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Idaho students sue state over new law that removes student ID cards as a valid form of voter identification

JURIST

MARCH 19, 2023

College students in Idaho Friday sued the Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane in his official capacity to overturn House Bill 124 , which removes student ID cards as a valid form of voter identification at polling locations from the Idaho Code. The case is in the US District Court for the District of Idaho.

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Idaho legislature proposes bill to reintroduce firing squad as execution method

JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Idaho Ways and Means Committee Wednesday introduced House Bill 186 in the Idaho House of Representatives, which would provide for execution by firing squad. Additionally, if lethal injection is ruled to be unconstitutional, the default method of execution in Idaho will be by firing squad.

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Idaho Senate passes bill to restrict availability of books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

JURIST

APRIL 4, 2024

The Idaho Senate approved House Bill No. President of the Idaho Library Association Lance McGrath urged library supporters to contact the governor’s office and urge him to veto the bill. Senator Mary Shea described the bill as a major threat to Idaho libraries. If the bill is approved, it will become law in Idaho.

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Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law

Above The Law

JUNE 14, 2023

The statutory lack has led to judicial interpretation of current parentage laws making the surrogacy process especially cumbersome for many hopeful parents and gestational surrogates. The post Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law appeared first on Above the Law.

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Idaho governor signs bill to allow execution by firing squad

JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

Idaho Governor Brad Little Saturday signed into law a bill allowing execution by firing squad. With the bill signed, Idaho now permits death by lethal injection or firing squad. The bill states the Director of the Idaho Department of Corrections shall determine whether lethal injection is available.

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Idaho legislature passes bill to use firing squads as a method of execution

JURIST

MARCH 21, 2023

The Idaho legislature Monday passed House Bill 186 which will allow firing squads as a method of execution, making death by firing squad the standard execution procedure if lethal injections are found to be unconstitutional. The bill passed the Idaho House with a 50-15 vote and the Idaho Senate with a 24-11 vote.

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27 States Urge Fed. Circ. To Back Idaho 'Patent Troll' Law

Law 360

MAY 28, 2024

s argument in its fight at the Federal Circuit that Idaho's law barring "bad faith" allegations of patent infringement is constitutional. Attorneys general from 27 states, along with tech industry lobbying groups, have thrown their support behind Micron Technology Inc.'s

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Idaho police arrest 31 Patriot Front members for conspiracy to riot at a LGBTQ pride event

JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

Police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Saturday arrested 31 people who are believed to be members of Patriot Front , a white Nationalist militia group. Chief White stated that law enforcement received information over the last few days regarding groups planning to disrupt Saturday’s LGBTQ pride event in Coeur d’Alene.

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Idaho legislators urge congressional action on Yellowstone ‘zone of death’ loophole

JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Idaho legislators proposed a bill Friday calling on Congress to close a legal loophole in a region encompassing an uninhabited 50-square mile tract of land within Yellowstone National Park, which supposedly permits the commission of serious criminal acts such as murder and kidnapping without consequences.

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“How Elizabeth Prelogar Stands Up to a Runaway Supreme Court: From Idaho beauty pageants to Harvard Law School to the chambers of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the solicitor general of the United States has stood in front of judges all her life; Yet her role as the government’s last line of defense may be her toughest yet.”

HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“How Elizabeth Prelogar Stands Up to a Runaway Supreme Court: From Idaho beauty pageants to Harvard Law School to the chambers of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the solicitor general of the United States has stood in front of judges all her life; Yet her role as the government’s last line of defense may be her toughest yet.”

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“US appeals court considers Idaho transgender athletes ban”

HowAppealing

MAY 4, 2021

“US appeals court considers Idaho transgender athletes ban”: Keith Ridler of The Associated Press has this report. Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “ Appeals Court Weighs Idaho Law Barring Transgender Female Students From Girls’ Sports.” ” The U.S. .” ” The U.S.

