This week was a big one for court losses from the edge of politics, as a lawsuit asking for a writ of prohibition against Governor Kristi Noem, seeking to deny her the ability to spend funds to improve rural broadband, was shot down by the state supreme court:
This comes after an official AG’s opinion where14 legislators, led by Rep. Taffy Howard tried to ask the AG to stop the expenditure. The AG instructed the legislators that they had to try a different avenue, and he would have to defend the state, and he instructed them on the proper action they would have to take, which resulted in the
And in case you want to read the petition itself:
Petition for Writ of Prohibition by Pat Powers on Scribd
Love the fact the court rejected it with no explanation. Awesome.
John Fitzgerald sued the governor on this issue? and lost?
Very interesting
It’s his son. Fitz is a prosecutor. Not that difficult to comprehend.
They hired him. A job’s a job.
Where Did they mention fitz?
Isn’t the son’s name John Fitzgerald also?
Ok crybaby haters, sure looks like the AG comes out smelling like roses and yes that is Fitzgerald’s son, who apparently passed the bar, [redacted], but apparently has some things to learn. Oh did I mention the AG won again?
(I don’t know that there’s any public evidence of what I redacted, and it goes beyond opinion, so I’m going to make the call – PP)
A job, what an idiotic reply. He is supposedly an attorney, since as all you legal scholar bloggers have an incredible grasp of the law, the kid should have known this was the obvious outcome and told his clients to save their money instead of charging them for a loser case that took about 15 seconds for the chief to dismiss.
Since when do lawyers tell their clients to save their money?
Ethical ones do
Fitzgerald chose to take this case and lost. No one forced him to take it.
He chose to sue to stop rural broadband.
He chose to sue to stop the governors priorities.
Then he essentially copied the LRC memo…I have never seen an attorney acknowledge someone else’s work in a complaint. Notice that?
Said someone who has done nothing with their life.
Who are you talking about?
Honestly asking
How much did this stupid exercise in futility by arrogant, ignorant Taffy and her band of moronical collegues cost the taxpayers?
While this might have had some merit, you can’t wait until the last minute and expect to be successful.
Who is Patrick Ealy?