Remember when South Dakota J.A.I.L. distanced itself from JAIL4Judges because of a perception that national group was a “bunch of wacko Californians“? It tried selling South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-Chief, Bill Stegmeier, as “a regular American, trying to do the right thing.” It also brought in Jake Hanes as “campaign media coordinator” and he is South Dakota […]
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Seems the “new” website for South Dakota’s Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) is back to being updated. As history would indicate, the new material contains a healthy dose of new lies. This time J.A.I.L. is attacking South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson and the news media. J.A.I.L. relies on and links to the […] South Dakota’s J.A.I.L.ers are back at doing what they do best. Misrepresenting what the proposed amendment says. In a recent update to their website, they say, “Basically what Amendment E will do is create a ‘citizen’s oversight committee’ with the sole purpose of hearing complaints against judges alleging judicial misconduct.” Let’s quickly examine the phrase […] My travels have kept me behind the times a bit but a friend brought to my attention that former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor commented recently on South Dakota’s Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.). The following is from a Q&A in USA Today last week: Q: The issue of judicial independence has been […] Remember when South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-chief Bill Stegmeier announced his resignation from Jail4Judges and distanced himself from Ron Branson, the author of the Judicial Accountability Initiative Law? Stegmeier said he was going to “sever all ties” to that organization. Likewise, J.A.I.L.’s new “publicist” advised everyone that “Mr. Stegmeier would be taking steps to insure the public […] |
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