Gregory Brazeal

Gregory Brazeal is an associate professor at the University of South Dakota Law School, a former major in the Army Reserve, and the author of The Hero and the Victim: Narratives of Criminality in Iraq War Fiction.

Civil Rights
Voting Rights and Elections
Economic and Labor Rights
Judicial Selection and Administration
Judicial Interpretation
Speech and Religion

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Civil Rights
Voting Rights and Elections
Economic and Labor Rights
Judicial Selection and Administration
Judicial Interpretation
Speech and Religion

The South Dakota Constitution: “Under God the People Rule” — But All the People?

A long history of Indigenous exclusion has undermined the state’s democratic ideals.

By Gregory Brazeal

South Dakota

May 28, 2026