Idaho committee advances memorial asking U.S. Supreme Court to revisit Obergefell after hours of testimony

The Idaho House State Affairs Committee voted to send House Joint Memorial 1 — a memorial asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges — to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation after extended debate and two hours of public testimony.

Representative Heather Scott (R-2), sponsor of the memorial, told the committee the measure seeks to “uphold federalism and a state's right to make our own decisions,” and asked the clerk to forward the memorial to the Supreme Court in hopes the justices will revisit Obergefell. Scott framed the issue as one of state authority under the Tenth Amendment and repeated that the memorial is aimed at restoring state decision-making rather than rewriting Idaho law directly.

Committee members and public witnesses debated legal and practical consequences. Representative Keeles asked about a legal opinion the committee received indicating the memorial would not bind the courts; Scott replied that the memorial is…