Legal Opinion · Dissent

In the Matter of Title, Submission Clause for 2009-2010 91

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 28, 2010No. 10SA135Published

1DissentJustice Coats

Onee more the majority resorts to the single-subject requirement to block consideration of a proposal to amend the state constitution by voter approval. I have written at length on a number of occasions about not only our lack of uniformity in applying the single-subject requirement but our willingness to, in fact, construe the term "subject" as being so elastic as to leave to this court the virtually unfettered discretion to either approve or disapprove any popularly initiated ballot measure at will. See, eg., In re Title & Ballot Title & Submission Clause for 2005-2006 # 55, 138 P.3d 273,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gonzalez-Estay v. LammSupreme Court of Colorado · 2006
  2. Ausfahl v. CaldaraSupreme Court of Colorado · 2006
  3. Campbell v. HobbsSupreme Court of Colorado · 2003

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