In re Initiative Petition No. 396, State Question No. 763

COLBERT, V.C.J.,

with whom WATT, J. joins, dissenting.

T1 In its unnecessary haste to dispose of this matter with a one-page order containing legal conclusions only, this Court fails to explain any rationale for today's decision. Close examination of the proposed constitutional amendment however, demonstrates serious constitutional infirmities which this Court has never addressed.

T 2 Initiative Petition No. 896, State Question No. 768, is proposed for a vote of the people by Oklahomans for Modern Laws and others. This protest is brought by two public interest groups, Fighting Addiction Through…