American Civil Liberties Union, Idaho Chapter v. Echohawk

McDEVITT, Chief Justice.

BACKGROUND

The Idaho Citizens Alliance (“ICA”) is spearheading an effort to obtain enough signatures to get an initiative regarding state law treatment of homosexuality on the ballot. The ICA submitted the proposed initiative to the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, and the Attorney General, after conducting a non-binding legal review of the substance of the initiative, crafted short and long titles for the proposed initiative pursuant to I.C. § 34-1809. The petitioners, the Stop Special Rights Committee (“SSRC”) and the American Civil Liberties Union (“AGLU”), petition…