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2 months ago | 
idahobusinessreview.com | Jim Jones |Marc Lutz
Very few lawyers with experience in business litigation have applied in recent years for openings on Idaho’s district court bench where multimillion-dollar business cases are decided.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
idahopress.com | Jim Jones
Jim Jones is a Vietnam combat veteran who served 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1991) and 12 years as a Justice on the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017).
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
idahostatejournal.com | Jim Jones
Dorothy Moon, the current chair of the extremist faction of the Idaho Republican Party, proclaimed on election night that: “We’re not ever going to let Reclaim Idaho bring another initiative.” Moon was honked off that the citizen initiative group had just run a third initiative drive seeking reform of Idaho laws.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
magicvalley.com | Jim Jones
Every business, interest group, civic organization, legal group, education entity, government agency and living-and-breathing human being in the Gem State should take heed of the chronic shortage of experienced and competent lawyers seeking to be district judges. It has become harder each year to recruit good candidates for district court positions because of a variety of factors — low pay, high stress, burnout and the prospect of having to gain the office through a contested election.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
idahopress.com | Jim Jones
Jim Jones is a Vietnam combat veteran who served 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1991) and 12 years as a Justice on the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017).
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
idahopress.com | Jim Jones
Jim Jones is a Vietnam combat veteran who served 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1991) and 12 years as a Justice on the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017).
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
idahostatejournal.com | Jim Jones
Despite the fact that Article IX, section 5 of Idaho’s Constitution strictly prohibits using public funds for religious education, Idaho’s spendthrift legislators are at it again. They want to shower taxpayer money upon parents who are sending their kids to private schools, which would open the floodgates to subsidizing religious education. Here is the grift.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
magicvalley.com | Jim Jones
Every business, interest group, civic organization, legal group, education entity, government agency and living-and-breathing human being in the Gem State should take heed of the chronic shortage of experienced and competent lawyers seeking to be district judges. It has become harder each year to recruit good candidates for district court positions because of a variety of factors — low pay, high stress, burnout and the prospect of having to gain the office through a contested election.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
idahopress.com | Jim Jones
Jim Jones is a Vietnam combat veteran who served 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1991) and 12 years as a Justice on the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017).
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
idahocapitalsun.com | Jim Jones
Very few well-qualified lawyers have applied for Idaho district court positions in recent years. District courts handle trials of felony cases, as well as all types of civil cases affecting the lives and property of individuals and businesses. Putting these disputes in the hands of judges without substantial experience is risky business. The problem of recruiting experienced candidates for positions on our district courts has reached crisis proportions.
