Colorado Supreme Court Won’t Allow Illegal Immigrant Measure on Ballot

June 12, 2006 in Spending, U.S. Domestic Policy

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a proposal to deny most state services to illegal immigrants cannot appear on the November ballot.

The proposed constitutional amendment, promoted by Defend Colorado Now, violates a state constitutional requirement that initiatives deal with only one subject, the court said in an unanimous opinion.

The measure aimed to decrease public spending for the welfare of illegal immigrants in Colorado and restrict access to administrative services, the ruling said.

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It is absolutely amazing how burocratic and parlimentarin tricks impede common sense.

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Debbie

June 13, 2006 at 4:49 pm

I just realized the reference to this post here at Mornign Coffee in my post at Right Truth was not linked. I have corrected that. Sorry. I don’t know how that happened, I’m usually really careful about that sort of thing.

Good post. I just don’t understand the gaul of the burocrats. It is beyond what the ‘normal and rational’ mind can understand.

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