South Dakota High Court Won T Legalize Pot Ruling Against 54 Percent Who Voted For It
About 54 percent of South Dakota’s voters approved the amendment last November, but Republican Governor Kristi Noem initiated a legal battle that concluded in the state’s highest court on Wednesday. Though Noem was against legalizing marijuana for recreational use on a social basis, her administration argued against the measure’s constitutionality in court because of a technical issue. Constitutional amendments must only address one topic, but there were technically multiple in the voter-approved ballot measure, called Amendment A, the lawyers argued....