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Plain Facts, plain speak, and plain truth - the Coeur d'Alene Elections Contest

The Coeur d’Alene City Election Contest Lawsuit

 Anyone who votes in any federal, state, or local election anywhere in Idaho ought to know about the

ongoing city election contest lawsuit in Coeur d’Alene. The lawsuit reveals the need for a

comprehensive review of the state’s election law administration, especially pertaining to residency,

Idaho Judicial Branch Violates State Statute?

According to Jay Howell with the Idaho Freedom Foundation, taxpayers have paid out more than $200,000 since 2003 through the Idaho Judicial Branch in hiring their public relations firm, Gallatin Public Affairs.

Furthermore, Idaho State Code 67-5716 exempts a number of state government entities from the bidding process, the Judicial Branch among them:

14) Agency. All officers, departments, divisions, bureaus, [...]

Insurance that doesn't pay

You might want to read this interesting article by Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation. Antitrust law is a chilling attack on docs – and sign of things to come.

“In the Blue Cross case, the state has its own set of anti-free market, pro-monopolistic statues which limits competition and gives insurance providers like Blue Cross a competitive [...]

Happy 4th of July 2010

A day to celebrate our freedom or at least make believe we are not losing it.

Y Vote?

Being from Idaho, the rumors have always flourished about how the elections are fixed and what good does it do to vote?

Now, I am completely convinced. Those rumors are true. Not a wonder there is such a state of apathy in Idaho.

Bill McCrory recently wrote a piece for Your Local Capitalist newspaper over the [...]

Bradbury - May 25th!

There are some great articles about the Judicial race between  Idaho Court Supreme Court Justice Burdick (incumbent) and Judge Bradbury. Judge Bradbury debated Judge Burdick a few weeks ago with flying colors.

Now the Supremes are busy recanting and coughing up “misstatements.”

Justice Jones (even though he is not running for the justice seat) originally was going [...]

Idaho Supreme Court Judicial Appellate Rules Committee

The members of the Appellate Rules Committee are listed on the Idaho state website.  They include Chief Justice Daniel Eismann, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals Karen Lansing, Judges Earl Blower and Stephen Dunn, State Appellate Public Defender Molly Huskey, Deputy Attorneys General Clive Strong and Lori Fleming, Clerk of the Supreme Court Steve [...]

Idaho Judicial Administrative Conference Committee

The Administrative Conference meets four times a year to discuss issues relating to court administration. The persons who are members or attend the meetings are the administrative district judges and trial court administrators of the seven judicial districts, the members of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, the [...]

Idaho Supreme Court Access Committee

I will be doing a series of informational posts on our Idaho Supreme Court Judicial Committees. At the same  time we are building a content management site so the information can be easily updated and managed. The information will be provided by the State of Idaho. In the meantime, this site will provide you with basic information under [...]

In the Interest of Justice

In the past I have written at length about our Idaho Supreme Court Judicial Committees.

Approximately, two weeks ago, District 1 – Judge Simpson recused himself from a local elections contest -CV-2009-0010010, Jim Brannon vs. City of Coeur d’Alene etal. We don’t really know why, other than “in the interest of justice.” His wife Jonelle Simpson, PhD [...]