SB 131, a bill to “provide that a truancy complaint is grounds to refuse a certificate for excuse from school attendance,” was scheduled to be heard in the South Dakota Senate Education Committee Thursday. This bill was deferred until Thursday Feb. 13 at the request of prime sponsor Democrat Senator Chuck Welke. Committee Chairman Senator Deb Soholt said it has come to light that there will likely be “significant” amendments to the bill,

In January 2011 President Obama – stung by an electoral rebuke that cost his party control of the House of Representatives – issued an executive order attempting to reassure the public regarding his rapidly expanding regulatory state. This is the modus operandi of Obama’s regulatory state: Erring on the side of government intrusion no matter what the outcome.Read more ›

If the House passes an immigration reform bill before November, the Republicans can write off the 2014 election. It will be over. The GOP will lose its chance to win control of the Senate and may, in fact, lose control of the House, because conservative republicans — and independents — will stay home in utter disgust.

Abortion advocates would have us think that the legalization of abortion that came with Roe v. Wade was inevitable, that it was just the natural evolution (or devolution) of society and it had to happen sooner or later. No, evil often does happen sooner or later, but it doesn’t have to happen. It happens when people make a choice to embrace evil. This video report provides some insight into how the Roe v. Wade decision came about.

No less than three bills dealing with an Article V Constitutional Convention have been introduced in the South Dakota Legislature, and my sources tell me at least two of them are expected to be considered in committee before this week is out.

Senate Bill 131 says that if a public school official merely files a truancy complaint, the school board then has the absolute power to prevent the child from being homeschooled until the complaint is “resolved.” But schools and prosecutors could put off resolving the complaint for months or years!

Leading up to the January 28th State of the Union Speech, Barack Obama and his spokesmen made statements to the effect that he plans to use his pen to sign executive orders to enact law on his own authority. He says he will do this because, in his view, Congress has not, or will not, pass certain legislation that he desires. Based on this bald assertion of prerogative by Obama, articles of impeachment should be filed against him immediately.

Fundamental transformation Almost complete, You plot, you position, you sow, you reap, Children and wife are by your side? But will you sleep tonight, A change of course A guilty plea, It’s not too late to make amends

These are some of the bills we’re watching at American Clarion which are up for consideration in the South Dakota Legislature today. Among the more noteworthy ones include HB 1158 to provide government health care to pregnant illegal aliens, HB 1180 dealing with abortion, SB 101 to allow instruction in personhood, SB 112 to prohibit schools from preventing instruction in intelligent design, SB 131 which could be used to interfere with homeschoolers, economic development, educational standards and more.