Dear Friends, This past couple of weeks saw a whirlwind of activity in the Supreme Court on several issues where Idaho played both large and small roles in many of these landmark decisions. As our office has been involved in so much federal litigation attacking the Biden Administration’s overreach, a frequent criticism leveled by liberals, […]
[BOISE] – The Supreme Court rejected judicial overreach by the Ninth Circuit and restored the ability of struggling West Coast cities to effectively manage their public spaces. The majority opinion cited several times an amicus brief led by Idaho. Before the ruling, cities in the Ninth Circuit could not enforce bans on public camping unless they […]
There are few projects that have solidified such widespread opposition as the Lava Ridge wind development proposal, forced on the people of Idaho by the Biden Administration and an East Coast energy consortium. They want to build a massive wind farm on federal land in Idaho’s beautiful Magic Valley and sell the generated power to […]
Late Thursday afternoon we were given the news of a fantastic victory in the fight against the Biden Administration’s attacks on Title IX and the decades of progress made for women in our educational system. A federal judge in the Western District of Louisiana just granted Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, and Mississippi a preliminary injunction which […]
[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced an administrative appeal yesterday with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The appeal asks the agency to reconsider its determinations that the Lava Ridge project, a proposed wind turbine development on Bureau of Land Management property in Idaho’s Magic Valley, poses “no hazard” to aviation in the area. The vast […]
[BOISE] – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, along with attorneys general from North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina, and South Dakota, sued the EPA and the Biden Administration to protect state rights over their water and wildlife resources. Idaho and North Dakota are leading the coalition of states, which filed their complaint in the […]
[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a coalition of 27 states in defending American firearms manufacturers against attempts to hold the companies liable for gun violence in Mexico. If a lower court’s ruling is allowed to stand, Americans’ Second Amendment rights could be threatened. In their petition, the attorneys general ask the Supreme Court of […]
Dear Friends, This last week saw a very dangerous proposal from the World Health Organization to assume authority for local health decisions when faced with a future pandemic. This is the same World Health Organization (WHO) that bungled the COVID-19 response with recommendations of mask mandates, social distancing, lockdowns, and mandatory vaccines, all while failing […]
Idaho’s law is designed to save women’s lives. The Biden administration is pushing a false narrative. Women in Idaho deserve the best possible medical care and their lives should always be protected. Full stop. My office recently defended our Defense of Life Act before the U.S. Supreme Court against the Biden administration’s attempt to finagle […]
[BOISE] – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach in filing a lawsuit on behalf of 21 states opposing an ATF rule that would prevent law-abiding Americans from privately selling firearms. The rule seeks to require a federal firearms dealer license for every individual who sells a firearm for anything the ATF […]
In his 2021 inaugural address, President Biden remarked, “The will of the people has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded. We have learned again that democracy is precious.” Then, a year later, this self-declared unifier sued my state for exercising democracy. Idaho passed the Defense of Life Act in 2020 to protect […]
Dear Friends, Last week my office achieved an important victory in the defense of Idaho’s laws for election security. In a unanimous 5-0 decision in Babe Vote et. al. v. McGrane, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho’s law that said a student identification card was not an acceptable form of ID when it comes to […]