United States v. State of Idaho

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-35440

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:22-cv- 00329-BLW v.

STATE OF IDAHO, ORDER

Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-35450

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:22-cv- 00329-BLW v.

STATE OF IDAHO,

Defendant,

v.

MIKE MOYLE, Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives; CHUCK WINDER, President Pro Tempore of the Idaho Senate; THE SIXTY- SEVENTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, Proposed Intevenor-Defendants,

Movants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc December 10, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed March 13, 2025

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Ronald M. Gould, Consuelo M. Callahan, Milan D. Smith, Jr., John B. Owens, Eric D. Miller, Daniel A. Bress, Danielle J. Forrest, Lawrence VanDyke, Lucy H. Koh and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., Circuit Judges.

COUNSEL

Catherine M.A. Carroll (argued) and Brian D. Netter, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General; Michael S. Raab, McKaye L. Neumeister, Nicholas S.…