South Dakota's embattled governor is trying to beat back accusations that she had the head of an agency fired when she didn't grant her daughter a real estate appraiser's license.
Arielle Zionts
Rapid City Journal
Plaintiffs are arguing that an amendment legalizing marijuana violates the South Dakota Constitution in harmful ways, while the defendants say it doesnât and that the suit was brought too late and without standing.
âBy failing to follow the proper constitutional procedure, the proponents of Amendment A deprived South Dakota voters of the opportunity to have Amendment AÂ and its far-reaching and pernicious effects on our system of government properly scrutinized at a constitutional convention,â the plaintiffs argued.Â
We have âa scenario in which the state is essentially suing itself to determine whether it can avoid a law the voters passed,â a defendant wrote before asking the judge to throw out the lawsuit.Â