I don’t know the guy dropping f-bombs and flipping birds at the Sioux Falls PD. I don’t know the guy shooting the video. But I…
Tag: First Amendment
For commentary on SD Voice’s lawsuit against the state to overturn multiple oppressive anti-ballot question laws, that Sioux Falls paper calls not the plaintiff (but…
I’ve said and explained on many occasions that this year’s House Bill 1094, the most egregious provisions of which are now encapsulated in SDCL 2-1-1.3–2.1.1.9,…
SDCL 22-9-1 dishes out a Class 1 misdemeanor—up to one year in jail, $2,000 fine—to “Any person who knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles… any flag of…
The Water Management Board’s meeting to schedule hearings on the Keystone XL pipeline-build water permits yesterday included an awkward intercultural moment: One presenter identified himself…
My Spearfish neighbor John Dale had an unpleasant experience with what he describes as an SDN Communications field crew (maybe subcontractors, hard to say) whose…
SDGOP Chairman Dan Lederman, District 25 Representative Jon Hansen, and Governor Kristi Noem are keen on demonizing out-of-staters who, in their view, disrupt South Dakota’s…
I told you the Governor’s office did not want that picture posted. That’s coming from the Governor of this state. So you’re telling me you…
Jason Ravnsborg’s legal team appears to be losing another lawsuit. In federal court yesterday in Rapid City, Deputy Attorney General Rich Williams tried to defend…
Ah, Girls State, where the best and brightest young women from each town with a sufficiently ambitious American Legion Auxiliary post come to practice Constitutional…