Edit: Butch wants to waste another $1M

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter recently announced he plans to ask state lawmakers in January to dump another $1 million into the state’s shrinking Constitutional Defense fund. He says it’s needed to continue “defending the sovereignty of our state and our citizens.” Most recently that’s meant fighting to ensure the state’s gay residents aren’t afforded the same basic rights as their heterosexual neighbors, and that women don’t have control over their bodies. The fund was created back in 1995 to help the state deal with sovereignty conflicts with the federal government. Money from the fund can be spent to file lawsuits or defend Idaho from lawsuits. Despite having paid out more than $2.1 million, the fund hasn’t funded a winning case since 1996/Devin Rokyta, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.