Circuit Judge Mark Barnett issued a preliminary injunction last week against IM22. The ballot issue that was passed last month put strict limits on interactions between lobbyists and legislators, created an ethics commission, and set public campaign financing in place.

One of the backers of IM22, former Senate candidate Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, says the ruling ignores the voters…..

Weiland says they are talking about their options in response to the injunction….

Weiland says he expected a strong reaction to the passage of the measure….

A number of republican legislators joined together to ask for the injunction.