(Pierre, SD) The South Dakota Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to legalizing marijuana after voters approved it last fall. Roughly 54-percent of South Dakotans voted in favor of legalizing personal possession of cannabis for recreational use. Yesterday, attorneys for the state delivered their closing arguments against the legality of the measure. The defendants, South
A majority of South Dakotans voted to legalize recreational marijuana on Election Day. After a monthslong legal battle, the state's Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the ballot measure stands. Here's how the battle has played out so far, and what it could mean for other states.
PIERRE Nearly six months after a majority of South Dakota voters cast ballots in support of legalizing marijuana, a government-led legal challenge seeking to keep marijuana use a crime is facing its final hurdle.
Attorneys working on behalf of Gov. Kristi Noem, South Dakota s top state trooper and a sheriff from the Black Hills will make their final arguments against the legality of Constitutional Amendment A during a Wednesday morning hearing before the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Oral arguments will begin at 10 a.m. from inside the Supreme Court chambers in the state Capitol.
Earning support from 54% of voters in November, Amendment A legalizes personal possession of small amounts of marijuana and allows for the both personal and commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis. But plaintiffs argue it violated the state Constitution on multiple grounds.
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Apr 28, 2021 | 4:12 PM
The South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments this morning in Pierre (April 28, 2021) over the constitutionality of “Amendment A”– the measure that would legalize the possession, cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana in the state for those age 21 years and over starting July 1.
Some critics of the constitutional amendment have said people didn’t understand the question on the November 2020 ballot. But, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws attorney Brendan Johnson said people knew what they were voting for.