The Idaho Supreme Court has issued an order this evening setting a briefing schedule in Coeur d’Alene Tribe v. Denney, the instant racing challenge. Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney, who is represented by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, is ordered to file his response to…
David Adler, a constitutional law expert and the president of the new Sun Valley Institute, calls the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s court challenge of the instant racing repeal bill veto “a great constitutional question,” that is “laced with great political questions as well.” Adler said, “The…
I just heard back from Gov. Butch Otter’s office on today’s legal challenge, filed by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, of Otter’s attempted but belated veto of SB 1011, the instant racing repeal bill. Mark Warbis, spokesman for Otter, said in an email, “We have no…
A constitutional question raised in today’s Idaho Supreme Court filing by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe is whether the state is essentially taking the position that Idaho has a “pocket veto” under the Idaho Constitution, allowing the governor to veto a bill without actually taking any...
Here’s a link to the 23-page Petition for Writ of Mandamus the Coeur d’Alene Tribe filed with the Idaho Supreme Court today, asking the justices to order Secretary of State Lawerence Denney to certify the instant racing repeal bill into law. In addition to asking…
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe is asking the Idaho Supreme Court to declare Gov. Butch Otter’s attempted veto of the instant racing repeal bill invalid, and enforce the law banning the slot machine-like devices on its effective date of July 1. The lawsuit, filed...
Bob Geddes, who as of this week is the new director of the state Department of Administration, told the Idaho Statesman in an interview last week that he thinks the department may still have a role with something like the defunct Idaho Education Network school…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: SEATTLE (AP) — It's been a long road back to health for the bear cub Cinder who was found badly burned after last summer's Carlton Complex wildfire in north-central Washington. She was found under a horse trailer…
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