of his co-sponsor Representative Jon Hansen‘s 2019…