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Why is Idaho Sending Non-Criminal Mental Health Patients to a Prison?

The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A temporary program in Idaho that houses “dangerously mentally ill” patients, who often face no criminal charges, in prisons has continued for five decades, Audrey Dutton reports for ProPublica. Idaho has continued to ignore warnings over and over that its law fails mental health patients by sending them to a cell block.

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Baltimore Merck Vax Suit Proceeds But Utah, Idaho Claims Cut

Law 360

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The bulk of Baltimore's proposed class action against Merck over its rotavirus vaccine bundling can go to class certification, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, finding that Merck may very well have violated antitrust laws through its "loyalty" program for an essential pediatric vaccine, but also tossing two claims under Idaho and Utah antitrust (..)

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Atty Conflict Discussions In Idaho Murder Case And Beyond

Law 360

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A public defender's representation of the accused University of Idaho murderer after prior representation of a victim's parent doesn't constitute a violation of conflict of interest rules, but the case prompts ethical questions about navigating client conflicts in small-town criminal defense and big-city corporate law alike, say Hilary Gerzhoy and (..)

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Idaho Judge Issues $250K Arrest Warrant for Infamous Anti-Government Activist

The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

An Idaho judge has issued a $250,000 arrest warrant for anti-government activist Ammon Bundy, the man who organized a takeover of an Oregon wildlife reserve that left one of his supporters dead, Andrew Buncombe reports for The Guardian. Bundy fell foul of the court after not attending hearings in relation to a $52.5m

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Fault-Based Car Accident Laws in Idaho

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Since Idaho is a fault-based state there is no requirement for drivers to obtain PIP.

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Idaho AG Goes To Court To Defend Anti-'Patent Troll' Law

Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Idaho's attorney general told a federal court on Tuesday that his office would be moving to defend the constitutionality of a largely untested law passed in Boise to let companies use federal courts in the state to punish so-called patent trolls.

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‘I feel proud of myself that I stood up,’ law prof says after $750K bias settlement is approved

ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A former law professor at the University of Idaho has settled her racial and gender discrimination lawsuit against the school for $750,000 following an October…

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Law banning transgender students from female sports likely unconstitutional, 9th Circuit says

ABA Journal

AUGUST 17, 2023

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled for a transgender college student who challenged an Idaho law that bars transgender athletes from participating in women’s…

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Sixth-Grader Shoots Three in Idaho Middle School

The Crime Report

MAY 7, 2021

A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, reports the Chicago Tribune. A female teacher disarmed the girl and held her until law enforcement arrived and took her into custody.

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TikTok Torts: Idaho Professor Sues “Internet Sleuth” for Defamation Over Idaho Murders

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 29, 2022

There is an interesting defamation case out of Idaho in which Rebecca Scofield , an associate professor and the chair of the history department at the University of Idaho, is suing TikTok personality Ashley Guillard for defamation. to murder the students. Bower, 232 Cal.App.3d 3d 1599, 1608 (1991).

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University of Idaho Loses Major Free Speech and Religious Freedom Case

JonathanTurley

JULY 7, 2022

The University of Idaho has lost a major free speech and religious freedom case after a federal judge ruled in favor of three Christian law students at College of Law. Students, faculty, and staff from the law school gathered in front of the Moscow, Idaho, campus to express support for all students.

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Idaho Wildlife Groups Sue State Over Controversial Wolf-Trapping Bill

LegalReader

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Western Watersheds Project and other wildlife groups are suing the state over a new law that allows hunter to trap and kill wolves.

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Morning Docket: 10.01.24

Above The Law

OCTOBER 1, 2024

AP ] * Blame US Trade laws for fentanyl. AP ] * Blame US Trade laws for fentanyl. appeared first on Above the Law. Courthouse News Service ] * El Chapo lawyer launches music career. [ Reuters ] * Alaska's taxing AI and they've got a pretty good plan. and then immediately shut down that competitor.

