The leader of a movement to end South Dakota judges' immunity from legal action said opposition to his ballot initiative from an insurance trade group and others is unwarranted.
William Stegmeier, owner of a manufacturing company in Tea, S.D., who heads up the Amendment E effort, said he does not understand why the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and other business and political interests are against the proposition.
"It's hard to figure out their motives," he said. "What do they think they are going to lose? Why should they stand for judicial misconduct? We are trying to create an entity that will hear judicial complaints."
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