Mehlhaff Challenger Murphy Reads SD Law Review, Vows to Protect Initiative & Referendum from Legislative Creep

Mehlhaff Challenger Murphy Reads SD Law Review, Vows to Protect Initiative & Referendum from Legislative Creep

Part of Republican lawyer Brian Murphy’s campaign to unseat Senator Jim Mehlhaff in District 24 is promising to protect citizens’ right to initiative and referendum. Murphy, who describes himself as a “constitutional conservative”, appears to recognize (a) that ballot measures are an essential part of constitutional checks and balances and (b) that his fellow South Dakota Republicans have been waging a years-long war on that vital check: …citize…