South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem
Kristi Lynn Noem Eric Trump warns of primary challenges for Republicans not objecting to election results, Trump again asks Noem to be primary Thune despite her refusal to exclude Noem Thune challenge after Trump criticized the senator MORE. (R) on Friday issued an executive order allowing a legal challenge to the constitutionality of a voter-approved amendment of November for the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state.
In the order, State that the ‘initiative process used to place the amendment to legalize marijuana and that the legislature must pass laws ensuring access to marijuana for medical use’ did not violate the proper procedure as set out in South Dakota -constitution not. ‘
Noem’s order also states that Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Rick Miller has legal authority to file the amendment because he is acting on behalf of the governor.
In a lawsuit at the end of November, Miller and Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom alleges that the constitutional amendment, Amendment A, violates the rules against amending more than one subject at a time.
Amendment A introduced the legalization of marijuana, regulated its use for recreation, taxed it, ensured access to medical marijuana, and required state legislators to enforce laws regulating hemp.
Instead, Miller and Thom argue that broader revisions to the state constitution should be approved by a constitutional convention, The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, South Dakota The office of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) and a group of citizens who led the campaign for the amendment, which would take effect on July 1, argued that the amendment covers only one topic: cannabis.
Amendment A was accepted with 54 percent support during the election on November 3, while a separate question on the legalization of medical marijuana received nearly 70 percent.
Name was one of the biggest opponents of the marijuana legalization and called the vote ‘the wrong choice’ in a statement issued two days after the election.