>Recreational fishing banned statewide
Ruh roh. Liberal governator is getting sideways with the 9th circuit. The recent decision by the SCOTUS centered around homeless camping on public property in Boise has opened a can of worms.
The decision was predicated on “The decision below recognizes that it would be cruel and unusual to criminally punish a homeless person who violates the law simply because he engages in the biologically compelled activities of sitting, lying or sleeping outside when he has no place else to go,” their brief said. “That result reflects basic common sense.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/us/supreme-court-idaho-homeless-sleeping.html
This anon is waiting for spring for the other shoe to drop. This opens up ALL Public places such as the National Forest, the BLM, National Parks, State Parks, County Parks, City Parks et al to sleeping when they have not provided sheltered bed spaces for them. But that's just one shoe.
The other shoe is the terrible verbiage used as the predicate for the decision: "biologically compelled activities". Sleep is a biological requirement. Urinating and defalcating are biological requirements. Eating is a biological requirement.
So if I'm hungry, can the various governments, under this rule tell me I can't acquire things to eat? Do I have to have a license to fish? Hunt? Gather berries or mushrooms? Can they close the Forest to me? The PUBLIC waters of streams and oceans?
By this ruling, no, they cannot. This governors order directly contravenes the 9th Circuit's ruling, allowed to stand by the Supreme Court. Looks like everyday will be a free hunting and fishing day!