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Federal judge blocks South Dakota’s ‘riot boosting’ laws

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A federal judge has blocked two South Dakota laws that prohibit support for rioters, ruling that the measures “do in part restrict speech.”

“[T]he freedom of speech and association are constitutional rights that are central to all citizens of our country,” U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol said in Wednesday’s ruling. …