The state refuses to accept Judge Camela C. Theeler’s ruling that Speaker Jon Hansen once again disregarded the First Amendment when he pushed the initiative…
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Evidently eager for more beatings in court, the state yesterday filed its notice of appeal to the Eighth Circuit over its loss this summer over…
Rick Knobe is out petitioning—not for mayor or Senate or a good solid ballot question, darn it, but to give Senator John Thune a little…
Democracy isn’t dead yet. In a significant victory for South Dakotans’ right to make their own laws, U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler ruled that…
Bumbling Republican election denier Monae Johnson announced her intention to seek reëlection as Secretary of State back in January. Hoping to intrude on Johnson’s bid…
The 2025 Legislature approved seven bills and one resolution affecting the initiative and referendum process. Governor Larry Rhoden vetoed the single absolute worst of those…
So if I already got the courts to say that any initiative petition deadline earlier than six months before the election violates the First Amendment,…
Whether or not Dakotans for Health prevails in its legal battle to stop the state from moving the initiative petition deadline from the first Tuesday…
Dakotans for Health and the State of South Dakota faced off in federal court Monday as U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler heard arguments over…
I had the pleasure of spending Monday in federal court in Rapid City. I testified as an expert witness on circulating ballot question petitions on…