In the Idaho Mountain Express and Guides endorsements it had this to say concerning my Idaho Supreme Court race: Incumbent Joel Horton has widespread bipartisan support in this race, but voters who want to send the court a message about keeping its distance from big business and ensuring fairness may want to vote for challenger William “Breck” Seiniger, an attorney with more than 30 years of private practice representing ordinary people. Seiniger called out Horton for not disqualifying himself in a case involving Simplot Corp. when, prior to an unreleased decision Horton wrote, Horton named Simplot’s associate general counsel as his treasurer for his re-election bid. Without a doubt, Horton has every party hack backing him. Party hacks know from Hortons campaign speeches that for the most part he will rubber stamp whatever the legislature or executive want. I take a different tack. While due deference must be shown to the government when it is acting within its constitutional limits, Voters across the political spectrum you want the government kept within the fence built around it by Idahos and the U.S. constitutions. I have not asked for any endorsements, because when I am elected there will be two equally regarded opponents in front of me when I hear a case involving the extent of governmental power -- the Government and a private party, perhaps you. No one will have to worry that I owe anything to these party leaders, none of whom even bothered to acquaint themselves with me before presuming to offer their opinion to you as to whom they prefer.
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 01:58:11 +0000
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