Pebble Ltd. Partnership v. Lake & Peninsula Borough

I would grant the petition for review. My position has nothing to do with the ballot initiative's validity, which is not before the court at this time, but rather has everything to do with the process and standards for pre-election ballot initiative challenges and the right to judicial, including appellate, review.

In April 2011 the Clerk of the Lake and Peninsula Borough (the Borough) certified the "Save Our Salmon" Initiative #2 (the Initiative) as "meet[ing] the requirements of Alaska law and the Alaska Constitution." Pebble Limited Partnership (Pebble) filed an action seeking judicial…