A federal lawsuit filed by two of Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmates is challenging the state’s newly enacted firing squad execution law on constitutional grounds, while an advocacy group has taken its opposition directly to the public with a billboard campaign in Boise. The Lawsuit Thomas Creech and Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. filed suit against […]
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office submitted closing briefs this week in Seyb v. Members of the Idaho Board of Medicine, a federal lawsuit challenging Idaho’s Defense of Life Act and marking the latest courtroom battle over the state’s abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling. The Case The lawsuit was brought […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports, delivering a definitive legal victory to Idaho — the first state to enact such a restriction — and clearing the way for similar laws across the country to remain in force. The ruling, issued on the […]
A Custer County judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Idaho businessman and federal official Michael Boren on Friday, ruling that the case had sat dormant too long under state court rules and that Boren’s legal team had no valid excuse for the delay. The Ruling Judge Darren Simpson ordered the dismissal after finding that […]
A federal judge in Idaho heard nearly two hours of arguments Friday over whether to block a new state law requiring restroom use based on biological sex, with a ruling needed before the measure takes effect on Tuesday. The Case Before the Court Chief U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford presided over the hearing in Jackson-Edney […]
A pair of investigative news outlets filed suit against two Idaho agencies in June, alleging that state officials deliberately cut off access to police employment records after prior reporting exposed widespread sexual misconduct among prison guards. InvestigateWest and the Invisible Institute filed their lawsuit on June 16 in Ada County District Court, naming the Idaho […]
Two Idaho abortion restrictions enacted in August 2022 are facing fresh constitutional scrutiny in court, with a maternal-fetal medicine specialist serving as the lead challenger — though courtroom admissions have raised questions about the strength of his case. The Laws at Issue Idaho’s Heartbeat Law and Defense of Life Act both took effect in August […]
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of key portions of Idaho’s new transgender bathroom law, halting criminal penalties tied to certain restroom access provisions just days before the measure was set to take effect on July 1. The preliminary injunction will remain in place while the underlying lawsuit works its way through federal court. […]