In Re Initiative Petition No. 348, State Question No. 640

The court declares today that the petition under consideration — which would impose limitations upon the legislature’s power to raise new taxes — qualifies for submission to a vote of the electorate. I concur in the court’s judgment only insofar as the court declares that the measure is not vulnerable to protestants’ presubmission procedural challenges. But I recede from the court’s review of the measure for conformity to the “Republican Form of Government” guaranteed by Art. 4, § 4, U.S. Const.1 Remaining bound by my continued and unswerving commitment to the teachings of Threadgill,2 I…