This week I was summoned to appear in court due to an infraction of a recently minted “law” against the use of a cell phone while driving. We find in the Word of God that the whole idea of courts and judges was God’s from the beginning – Exodus 18:21-22.

Today’s second Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting covered topics such as education funding, teacher pay, video lottery revenue, crime and punishment, transgender issues, and more.

Some of the bills being considered by the South Dakota Legislature today include the drug testing for welfare recipients bill, a bill outlawing the sale of fetal body parts, and recommendations from the Elder Abuse Task Force.

I see that one of South Dakota’s biggest RINOs and loudest voices for hypocrisy from the other side of the state has an article in the Rapid City Journal today, once again predictably attacking a conservative legislator from the Left.

The first Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting of 2016 was held at the South Dakota School of Mines this morning. Topics included education funding, drug testing for welfare recipients, Initiated Measure 17, Medicaid expansion, and more.

Sadly, America is showing mercy to the guilty by leaving off justice. This is a slap in the face to those who sacrificed themselves in the magnification of the law against the crimes of tyrants which in the end, established America’s freedom and independence.

The news is out that South Dakota Rep. Lynne DiSanto (Dist. 35) plans to introduce a bill in this legislative session for drug testing of welfare recipients. The bill has not yet been submitted, and the media has not yet seen the final text of the bill, but speculation about the details are rampant-as are the cat-calls from liberals in both parties.

The Left loves to play the narrative that America is a racist country. After all, the party of the Left (the Democrat Party) fought hard to maintain race-based slavery in America for a long, long time, and even after Republicans brought that to an end, they fought very hard to maintain institutional racism until Lyndon Johnson figured out that if he just pandered to black Americans…

Why does the left have such an affinity and affection for criminals? Because deep down they know they are criminals themselves. Lincoln defined slavery as, “you work, I eat.” That is the mantra of the left. Living off the labor of others is called theft whether the gun is in the hand of a street criminal or an IRS agent.

The brutal Columbus, Ohio murder of Erveena Hammonds and her 7 and 10 year-old daughters, whose throats were slit by an early-released felon, is exhibit A of why Congress should reject legislation designed to let thousands more convicted drug criminals out of federal prison prematurely.