ACLU affiliates issue a response to Republican governors’ escalation on immigration enforcement

Senate Bill 216 would allow doctors to provide puberty blockers or hormonal treatment – nonsurgical medical care consistent with prevailing medical and scientific standards – to trans kids only with parental consent.

It’s impossible to define lewd and lascivious in a way that isn’t hopelessly vague and subjective, and government officials cannot impose their personal moral values on others. We're thrilled that legislators on the House State Affairs Committee agreed.

Communicating directly with our elected officials is a powerful advocacy tactic and can be very effective in making change in our state. We want to make sure South Dakota voices are heard.

Linke will work alongside ACLU advocacy staff on a variety of issues and be responsible for tracking the movement of the ACLU's priority legislation, monitoring committee hearings and floor sessions, and facilitating communication with stakeholders, legislators, and coalition partners.

The ACLU’s educational, organizing and lobbying efforts will be focused primarily on voting rights, free speech and expression, LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit equality, Indigenous sovereignty and justice, and bodily autonomy and abortion rights.

The City of Martin, S.D., wants the Oglala Sioux Tribe to either waive its sovereign immunity or pay an unknown amount of exorbitant attorneys and administrative fees upfront in order to receive public records related to the city’s new redistricting map.

The state of South Dakota will no longer be putting the brakes on personalized license plate applications because they might carry “connotations offensive to good taste and decency.”

The First Amendment prevents arbitrary decision-making when it comes to expression. Although no one likes to be offended, it’s dangerous to allow the government to decide which speech is allowed and which should be censored.