Boise, ID – Acting in response to the Idaho Attorney General’s emergency application, the Supreme Court of the United States today took the rare step of granting an immediate stay of the preliminary injunction issued by a U.S. District Judge in State of Idaho v. United States of America, which prevented Idaho from implementing its Defense of Life Act. […]
Boise, ID – The Attorney General’s Office today presented oral arguments for a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint in Idaho’s Fourth District Court in Boise today before the Honorable Jason Scott. The case of Adkins et al. v. State of Idaho was initially filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based advocacy group […]
Dear Friends, Wednesday night, I had the privilege of delivering the keynote address to the Idaho Sheriffs’ Association at their annual meeting. It was great to look around the room and see so many people committed to the constitutional defense of Idaho’s citizens, county by county. This was the first time in 20 years (by […]
Dear Friends, In this edition of the Labrador Letter, I want to bring your attention to our emergency application submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. Our office, in collaboration with Alliance Defending Freedom and the law firm Cooper & Kirk PLLC, filed this application to protect Idaho’s right to regulate abortion following […]
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested two men across Idaho on Thursday, November 30th, 2023, for alleged sexual exploitation and enticement of a child. 49-year-old Richard Hamond of Caldwell was booked into the Canyon County Jail. He has been charged with four (4) counts […]
Boise, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador is joining Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a coalition of 27 attorneys general in a legal filing demanding President Biden fix unlawful immigration policies and secure the border. The Biden administration’s intentional dismantling of border security has resulted in more than seven million inadmissible immigrants surging across […]
One of the privileges and most important obligations of the Office of the Attorney General is protecting the Constitutional rights of our citizens. Those rights are the underpinning of our Republic, and few rights are as prominent in our everyday lives as the First Amendment, covering freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, […]
On Veterans Day we pay tribute to the brave men and women who have served our nation in uniform, honoring those in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, and National Guard. Their service has been characterized by selflessness and a sense of greater purpose. And for making that choice, we are eternally […]
Boise, ID – Attorney General Labrador led a coalition of 22 states challenging California’s discrimination against religious observers in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Attorney General Labrador filed a brief last week urging the Ninth Circuit to overturn a confusing and erroneous California federal district court decision that upheld a California […]
I want to bring your attention to another significant win as my office continues to defend Idaho’s new student bathroom privacy law. This case concerns Senate Bill 1100, a law enacted by the Legislature during the 2023 session to protect students’ privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms. More specifically, Senate Bill 1100 requires that every […]
Boise, ID – The United States District Court for the District of Idaho denied a motion for a preliminary injunction and upheld Idaho’s SB 1100 as lawful. On Thursday, Judge Nye of the US District Court denied the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would have barred the implementation of Senate Bill 1100. Brought […]
I want to bring your attention to a recent victory we have had in the Attorney General’s office. This case concerns House Bills 124 and 340, laws enacted by the Legislature during the 2023 session to impose certain criteria for voting. Specifically, these laws do not recognize student IDs as valid voter identification. To fortify […]