South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is a conservative hero. Her CPAC speech was well received. Yet she doesn't hesitate to pass legislation that turns the First Amendment into a hate crime. She has just had a law passed that turns "anti-semitism" into a hate crime. She says the law defines anti-semitism and will serve as the model for other states to follow.

Governor Noem herself engages in hate speech. She says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris "suck" and she wants to humiliate them. If she said "Jews suck and I want to humiliate them," under her own law she would probably be guilty of a hate crime. And if not, close to it. Governor Noem apparently doesn't realize, along with many other people, that erasing the First Amendment means that any protected ethnicity can define hate speech as any words they claim to experience as "painful." Ultimately, this will mean that they, as individuals, cannot be charged with a crime. South Africa's experience with the International Court of Justice shows how difficult it is to charge the Israeli government with a crime even when Israel is committing genocide.