The South Dakota Supreme Court stepped on the gas this month, issuing 15 of its 97 rulings for 2014. Among five released last Tuesday was State v. Mundy-Giedd, in which our justices unanimously rejected a drunk driver's attempt to nullify…
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An eager reader reminds me that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear King v. Burwell, the selfish conservative effort to sabotage of the premium tax credits offered under the Affordable Care Act. (Recall that King v. Burwell was the…
The Supreme Court ruled this morning that corporations can believe in God. I'm looking for the Scripture that says, "Blessed are the corporations...." The Supreme Court thus ruled that Hobby Lobby and other pious corporations don't have to follow the…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McCullen v. Coakley yesterday that a Massachusetts law prohibiting free-speech activities within 35 feet of the entrance or driveway of an abortion clinic violates the First Amendment. The buffer zones serve the Commonwealth’s legitimate…
The bad news: the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday threw out evidence that helped convict a gang member and a drug dealer. The good news: the Court ruled that police must get a search warrant to riffle through your cell phone.…
The bare conservative majority of the Supreme Court voted wrong on official government prayer yesterday. In a 5–4 decision on Town of Greece v. Galloway, the Supreme Court ruled that city councils and other legislative bodies may engage in public…
The United States Supreme Court removed another safeguard against the influence of big money in elections. In a 5–4 ruling on McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Court overturned caps on the aggregate limits on how much an individual can…
Tuesday night the Sioux Falls School Board invited controversy by expanding its policy to require middle school students to recite the socialist flag-marketing slogan known as the Pledge of Allegiance along with elementary students. But the board declared that high…