We open this editorial with an apology to all dead moose. We also call upon Gov. Butch Otter to reassemble the Idaho Legislature in special session, at great cost to taxpayers and annoyance to legislators whose 2015 session work should have been done. Just prior to the close of business for the year, a House committee put its anti-federalist ideology ahead of 400,000 Idaho children. They did so at a potential cost of more than $70 million annually to the state in federal dollars earmarked for services ranging from collecting child support to providing child care to needy families. But it’s not just the money that matters. The entire mechanism for tracking child support payments and other essential child-related services will be dismantled. Rep. Lynn Luker says the Sharia law fears widely attributed to the committee’s action were a non-factor. We doubt the veracity of that assertion/Coeur d'Alene Press Editorial Board. More here.

Question: Do you think Gov. Otter will call the Legislature back into special session to fix the mess created by the House Judiciary & Rules Committee?