Supreme Court takes up Idaho wetlands property rights dispute

ID: Court Says Defendant’s Marijuana Use Was Not Religiously Motivated

Idaho governor: States can build pipeline without federal government

The Next Roe v. Wade?: Jennie McCormack’s Abortion Battle

Policies on school clubs should be uniform

Idaho Couple Puts Wetlands Rules To The Test At Supreme Court

Idaho: Group blasts SW Idaho schools on student club rule

Lambda Legal applauds removal of parental consent requirement for Boise area school clubs

Court Rejects Christian Housing Ministry Lawsuit

Court issues mixed ruling on Idaho abortion law

Idaho Schools Board: FOX News Gets Story Wrong

Idaho says no to religious books in the classroom

Taking Liberties: Bible School Or History Class?

Teresa Collett: Self-induced abortions and RU-486

    Teresa Collett at theUniversity Faculty for Life: The woman challenging the Idaho abortion laws says she brought her lawsuit after a district attorney tried to prosecute her for a self-induce abortion. The charges were dismissed, but form the basis for her claim that she fears injury from the enforcement of the Idaho laws. I have blogged previously about her claims related to the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Act here and here, but did not discuss her claim that a law prohibiting self-induced abortion is unconstitutional. This second claim raises several interesting policy and legal issues.


  • Posted: 09/15/2011
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  • Category: Sanctity of Life
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  • Source: uffl.org

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Lambda Legal objects to Idaho School Districts parental consent requirement for “Gay-Straight Alliances”

    Lambda Legal: Last week, the school board issued a revised policy that now makes clear that student clubs are not prohibited from discussing “sexual orientation including such subjects as combating unfair treatment, prejudices, or stereotypes.” However, the policy retains the requirement for parental consent to join a club. Furthermore, it maintains a three-tier structure for student organizations (exempt, curriculum, and non-curriculum), relegating all non-curriculum clubs, including Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), to the third tier and significantly limiting their ability to access school resources.


  • Posted: 09/13/2011
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  • Category: Marriage & Family

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Former Nampa charter school officials ask federal judges to reconsider lawsuit against state

Censorship: A new way to educate?

Idaho abortion lawsuit may be headed to Supreme Court

ID: Pro-Lifers Welcome First Fetal Pain Abortion Ban Lawsuit

Idaho woman challenges abortion laws after prosecution

Idaho’s new chief justice takes the reins

Academy Looks to Supreme Court to Appeal Religious Text Ban in Idaho

Idaho casting out religious texts

Idaho May Ban Bible From School Curriculum, 9th Circuit Affirms

    The New American: David Cortman, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the legal advocacy group representing Moffett and the charter school, told the Idaho Press-Tribune in an e-mail that he is prepared to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. “In our opinion, the court failed to perform any meaningful analysis of any issue in the case,” Cortman wrote, “including the seminal one: whether there is any educational purpose to ban all religious documents from objective teaching….” In addition, he charged, the 9th Circuit panel ignored the right of local school districts to choose their own texts and curricula. “Censoring books, including religious books, is not the proper way to educate children,” Cortman said in an ADF statement, adding: The court’s opinion requiring the removal of religious books to comply with the so-called “separation of church and state” conflicts with established U.S. Supreme Court precedent stating that “the Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like.”


  • Posted: 08/23/2011
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  • Category: Uncategorized
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  • Source: www.thenewamerican.com

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Proponents of Shuttered School Want to Go Before Supreme Court

ADF prepared to take Nampa Classical case to Supreme Court

“9th Circuit: Idaho Charter School Teachers Have No 1st Amendment Right To Use Religious Texts”

States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws

Church free to worship, thanks to court order

Court Mandates Idaho Town to Lift Church Meeting Ban

ID: School Fights to Use Religious Books in Classroom

Religious text ban case climbing ‘the ladder’

ADF: Limits lifted for Idaho’s No Limits Christian Ministries

Idaho: Mountain Home, church reach zoning settlement

Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty: 9th Circuit Hears Argument Over Use of the Bible in Idaho Schools

Union backers get enough signatures to challenge Idaho educational reforms

Idaho Academy Continues Fight to Lift Bible Ban in Schools

North Idaho College creates ‘free speech zone’

Idaho governor signs fetal pain late-term abortion ban

Idaho governor signs abortion ban after 20 weeks

Idaho enacts abortion opt-out, sends fetal pain ban to gov’s desk

Idaho Governor Otter Signs Bill Banning Assisted Suicide

Idaho House passes ban on fetal pain abortion ban

States Looking to Change Definition of Late-Term Abortion

AP: “Wave of anti-abortion bills advance in the states”

Idaho Senate approves ban on abortions after 20 weeks

Idaho: Senate panel passes bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks

Idaho: Representatives move to ban porn on public computers

Idaho bill to restrict abortion insurance coverage clears House committee

Idaho Senate Approves Bill Making Assisted Suicide a Felony

Conscience bill amendment passes House over objections

Idaho bill will take away power of teachers union

Roundup: Sudden surge of pro-life legislation in numerous states

Idaho Senate bill seeks ban on abortion after 20 weeks

Idaho: Bill would restrict abortion insurance coverage

Idaho Senate passes 2 out of 3 school reform bills

Idaho Senate votes to curtail teacher’s union

Idaho teachers unions protest against proposed cuts

Idaho: Assisted Suicide Legislation Hits the Senate Floor

Criminals target Idaho school superintendent over school reforms opposed by teacher’s union

Idaho: Anti-union bills pass despite worker protest

    Bloomberg: “The first bill seeks to prohibit so-called ‘project labor agreements’ that require contractors to forge pacts with unionized workers as a condition of winning a government construction job . . . Under the second bill, unions would be prohibited from using dues to subsidize member wages to help union-shop contractors win projects.”


  • Posted: 02/17/2011
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  • Category: Miscellaneous
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  • Source: www.bloomberg.com

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Idaho Legislation to Make Assisted Suicide a Felony

Student sues University of Idaho over firearms ban

Idaho could expand sexual orientation discrimination law

Idaho pharmacy board won’t take action in “Conscience Act” complaint against Walgreens

Idaho GOP gets ready to nullify health care reform

Idaho: Lawmaker proposes bill to exempt end-of-life decisions from conscience law

Idaho marriage license fee hike proposed

Idaho “Complaint: Pharmacist refuses to fill prescription over abortion concern”

9th Circuit to weigh in on “objective study of the Bible”