News & Commentary

Constitution Day is the holiday to end all holidays; it’s a day dedicated to the thing that drives our passion and that we fight to defend on behalf of all South Dakotans every day – the Constitution.

President Trump’s announcement to end the DACA program is a cruel development for Dreamers and a damaging decision for all of us in South Dakota and across America. The ACLU of South Dakota stands with Dreamers in here and across America.

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

I’m a former Army captain, and the only thing I care about in a war zone is the competence of the person next to me.

The ACLU of South Dakota filed a lawsuit today challenging the use of forced catheterization against the Department of Social Services, Avera St. Mary Hospital, members of the Pierre Police Department, the Sisseton Police Department, and the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

On Saturday, the ACLU of South Dakota set up shop at the Sioux Falls Pride Festival, but our commitment to equality extends well beyond this one-day event.

A free and open internet is vital for our democracy and for our daily lives. But the FCC is considering a proposal that threatens net neutrality — and therefore the internet as we know it.

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

Since the passage of SB4, the ACLU has issued a travel advisory that anyone planning to travel to Texas in the near future should anticipate the possible violation of their constitutional rights when stopped by law enforcement.