I was talking with an acquaintance with a fair political background but no knowledge of South Dakota politics or my own political activity. I mentioned…
Tag: law
The smartest Democrat in Pierre (I know, small pool, but you can’t be a knucklehead and win elections as a Democrat in South Dakota, so…
An eager and Legislatively attentive reader suggests that the Senators who voted to suspend Julie Frye-Mueller all violated South Dakota law. My reader cites SDCL 2-4-6…
Last Thursday, Senator Tom Pischke warned his colleagues that suspending Julie Frye-Mueller over Boobgate (did you know, Tom?) would lead to lawsuits. Thinking a lawsuit from…
In a move possibly as historic as its conviction and removal from office last June of killer Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, the South Dakota Senate…
In 2002, Bob Newland led a campaign for a constitutional amendment (Amendment A) to give defendants the right to argue the merits of the laws…
The Government Accountability Board wimped out of holding Governor Kristi Noem accountable for her use of the state plane for personal and political purposes by…
Why bother? In 2006, South Dakota voters passed a law, Initiated Measure 5, saying that state officers and employees may use the state airplane only…
Attorney General Mark Vargo has sandbagged the Dakotans for Health initiative petition to repeal the state sales tax on food with his incorrect official assertion…