Cole v. State Ex Rel. Brown

¶1 Plaintiffs Mack Cole, Joseph C. Heiken, B.F. “Chris” Christiaens, and Robert Emmons, filed an original proceeding in this Court challenging the validity of Constitutional Initiative 64 (CI-64) imposing term limits on ten state and federal offices. We hold that Plaintiffs’ claim is barred by laches.

¶2 Plaintiffs presented the following issues for our review:

¶3 1. Whether the failure of CI-64 to comply with all constitutionally mandated procedures is subject to strict scrutiny by this Court.

¶4 2. Whether CI-64, which required the electorate to vote on whether to impose term limits on ten…