Two candidates challenging GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s bid for a third term reacted today to Otter’s pledge to continue to fight same-sex marriage in Idaho in court. Here are their statements: John Bujak, Libertarian: “I was disappointed that Gov. Otter decided to continue to waste…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this afternoon issued an order rescinding its order last night that specifically made its ruling on Idaho’s same-sex marriage case take effect immediately. The 9th Circuit said this afternoon’s order was issued to comply with U.S. Supreme Court Justice…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, in the sole debate of his re-election campaign, ripped Democratic challenger Nels Mitchell as a clone of President Obama and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and suggested he’d actually represent California. Mitchell decried the “shrill partisanship” of today’s Washington, D.C., and…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said today that he plans to file a motion asking the 9th Circuit for an en banc hearing - a hearing by a larger, 11-judge panel, as opposed to the three-judge panel that already ruled - on Idaho's same-sex marriage…
Idaho state Treasurer Ron Crane is pulling out of tomorrow’s scheduled statewide debate on Idaho Public Television because he’s lost his voice, but is working to get it rescheduled for next week. “He’s caught the crud that everybody else has had, and yesterday he was…
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on this morning’s tumultuous events on the gay marriage front. As same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses at county courthouses around the state, Gov. Butch Otter succeeded in winning a last-minute stay issued this morning…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he's "pleased" with the emergency order from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy staying the start of same-sex marriages in Idaho; Kennedy asked attorneys for the plaintiffs to respond by 5 p.m. Thursday. “I’m pleased that Justice Kennedy has given…
Shelia Robertson and Andrea Altmayer, who are among the plaintiffs in Idaho’s same-sex marriage case, were first in line at the Ada County Courthouse this morning to get a marriage license when the emergency order – requested by Gov. Butch Otter and issued by U.S.…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has issued an emergency order staying the implementation of the gay marriage ruling in Idaho this morning, at the request of Gov. Butch Otter. That halted marriage licenses for same-sex couples – just as they were about to be…
Both Gov. Butch Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden have filed emergency motions with the 9th Circuit this morning asking the appeals court to withdraw its mandate, preventing its ruling on Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban from taking effect immediately. Neither of those motions is expected…
1st Congressional District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, in response to the 9th Circuit ruling against Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage, said, "Marriage is an issue that should be decided by the states. Marriage should not be redefined by unelected judges who continue to trump the…
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