Speaking of using the Web for politics, my Facebook updates are buzzing with notes on the new "Draft Matt Varilek for Congress" page. Mr. Varilek has made no declaration, but his name has surfaced among the chattering classes. Premier chatterer…
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If anti-abortion activists were hoping to use South Dakota's coercive counseling law to overturn Roe v. Wade in court, they should have done two things: (a) craft a better law, and (b) hire better lawyers. Judge Karen Schreier's injunction blocking…
...and free Topicality brief for policy ashebaters! A Fourth of July spent reading Judge Karen Schreier's full ruling reveals I overstated the scope of her injunction. Thursday's ruling does not block House Bill 1217 in its entirety. Judge Schreier identified…
State Senator Russell Olson thinks having more big oil pipelines running through our fair state is just great. Those oil companies pay lots of property tax and buy lots of electricity, don't ya know? Maybe Russ would like to spend…
The freedom-, law-, and woman-loving blogosphere has raised quite a ruckus over the 72-hour waiting period South Dakota wants to impose on women seeking abortions, a law quite sensibly blocked Thursday by Judge Karen Schreier. Imagine the outcry if the…
South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson argued on SDPB Wednesday that HB 1230, the governor's new corporate welfare program, is essential to bringing new business to the state. On Dakota Midday, Senator Olson made two remarkable claims: Olson contends…
Looks like my wife and several thousand South Dakota women like her do not lose autonomy over their medical decisions tomorrow after all! Today U.S. District Court Chief Judge Karen Schreier blocked the enactment of House Bill 1217, the South…
I'll admit it: when it comes to child car seats, I'm a Teabagger. I miss the good old days when Mom and Dad could just pile eleven kids in the back of the Bronco and go to Pizza Hut. Pack…