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Idaho’s Cobalt Belt & Seamount Crusts: Emerging Opportunities in the Pursuit of Battery Minerals & Renewable Energy Infrastructure
By Catherine O. Danley The Hidden Gem is the world’s first fully operational deep-sea mineral production vessel. Photo credit: The Metals Company, The Metals Company and Allseas Announce Successful Deep-Water Test of Polymetallic Nodule Collector Vehicle in the Atlantic Ocean…
Read Full ArticleAdopt, Don’t Shop: By Legislative Fiat
By Adam P. Karp Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt that is reprinted with the publisher’s permission from American Jurisprudent Trials (© 2023 Thomson Reuters). Further reproduction of any kind is strictly prohibited. For further information about this publication,…
Read Full ArticleIdaho Conservation League: A Retrospective at 50 Years
By Marie Callaway Kellner, with insights from and appreciation to Jeffrey C. Fereday Idaho Conservation League members advocating for clean water. Photographer unknown. The Idaho Conservation League (“ICL”) is Idaho’s oldest and largest state-based, non-profit natural resource conservation organization. Its…
Read Full ArticleEnvironmental Justice: One Key to Corporate Sustainability
By Wade C. Foster and Krista K. McIntyre Defining Environmental Justice Consider these three statements: I experience odor or discoloration in my tap water, English is not the primary language spoken in my home, and I live near industrial activity.…
Read Full ArticleScam Alert: Phishing Email Targeting Leadership
We have recently been made aware of a phishing email circulating in which the scammer purports to be part of Bar Leadership and asks for an expense to be paid via payment app. See below for a redacted example of…
Read Full ArticlePith and Elegance: Crafting Balanced Paragraphs
Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff Some of my early essays in this column covered ways to make paragraphs better.[i] But it’s been a while since I returned to the idea of constructing good paragraphs. If you’ve been a long-time reader of The Advocate,…
Read Full ArticleState of the Judiciary Address
Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan Delivered to the Idaho Senate and Idaho House of Representatives on January 18, 2023. Introductory Remarks Have you ever considered that Idaho’s courtrooms are the only places in the state where our citizens can witness…
Read Full ArticleAn Interview with Justice Robyn Brody
Sarah E. Tompkins In recent years, the Idaho Supreme Court has been tasked with deciding issues that have a wide-ranging impact on the law in Idaho – many of these resolving issues of first impression. In doing so, their decisions…
Read Full ArticleMaximizing Your Client’s Chance of Success in Federal Habeas
Jonah J. Horwitz Most of the time, the lawyers who specialize in representing habeas petitioners in federal court are treated as curiosities by the rest of the criminal defense bar. That is for good reason, as habeas law is complex,…
Read Full ArticleThe Return of the General Warrant
Benjamin M. Onosko Introduction This article examines the modern police practice of conducting pretextual stops on the motoring public to initiate criminal investigations without reasonable suspicion or prior judicial approval; and its comparison to the British practice of using general…
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