This weekend’s Constitutional cluelessness and subtle bigotry comes from Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen). At Saturday’s crackerbarrel, Aberdeen resident Abby McQuillen expressed concern that House Bill…
Tag: United States Constitution
In honor of Editor Heidelberger’s big win against HB 1094’s registry for petition circulators, here is an idea for a bill the South Dakota Legislature…
The editorial board of my local board uses the state’s twin losses in court (IM 24 last May; 2019 HB 1094 this month) over the…
Vigorous commenter Debbo forwards Vox‘s summary of this Harvard Law Review note offering a radical plan to amend the Constitution to make our federal representation…
Last week, my new weekly columnist Dave Baumeister discussed the linkage between the right to bear arms and the militia, that group of patriotic citizens…
Article 1 Section 2 of the United States Constitution, as amended by Amendment XIV Section 2, requires that we count heads every ten years: Representatives…
Aside from the guarantee of equal citizenship and bodily autonomy it grants to women, the Constitution is fine the way it is, says Linda Schauer…
Last week Thursday, before the Flynn-Cohen-Manafort dump underscored how Donald Trump surrounded himself with and seized the Presidency with the help of felons, law professor…
South Dakota students must take three “units” of social studies to graduate from high school. One unit must be on U.S. history; a half unit…
Dr. Erin Fouberg, Northern State University professor of geography, offered a useful lecture on redistricting at last night’s gerrymandering forum hosted by the League of…