Update on our legal battle with the CDA School District

“Less than two weeks before the Nov. 2 general election, a federal judge has denied a motion to block the Coeur d’Alene School District from prohibiting political activity on school property during elections.

Jeremy Ray Morris, representing the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee in its ongoing lawsuit against the school district, filed the preliminary and permanent injunction in August.

If granted, the injunction would have prevented the school district from prohibiting electioneering on school property while the larger case advances.

The lawsuit alleges that the school district violated Idaho law by removing a demonstrator from Hayden Meadows Elementary School who was passing out sample ballots on Nov. 3, 2020.

The demonstrator, identified in the suit as Brigadier General Bob Brooke, was reportedly asked to move from the parking lot to a grassy area nearby, where he resumed electioneering activities.

Morris filed the lawsuit in March on behalf of the KCRCC, as well as Bob Brooke and KCRCC election chair Jeff Tyler, seeking $17,760 in damages.

Parties seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that they are likely to succeed on the merits, that they are likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in their favor and that an injunction is in the public interest.

In a memorandum filed Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye said the plaintiffs failed to meet those standards.”

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