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J.A.I.L. Lies – Part 4

Since I’m sure this series will have plenty to explore after tonight’s broadcast on public television and Saturday’s meeting in Brandon, I thought I’d better post an installment that’s been sitting in draft form for a couple weeks.

One of the always popular lies from the supporters of the Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) popped […]

Hold their feet to the fire

Supporters of the Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) are always trotting out the claim that the initiative only applies to “judges.” That’s true but the rub lies in what they don’t tell you.

J.A.I.L. says the term judge includes “all other persons claiming to be shielded by judicial immunity.” So who falls in that category? […]

Official No on E website up

The website of the No on E Committee is up and running. Take some time to peruse it. Particularly informative is the page that allows you to decode the amendment. It has hyperlinks for various language in J.A.I.L. that lead you to analysis, explanations and ramificatins. The site also mentions several items that are on […]

J.A.I.L.’s California shell game – Chapter 5

Both at No on Amendment E and on our own blogs, PP and I have repeatedly invited proponents of J.A.I.L. to explain exactly why South Dakota needs the initiated measure and to point to the judicial misconduct of which they always complain. Not surprisingly, it seems that’s the last thing they want to do. They’d […]

I found two more supporters

As a follow-up to PP’s post about finding two South Dakotans who support the Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.), I wanted to note two other South Dakotans who support J.A.I.L., or at least two who have more than an initial for a first name (see BS’s response to Question 3).

Last October, Ron Branson, the […]