News & Commentary

Luke Alton Huber is from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he joined the ACLU of South Dakota at a recent volunteer training. Read how Luke plans to use the skills he gained to improve his community by empowering others.

The U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services has proposed a rule that attempts to dramatically expand religious refusal laws and could enable health care providers and institutions to refuse to provide health care services and information to patients. The ACLU of SD has submitted comments in opposition.

In the last few days, many people have asked whether schools can discipline students for speaking out. The short answer? It depends on when, where, and how the students decide to express themselves.

No matter how much South Dakota politicians want to push it, states don’t have power to bar an entire group of refugees from coming into their state because of their nationality.

Can the government ban the text of the First Amendment on municipal transit ads because free speech is too “political”?

Standing Rock water protectors knew private security contractors and local law enforcement were treating their camp like a war zone. New documents prove it.

ACLU of South Dakota policy director and lobbyist, Libby Skarin breaks down the good, the bad, and the next steps for us in her Legislative Recap.

South Dakota just passed a bill that would prioritize the agencies’ religious beliefs over the needs of these states’ most vulnerable children, allowing agencies to use religious criteria to screen out qualified prospective parents. Legislatures in other states are quickly following suit.

Today the South Dakota State House approved SB 149 on a 43-20 (7 excused) vote. The bill, which would allow taxpayer funded agencies to refuse to provide any service, including adoption or foster care services, on the basis on the agency’s religious or moral convictions, now moves to the Governor’s desk for consideration.