Romanoff v. State Commission on Judicial Performance

BENDER, Justice.

I. Introduction

The current Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, Andrew Roma-noff, and the current President of the Colorado Senate, Joan Fitz-Gerald, petition us under C.A.R. 21, in the nature of the writ of quo warranto, to determine which of four appointees should properly be seated on the State Commission on Judicial Performance.1

There exists a controversy whereby four appointed commissioners seek to fill two of the ten seats of the statewide Commission. Two of the Respondents, Lance W. Sears and Bradley A. Levin, have been appointed by Romanoff and…