GOP Idaho lawmakers aim to defund party s attorney general eastidahonews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastidahonews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The attempt to significantly defund the state s attorney general s office came after Wasden decided to not join a Texas lawsuit to invalidate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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March 1, 2021
Two former Idaho attorneys general and a former deputy attorney general have formed a group to fight what they say are unconstitutional laws being proposed by the Legislature. Jim Jones, who is also a former chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, announced on Monday that the Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution will engage in various activities, including legal action if needed. The group said a bill to make ballot initiatives nearly impossible, another to limit a governor’s ability to respond to emergencies and others removing the attorney general’s office as the primary defender of state agencies are unconstitutional. The ballot initiatives bill would require signatures from 6% of registered voters in all 35 Idaho legislative districts in 18 months to get an initiative on the ballot. That’s up from the current 6% of registered voters in each of 18 legislative districts in 18 months, plus a number of signatures that equals 6% or all r