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South Dakota Supreme Court strikes down recreational marijuana amendment 

JURIST

The South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a state constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. In 2020, South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients. On appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed.

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Voters in two US states approve recreational marijuana ballot measures, three state measures fail

JURIST

Voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota Tuesday voted on recreational marijuana legalization measures. Maryland and Missouri approved the measures while Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota did not. percent of North Dakota voters and 52.84 percent to 34.46

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

September 1, 2023: TILA Disclosures re Index Rates; California Garnishment ; Minnesota Debt Collection December 1, 2023: Bankruptcy December 31, 2023: Utah Data Privacy Musings by Diane Consumer legal protections are rare.

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There’s A Lot To Enjoy In The New U.S. News Law School Rankings — See Also

Above The Law

South Dakota Isn't Down For Any Impeachments: Even if the AG killed a guy. Alex Jones Has Taken To Openly Defying Court Orders: That's *a* legal strategy, I guess. Welcome To The New Biglaw Normal: Complete with COVID outbreaks! Black Boxes Are No Fun: As Lowenstein midlevel and senior associates know.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

link] The Kentucky Court of Justice has multiple services to help the self-represented linked to their Legal Self-Help page at: [link] The page includes multiple tutorials on subjects such as eviction relief, small claims, protective orders, and an online glossary of legal terms.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

I’m on the road today and out in South Dakota at a convention and have had the pleasure to meet Tamara Nash. And she is the Director of Experiential Learning and a lecturer at the University of South Dakota School of Law. And I took the LSAT and enrolled at the University of South Dakota. Absolutely.

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Nine Sites in Rural America Named Seedbeds for Justice Reform

The Crime Report

A program to recruit and train new attorneys in South Dakota and a center that helps survivors of trafficking and domestic violence in Kansas become entrepreneurs are among nine “rural innovation” sites which will receive support under an initiative to promote justice reform in the U.S. Texas Dispute Resolution System: Rural Mediation.