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Transgender Idaho Athlete’s Lawsuit to Move Forward

LegalReader

APRIL 15, 2022

The lawsuit poses a challenge to a recent state law prohibiting transgender women from participating in women's athletics events sponsored by public schools, colleges, and universities.

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The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 20

SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supreme Court to allow Idaho to ban transgender care for minors (Laura Guido, Idaho Press) The Supreme Court cases to watch over the next 2 months (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News) Making Sense of the “Good Neighbor” Applications (Steve Vladeck) Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.

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Morning Docket: 03.02.22

Above The Law

MARCH 2, 2022

New Florida law makes panhandling a fineable offense. Deep rooted: Idaho wants to use contract to make sure that its Med students actually practice there once they earn their honorifics. Idaho Capital Sun ]. . Idaho Capital Sun ]. appeared first on Above the Law. The Real Deal ]. * The post Morning Docket: 03.02.22

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US book publishers sue Florida Department of Education over library restrictions

JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2024

Six major book publishers Friday sued the Florida Department of Education, challenging a 2023 state law used to restrict books in school libraries. The plaintiffs are suing on the basis that the state law is overbroad and violates the freedom of expression protected under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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Alabama legislature advances bill that restricts books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

Additionally, if municipalities pass authorizing legislation, county or municipal attorneys may also enforce the law. The bill also removes the public library exemption from the state’s criminal obscenity laws. This means that state governments are free to pass laws that limit obscene speech.

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Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

The Crime Report

JUNE 29, 2021

In the most recent study, Idaho was singled out as relying almost entirely on penalties and fines to fund its judicial system, even as the state confronts more than $195 million in uncollected court debt. Mostly white and rural states like Idaho regularly impose substantial monetary sanctions on people without the means to pay them.”.

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Victim’s Family in the University of Idaho Murders Appeals Gag Order

JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The family of University of Idaho stabbing victim Kaylee Goncalves is appealing a gag order imposed upon them and others in the case against suspected killer, Bryan Kohberger. 3 to restrict comments from prosecutors, the defense, law enforcement and other officials. That appeal is supported by media organizations. However, on Jan.

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Morning Docket: 04.07.22

Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2022

It is no longer illegal to braid hair in Idaho without a cosmetology license. In other news, it was once illegal to braid hair in Idaho without a cosmetology license. appeared first on Above the Law. . * Just change the words a little: Ohio copies Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill. Dispatch ]. * The post Morning Docket: 04.07.22

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Morning Docket: 04.16.24

Above The Law

APRIL 16, 2024

* Supreme Court authorizes Idaho's anti-trans care law with Justice Gorsuch writing that the decision might abuse the standard notion of the Court's shadow docket power, but all the justices who created those precedents are dead now and we have a supermajority so YOLO (you'd be shocked at how lightly paraphrased that is too).

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Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling

Above The Law

OCTOBER 13, 2021

You probably know the refrain: No attorney was involved here.

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No Matter How Much You Want To Keep Working From Home, It Isn’t A Reason To Not Get Vaccinated — See Also

Above The Law

AUGUST 24, 2021

The Discrimination Case Against Idaho Law Moves Forward: Professor beat summary judgment. Associates Behaving Badly: Allegedly trying to leverage the pandemic for their own benefit. But More Biglaw Firms Are Requiring Vaccination: With full FDA approval, what are others even waiting for? For Michael Avenatti over Brady violations.

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Google reaches $391.5M multi-state settlement over user location tracking

JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Authorities allege that Google’s collection of location information violated the participating states’ consumer protection laws because “ Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information.”

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US prosecutors indict leaders of Telegram-based white supremacist group

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The accused Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho. The group, named “The Terrorgram Collective,” celebrated terrorist attacks around the world and solicited further attacks, prosecutors told a federal court in Sacramento, California.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

JUNE 27, 2023

The plaintiffs allege that this provision violates the Virginia Readmission Act , a law passed in 1870 alongside a series of statutes to readmit representatives from former Confederate states to Congress. According to the complaint, only nine crimes were considered felonies under Virginia common law in 1870.

