South Dakota abortion ban fails
It appears as if the referendum that would impose a near-total ban on abortion for South Dakota women is going down to defeat, 55-45, along with a referendum that would roll back property tax assessments and limit future assessment increases to 3 percent per year.
The abortion referendum is the important one--it was intended to create a law that would be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which was presumed ready to strike down a woman's right to abortion now that Samuel Alito and John Roberts are on the court. But both measures were put forward by hardcore conservatives, and if indeed they both go down to defeat, it would be a defeat of historic proportions for the right.
I knew the right would eventually overplay its hand. The question was whether we would still have a country worth living in by the time that happened.