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…
Tag: First Amendment
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…
Representative Tony Randolph (R-35/Rapid City) wasted more of the Legislature’s time this week with House Concurrent Resolution 6012, a restatement of the obvious fact of…
Representative Tom Pischke (R-25/Dell Rapids) proposes House Bill 1078 to exempt firearms, ammunition, and gunpowder from South Dakota’s sales and use taxes. Wait a minute:…
I’m just trying to be helpful…. Governor Kristi Noem tried suppressing protest against her foreign Big Oil pals‘ Keystone XL pipeline and got beat in…