Montana Ass'n of Counties v. State Ex Rel. Fox

*185OPINION AND ORDER

¶1 Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of Constitutional Initiative 116 (CI-116), commonly known as Marsy’s Law, in an original petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The merits of CI-116 and the policy choices behind it are not at issue in this case. The only question before this Court is whether the procedure by which CI-116 was submitted to voters conformed to Montana’s constitutional requirements.

¶2 This Court has original jurisdiction over declaratory judgment actions “when urgency or emergency factors exist making litigation in the trial courts…