SCR132 Summary

• Recognizes Judge Edward J. Lodge for fifty years of service on state and federal courts as of July 1, 2013, making him Idaho's longest-serving judge and longest-serving active federal district judge in the District of Idaho.

• Documents Judge Lodge's career progression from probate judge in Canyon County (1963) to Idaho District Court (1965) as the youngest district judge appointed, to U.S. bankruptcy judge (1988), to U.S. District Court judge (1989) appointed by President George H.W. Bush and confirmed by unanimous Senate consent.

• Acknowledges his athletic accomplishments as a three-time all-American football player and former Golden Gloves boxing champion, with induction into Boise State University and College of Idaho athletic halls of fame.

• Notes his judicial prominence in high-profile cases including the Ruby Ridge standoff, Lake Coeur d'Alene tribal ownership dispute, Claude Dallas case, Joseph Duncan death penalty trial, and mining damage cases, and his distinction as possibly the only judge to preside over two murder cases simultaneously.

• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to forward a copy of the resolution to Judge Edward J. Lodge and Senator Patti Anne Lodge.