Idaho Statesman: Idaho officials waste millions of taxpayer dollars by passing unconstitutional laws

On June 8, the U.S. District Court for Idaho ordered the state to — yet again — pay over $320,000 in attorneys’ fee to plaintiffs after it unsuccessfully defended an Idaho law prohibiting individuals from changing the gender markers on their birth certificates.

I was a member of the legal team that successfully challenged that anti-transgender birth certificate law. I am also a native, tax-paying Idahoan.

I am incredibly proud of the result my team achieved for our clients and all those affected by the law. I am also proud of the fees we were awarded, which will help my colleagues at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund continue fighting for the rights of LGBTQ individuals. But I am also disheartened to know my family and my neighbors will be the ones to — yet again — pick up the tab for the state’s poor legal decisions.

This is not the first time the state has been ordered to pay a plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees after defending an unconstitutional law.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-officials-waste-millions-taxpayer-100000357.html