Dear Friends, On Friday, February 16th, I filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court of the United States regarding Idaho’s ban on transgender surgeries and medical procedures for Idaho youths with gender dysphoria. These medical treatments banned under Idaho law include puberty-blocking hormones, experimental drugs, and irreversible genital removal and mutilations. The Idaho district […]
For over a decade, I practiced immigration law. As someone born in Puerto Rico who was raised by a single mom, I lived the American dream, and it brought me great joy to help clients secure their chance to achieve it. When I represented Idaho in Congress, I continually promoted the importance of legal immigration […]
Idaho attorney general asks Supreme Court to narrow lower court ruling, allow Idaho to protect children while case proceeds (BOISE) – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, with the assistance of attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk, filed an emergency motion Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to narrow a lower court’s order to cover […]
(BOISE) – Wall Street giant JPMorgan announced today they will be withdrawing from Climate Action 100+, a $68 trillion investor coalition focused on climate change. In 2023, Attorney General Raúl Labrador and 20 other Attorneys General sent a letter of concern to more than 50 Wall Street asset managers, bringing attention to the legal obligations of asset […]
Dear Friends, Few topics in the news today are getting more attention than the cancer of human trafficking in our communities. Rightfully so – this is a crime that perpetuates untold misery across all lines of age, geography, ethnicity, and economic status. At the very heart of it all lies the root of so many […]
(BOISE) – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general on a Texas-led letter to the leadership of the United States Senate strongly objecting to measures in the “border bill” proposed in that chamber after negotiation with the White House. “The President has made it overwhelmingly clear that our borders are […]
Dear Friends, On Monday, a group of 26 Attorneys General from around the country issued a letter, admonishing the Administration to enforce immigration laws. We, the signers, noted that more than six million people have illegally crossed into the United States in just under three years – a combined population of both Utah and Iowa. […]
(BOISE) – Thursday, Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. Idaho will receive nearly $1.6 million from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis. “The opioid crisis has been a national tragedy […]
Last week, another environmentalist climate change scheme went down in flames. A plan to control public lands and manipulate the stock market was halted in its tracks after I was joined by 24 other Attorneys General in sending a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. We demanded the New York Stock Exchange abandon their […]
Dear Friends, This week, another issue with Idaho roots was added to the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States. SCOTUS will be hearing the case of City of Grants Pass v. Gloria Johnson, which deals with local government’s ability to regulate public spaces relating to homeless camping. I led a coalition of […]
(BOISE) – The Idaho Office of Attorney General announces the appointment of Alan Hurst as the Solicitor General effective January 22, 2023. The reinstatement of the Solicitor General position by Attorney General Raúl Labrador has led to an active defense of consequential challenges to Idaho law. The Office of Solicitor General serves as the State’s […]
Dear Friends, I want to share some great news. Last Friday, I was informed the Supreme Court accepted our emergency application and stayed the erroneous ruling from the Ninth Circuit on Idaho’s criminal abortion law in Idaho v. United States of America. In addition, SCOTUS is also granting an uncommon writ of certiorari, taking the […]