Unconstitutional legislation seeks to subvert Idaho initiative rights, yet again

Idaho legislators sought to undermine the constitutional right of Idahoans to run initiatives by enacting a 2021 law making it…

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Attorney General Labrador has no business meddling in election security

House Bill 470 would create an “Office of Election Crimes and Security” in Raul Labrador’s office. That would certainly be…

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The school facilities bill is the right thing, done in the wrong way

The Idaho Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that the Legislature has the constitutional duty to provide for the construction and…

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It is hard to recruit district court judges; SB 1347 will make it even harder

Every business, interest group, civic organization, legal group, education entity, government agency and living-and-breathing human being in the Gem State…

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Labrador bets heavily on abortion in his gamble to win higher office

During his first year as Idaho Attorney General, Raul Labrador has placed most of his chips on the abortion issue…

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Property taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the “school choice” scheme

Every legislative session brings some new “school choice” scheme that is touted as a way to improve elementary and secondary…

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The extremist branch of Idaho’s GOP is producing a moving experience

Many people have literally been moved by the ugly performance of Idaho’s Republican extremists in recent years. That is, significant…

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Let’s not render Idaho’s domestic terrorism law useless

Idaho’s landmark Terrorist Control Act (TCA) will be rendered useless if the Idaho House of Representatives passes a bill approved…

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If you pay peanuts for a job, you’re likely to attract monkeys

Judges are the heart of the American system of justice. Faith in our court system depends upon having judges who…

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Fulcher needs to strongly support America’s side of the war in Ukraine

Representative Russ Fulcher has failed to grasp that his repeated failure to support Ukraine in defending against Russia’s genocidal war…

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