Colorado's partisan Supreme Court strikes again

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Now, Colorado may be a catalyst for a broader trend -- signaling to other states to use legal maneuvers for virtue signaling and political advantage.
51% : Yet, leading Colorado Democrats, including hyperpartisan Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a prominent fixture on MSNBC , will have their moment in the spotlight, claiming they heroically did everything possible to block Trump.
51% : The Taxpayer Bill of Rights sets a revenue cap for the state government and mandates that voters approve any local or state tax increase.
51% : The one place they've found some success, though, is the Colorado Supreme Court, which has greenlighted unconstitutional tax increases disguised as "fees" by the legislature.
51% : States such as Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota have appeals in progress seeking the same outcome as Colorado.
48% : In 2020, when the Democratic-dominated legislature sought to extend its COVID-19 hiatus, the court declared the sacrosanct 120-day limit on the annual legislative session was "non-consecutive," a dubious interpretation belied by both history and the text of the state constitution.
38% : But nothing will change: Trump will still be on the ballot.
37% : Colorado is the only state with a Taxpayer Bill of Rights enshrined in its constitution, a bulwark against excessive government spending and soaring taxes.
37% : Colorado's Supreme Court has upheld unconstitutional state restrictions on gun rights, including a sweeping ban on large-capacity magazines.
35% : Like Trump or not, he hasn't been convicted of insurrection.
33% : The Colorado precedent could become a harbinger of a surge in attempts to dump Trump from state ballots, but political considerations must never eclipse the law and good governance.
29% : Of course, if Trump secures the nomination, he won't win Colorado, where he lost by nearly 14 percentage points in 2020.

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