City of Boise City v. Keep the Commandments Coalition

The Court today allows the Coalition’s petition to proceed to the ballot because it concludes the case is not ripe for review. Presumably due to the perceived lack of ripeness, the Court does not determine whether the placement of a monument in a park is legislative, and therefore the proper subject matter for the initiative process, or whether it is administrative, in which case it exceeds the lawful scope of an initiative. I must respectfully dissent because I believe the matter is ripe for review. Furthermore, I believe the administrative nature of what the Coalition seeks precludes the…