“Officials in #Idaho on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate Thomas Creech after they were unable to set an intravenous line to carry out a lethal injection, according to a news release from the state Department of Corrections.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/us/thomas-creech-idaho-execution-fails?cid=ios_app
University of Utah's Women's Basketball team forced to move hotels after racial hate crimes during NCAA Tournament while staying in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho https://www.ksl.com/article/50961584 #racism #sports #basketball #idaho
Via Democracy Docket:
NEW: #Idaho Supreme Court upholds the state's ban on using student IDs to vote, dismissing a lawsuit alleging that the rule violates young voters’ right to equal protection and right to vote under the Idaho Constitution.
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Politico— #Idaho Democrats are running candidates in every state legislative district for the first time in at least 30 years, seeing opportunity in an extreme GOP agenda.
I am so sick of what right-wingers have done to #Idaho. “Idaho has lost 22% of its OBGYNs since the Supreme Court decision, and hospitals say new doctors are increasingly difficult to recruit, according to data from the Idaho Medical Association. ‘Idaho is digging itself into a physician workforce hole that will take many years, if not decades, to fix.’”
#SCOTUS on Thurs will issue more end-of-the-term rulings, potentially including whether #Trump is immune from prosecution in his federal #ElectionInterference case, whether #Jan6 #insurgents may be charged w/ #obstruction & whether #FederalRegulatoryAgencies should have their #powers reduced. Wed, the court inadvertently posted a ruling it has not yet announced that, while #litigation continues, would allow emergency #abortions to stabilize patients in #Idaho where #abortion is banned.
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #billionaires have created this judicial #hellscape from which there is no exit - #SupremeCourt Rocked by New #Leak of Bitter #Abortion Split. A months-long internal feud among the justices over a key case about #abortion access in #Idaho has been leaked—the latest internal communication to escape the high court. #democracy #civilliberties #courts #SCOTUS #constitution #corruption #ethics #WomenRights #justice #paytoplay #womenshealthcare #healthcare https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-rocked-by-new-leak-on-bitter-split-over-idaho-emergency-abortion-ruling
NEW: #Idaho Supreme Court rejects the Republican attorney general's attempt to block an initiative from the November ballot that would create an open primary system allowing all voters — regardless of party registration — to vote for any candidate. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/idahos-attorney-general-sues-to-block-open-primaries-ballot-initiative/
The #Harris campaign is leaving no stone unturned and no state ignored. Doug Emhoff to #Idaho this week. https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article291550980.html