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The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 17, 2024

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan.

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White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties

The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the group posted more than 1,000 pieces of racist propaganda between June and August, marched in Indianapolis, and in Boston in July, where they are accused of assaulting a Black man with shields.

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Kochava Gets Consumers' Data Privacy Suit Trimmed Down

Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An Idaho federal judge has pared down a putative class action accusing data analytics provider Kochava Inc.

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Morning Docket: 12.21.22

Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Berkeley Law School provides a good case study in how "campus free speech," addressing both the complexity the issue can raise when politics and identity become intertwined, and how the whole concept has boiled down to a cudgel to harass left-leaning students. [ New Jersey Law Journal ]. * Eastern Oregon is trying to join Idaho again.

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Three Students Sue Law School For Violating First Amendment Rights

Above The Law

APRIL 27, 2022

Members of the law school Christian Legal Society say they were punished for expressing their religious beliefs. The post Three Students Sue Law School For Violating First Amendment Rights appeared first on Above the Law.

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Idaho educators challenge state law that censors speech about abortion

JURIST

AUGUST 9, 2023

Two teachers’ unions joined six professors in Idaho to bring a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA), an Idaho law that prohibits the use of public funds to provide, promote, or counsel in favor of abortion. ” Filed in the U.S. .”

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Idaho students sue state over new law that removes student ID cards as a valid form of voter identification

Idaho legislature proposes bill to reintroduce firing squad as execution method

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Idaho Senate passes bill to restrict availability of books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

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Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law

Idaho governor signs bill to allow execution by firing squad

Idaho legislature passes bill to use firing squads as a method of execution

27 States Urge Fed. Circ. To Back Idaho 'Patent Troll' Law

Idaho police arrest 31 Patriot Front members for conspiracy to riot at a LGBTQ pride event

Idaho legislators urge congressional action on Yellowstone ‘zone of death’ loophole

“US appeals court considers Idaho transgender athletes ban”

Why is Idaho Sending Non-Criminal Mental Health Patients to a Prison?

Baltimore Merck Vax Suit Proceeds But Utah, Idaho Claims Cut

Atty Conflict Discussions In Idaho Murder Case And Beyond

Idaho Judge Issues $250K Arrest Warrant for Infamous Anti-Government Activist

Fault-Based Car Accident Laws in Idaho

Idaho AG Goes To Court To Defend Anti-'Patent Troll' Law

‘I feel proud of myself that I stood up,’ law prof says after $750K bias settlement is approved

Law banning transgender students from female sports likely unconstitutional, 9th Circuit says

Sixth-Grader Shoots Three in Idaho Middle School

TikTok Torts: Idaho Professor Sues “Internet Sleuth” for Defamation Over Idaho Murders

University of Idaho Loses Major Free Speech and Religious Freedom Case

Idaho Wildlife Groups Sue State Over Controversial Wolf-Trapping Bill

Morning Docket: 10.01.24

Transgender Idaho Athlete’s Lawsuit to Move Forward

The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 20

Morning Docket: 03.02.22

US book publishers sue Florida Department of Education over library restrictions

Alabama legislature advances bill that restricts books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

Victim’s Family in the University of Idaho Murders Appeals Gag Order

Morning Docket: 04.07.22

Morning Docket: 04.16.24

Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling

No Matter How Much You Want To Keep Working From Home, It Isn’t A Reason To Not Get Vaccinated — See Also

Google reaches $391.5M multi-state settlement over user location tracking

US prosecutors indict leaders of Telegram-based white supremacist group

Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties

Kochava Gets Consumers' Data Privacy Suit Trimmed Down

Morning Docket: 12.21.22

Three Students Sue Law School For Violating First Amendment Rights

Idaho educators challenge state law that censors speech about abortion

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