Here Are All The Things Idaho's Governor Got Wrong About Asset Forfeiture in His Veto Statement
Gov. Butch Otter says cops never abuse asset forfeiture, but there's no way for anyone to know without this bill becoming law.
Gov. Butch Otter says cops never abuse asset forfeiture, but there's no way for anyone to know without this bill becoming law.
Is he trying to make libertarians angry, or is he just a puppet of special interests?
Police will also be required to track and report what they take.
Otter had a chance to sign a CBD oil bill for Idaho in April 2015, but he vetoed it. He is still the only governor in the country to veto such a bill.
A Reason investigation uncovers how cops, prosecutors, and lobbyists conspired to restrict a promising cannabis-derived seizure treatment.
Idaho's law is similar to Michigan's, which a federal appeals court recently deemed punitive.
It is not clear how a traffic accident escalated into Jack Yantis' death.
Dairy protection legislation criminalized secret filming of abusive treatment of farm animals.
It's not an animal-porn law, it's an ag-gag law.
Prison, run by Corrections Corporation of America, has been the subject of lawsuits
Uh oh, keep an eye out for those middle class white folks.
Granted exemption from furloughs
The chief of interpretation and education may not be furloughed, but staffers who could be searching for a missing woman apparently are
Second straight summer where fires have threatened area
Horseback riders saw a couple that could have been James Lee DiMaggio and Hannah Anderson
Is also apparently unaware antisodomy laws have been declared unconstitutional
Will require a warrant, at least most of the time
Second state in country after Virginia to restrict use
Anybody unlawfully targeted could press charges
Looking back at a lethal attack
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