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Posts tagged as “law”

Are South Dakota Schools Teaching State Constitution?

Mr. Powers appears to oppose a proposal to require South Dakota students to pass a civics test to graduate high school. He cloaks his blog post on the topic in comment fishing ambivalence (he never closes a rant against Kathy…

Federal Judge Rules South Dakota Gay-Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Karen Schreier has ruled South Dakota's gay marriage ban unconstitutional. In a ruling issued today, Judge Schreier finds in favor of Jennie and Nancy Rosenbrahn and five other South Dakota same-sex couples who sued the state for legal…

Jackley: Label Child Traffickers as Sex Offenders, Bust Raffle Scams…

The Legislature has no bills in the hopper yet (Session doesn't open until January 13—ugh! I can't wait!), but Attorney General Marty Jackley has posted his legislative package for the new year. South Dakota's most popular Republican is riding his…

A Primer on South Dakota Grand Juries

An eager reader suggests that, given the headlines surrounding the grand jury non-indictments of police officers involved in the deaths of suspects in Ferguson and Staten Island, we could benefit from a better understanding of how grand juries work. For…

Overturn King v. Burwell, Create Chaos in Health Insurance Industry

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…