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Credit Screenshot from Idaho Public Television Idaho Governor Brad Little today [Friday] vetoed two bills aimed at curbing his authority during emergency situations. Legislative leaders say the governor has kept Idaho in a formal state of emergency for too long. They’re upset that he suspended state laws without consulting them and that he has authorized the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal aid without their input. Little fired back in a video veto message Friday afternoon. He said he worked with legislative leaders when he could and called the bills, quote, “an emotional knee-jerk reaction because of anger about the pandemic.” ....
Credit Idaho Public TV screenshot Idaho Governor Brad Little has signed into law a bill that changes the signature requirements for citizen ballot initiatives. The bill requires signatures from six-percent of registered voters in all 35 legislative districts in order to quality a measure for the ballot, an increase from the current 18 districts. Its authors say they want to make sure that measures that are popular with urban people aren’t forced upon rural voters. Opponents had mounted a phone and Twitter campaign to encourage the governor to veto it. They were especially encouraged by the governor’s veto Friday of two bills that limit the governor’s authorities during emergencies. ....
Cynically, the bill can be read as encouraging students to snitch on professors they disagree with politically. Numerous professors have faced public scrutiny over snippets of surreptitiously recorded classroom talks that have found their way online. Often, these clips are subsequently shown to be lacking context. But faculty members in Florida say they’re more concerned about the bill being an invitation to violate the sanctity of the learning space, given how easy it is to upload videos to the internet anonymously. “Nobody will feel comfortable participating in class knowing that someone else may be making a permanent record of their words,” said Erin Ryan, Elizabeth C. and Clyde W. Atkinson Professor of Law at Florida State University and vice chair of the Faculty Senate there. “These records, especially if taken out of context, may come back to haunt speakers later when seeking employment, promotion, public office, or personally.” ....