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HJM004....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS - Stating findings of the Legislature
regarding decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit and urging the Idaho delegation in the Congress of the United
States to sponsor and support creation of a new circuit for better regional
representation and to place Idaho in the new circuit.
02/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/18 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/05 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 55-13-2
AYES -- AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell,
Black, Block, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Deal, Denney, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake,
Langford, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle,
Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer,
Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman,
Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Bieter, Boe, Douglas, Henbest, Jaquet, Langhorst, Martinez,
Naccarato, Ringo, Robison, Sayler, Smith(30), Smith(24)
Absent and excused -- Cuddy, Ring
Floor Sponsor - Barrett
Title apvd - to Senate
03/06 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/17 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Darrington
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol
03/20 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/21 Pres signed
03/24 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 4
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh
7 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, the government of the United States of America and of the several
9 states were created and rest upon settled principles of the rule of law; and
10 WHEREAS, the proper, orderly and reliable administration of justice
11 depends upon fairness, impartiality, absence of bias or prejudice, absence of
12 political dogma, and respect for the Constitution of the United States of
13 America, which all judges are bound by oath of office to support and enforce,
14 and upon judicial restraint; and
15 WHEREAS, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has a
16 history of ignoring and violating these cornerstones of the administration of
17 justice and of deciding cases in ways which place political dogma, social
18 engineering, and personal doctrines of world view ahead of proper judicial
19 neutrality; and
20 WHEREAS, the liberal, environmental tendencies of the Ninth Circuit do not
21 reflect the political philosophies of the citizens of Idaho, thus weakening
22 the traditional economic foundation of the state; and
23 WHEREAS, the said court has most recently misread, misinterpreted and mis-
24 applied the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, thereby
25 imposing an unnatural, distorted meaning to that amendment which ignores its
26 plain and clear meaning to protect the right of the people to keep and bear
27 arms in such a way that the amendment is twisted into guaranteeing that right
28 only to the National Guard, such ruling being at odds with logic and judicial
29 reason; and
30 WHEREAS, decisions of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are more fre-
31 quently overturned by the United States Supreme Court than any other circuit
32 in the country; and
33 WHEREAS, the Ninth Circuit Court decision that "God" in the Pledge of
34 Allegiance violates the principle of the separation of church and state, and
35 undermines the Judeo-Christian base upon which our country was founded; and
36 WHEREAS, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is geographically the largest
37 of the circuit courts in the nation, and is already overburdened with a large
38 caseload; and
39 WHEREAS, the great state of Idaho and its citizens deserve to live and
40 prosper under the Constitution of the United States of America as written,
41 free from abuse and distortion.
42 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
43 of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
44 Senate concurring therein, that we urge the Idaho delegation in the United
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1 States Congress to sponsor and support legislation to create a new Circuit of
2 the United States Court of Appeals for better regional representation, wherein
3 the judges thereof administer justice fairly, impartially and free from bias
4 and distortion of the Constitution of the United States, and to place Idaho in
5 this new circuit.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
7 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
8 Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
9 sentatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
10 State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12965
This House Joint Memorial urges the Idaho delegation in the United
States Congress to sponsor and support legislation to create a new
circuit of the United States Court of Appeals for better regional
representation, wherein the judges thereof administer justice
fairly, impartially and free from bias and distortion of the
Constitution of the United States, and to place Idaho in this new
circuit.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Phone: 332-1000
Name: Rep Lenore Barrett Rep Clete Edmundson
Rep JoAn E Wood Rep Henry Kulczyk
Rep Charles Eberle Rep Peter Nielsen
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM