Legal Opinion
State of Idaho v. Lon T. Horiuchi
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2001No. 98-30149PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS.
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
It was, in the words of Justice Kennedy, the genius of the Founding Fathers to “split the atom of sovereignty.” U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779, 838, 115 S.Ct. 1842, 131 L.Ed.2d 881 (1995) (Kennedy, J., concurring). What this means in practical terms is that, within the territory of every state, two sovereigns-the state government and the federal government-reign cheek to jowl. From the dawn of the Republic, this…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by16 opinions
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