About Phil Hart

Phil received a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah and a master's degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2004, Phil Hart was elected by the Citizens of North Idaho to represent District 2 in the Idaho Legislature, House of Representatives. In 2022, Phil was elected to the Idaho Senate, where he currently serves. Phil has dedicated a significant amount of personal time for the past ten years in trying to resolve the constitutionality of the Income Tax. His efforts have resulted in the publication of his book Constitutional Income, which is in its third edition. His book has been steadily covering ground across the United States. He also litigated the issue with the IRS and petitioned the Supreme Court. E-mail: northskiguy@yahoo.com

Idaho Considers More Mandatory Minimums for Fentanyl

I believe this new law, with its expanded definition of what constitutes trafficking, will add hundreds of additional inmates to Idaho’s prisons.  Because our prisons are already full and we are storing prisoners in other states, it will also add to the cost of transporting our inmates around the country.

By |2024-02-20T00:23:29-05:00February 20th, 2024|

Arizona-Mexico Border Crisis

A couple of weeks ago I visited the Arizona/Mexico border at Seabee Arizona.  I had been there before, in 2008 and 2013.  The purpose of my visit was to see firsthand the circumstances surrounding the wave of illegal immigration flowing north across our southern border.  I agree that today it is a wave and that it is out of control.  As I write this, Title 42 is expiring, and predictions are that it will get worse.

By |2023-05-26T01:23:26-04:00May 26th, 2023|

Dobbs versus Roe v. Wade

There was no basis for Roe, and it took our Supreme Court fifty years to reverse itself.  But it actually did not fully reverse itself, what it determined was that abortion was not a federal issue.  Roe was overturned, but that did not eliminate the practice of abortion, nor make abortion illegal.  What it did was to make abortion an issue for the states.

By |2023-03-15T10:12:53-04:00March 15th, 2023|

Federal Wolves – State Rights,  an Update

Idaho’s wolf emergency is a state issue. And in this situation, the state of Idaho has both a duty and the authority to protect its people and their property. House Bill 343 lays out the facts, the argument and the authority to do so. And the governor can devise a process, outlined in an executive order, that is dignified and methodical in confronting this emergency.

By |2023-01-05T21:19:04-05:00January 4th, 2023|

Personal Use of Logs and Timber in Idaho State

So my conclusion is that neither Lewis and Clark, nor those who might re-enact their trek through Idaho today need get a permit nor enter into a contract with the state of Idaho if they want to cut down a large and marketable Ponderosa Pine on state land and crave it into a canoe for their own personal use.

By |2022-05-12T01:56:16-04:00May 3rd, 2022|

The Corona Virus, An Emergency or No?

The governor of Idaho must agree as he suddenly thinks that Idaho needs a law on the books giving Idaho government officials immunity from their “Covid-19 actions.” He just called a special session of the Legislature in the hopes the Legislature will pass such a bill.

By |2020-09-01T03:39:23-04:00September 1st, 2020|
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