UPDATE: Mr Henderson just emailed me back (around 10: 00 a.m) and I would like to disclose to the public his response about the defected law, I mentioned below in this post.
Senator Les Bock is leading an effort to revise much of the language in the Idaho Code so that it refers to persons with disabilities in respectful terms. We are participating in that effort, and I expect that legislation will be introduced at the next session to address this problem. The statute you have referred to, I.C. § 32-106, is one that I also came across and pointed out, and it will no doubt be addressed in the legislation. Thank you for your interest in this.
Super!
Thanks to the Supreme Court of Idaho Blog, I happened to find this information.
Supreme Court Justice Eismann is asking for defects in any laws to be brought to their attention. Here is the Idaho State Bar release. According to SCOIDBlog, “The Supreme Court has a constitutional obligation to report such to the Governor who then passes on the information to the Legislature.”
Please send this information no later than September 18, 2009 to Patti Tobias (ptobias@idcourts.net) or Michael Henderson (mhenderson@idcourts.net). We can then submit your suggestions and proposals to the Administrative Conference for consideration at the October 22-23 meeting. Thank you for your assistance.
Well, I have a law that needs to be looked at, and I am not a judge, but I am going to alert them anyway! So, I will be alerting Michael Henderson and Patti Tobias my law alert so our legislature has something to look at!
It is this one and I think they need to update the terminology. Calling someone an “idiot” in Idaho might lead to a slander or libel suit.
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