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“Amendment E based on a lie”

The Rapid City Journal certainly pulled no punches with its editorial today urging a “No” vote on Amendment E. And the Journal nailed the J.A.I.L.ers in an area they’ve been skating around since the measure made it to the ballot.

The editorial says:

Supporters of the judicial accountability law say judges in South Dakota need […]

You can’t spell fringe without E

Work travel kept me from commenting on today’s column by Dave Kranz until now. All in all it was accurate but let me note that you read it here first. I also would point out that South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-chief Bill Stegmeier and his friend who sees taxes and secular schools as part of some Communist […]

Looking at JAIL from the standpoint of the founders

Backers of Amendment E love to invoke the founders of this nation in attacking the judiciary and government as a whole. In an insightful op-ed column in today’s Rapid City Journal, Connie Pich takes a look at the true impact of J.A.I.L. on the basic structure of government. She writes:

No matter how sincere the […]

More out-of-state E coverage

Not surprisingly, as the election approaches there’s more national coverage of Amendment E. J.A.I.L. isn’t faring too well.

In an editorial today headlined “Trial by ordeal“, the Dallas-Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram called the J.A.I.L. movement “lunacy” and an “undemocratic assault on judicial independence.” It also said:

Why should anyone cheer for the good voters of […]

You don’t have to love the system to hate J.A.I.L.

Even those who think there’s too much litigation in society recognize that Amendment E isn’t the solution. Overlawyered.com is a widely respected web site that, in its own words, “explores an American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches its […]