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Taking on the Colorado Supreme Court: Mark Hillman, Mike Rosen & Me

by Ben DeGrow | 8:27 am, October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

Update, 1:50 PM: I also will be talking about the Lobato case and school funding adequacy on Face The State weekend radio with Brad Jones. In the Denver area, that’s AM 710 KNUS on Saturday at 5:00 AM and Sunday at noon. Check local listings for additional stations and times.

A sense that the Colorado Supreme Court is growing out of control continues to pick up momentum after the October 19 Lobato v State ruling (PDF), in which the 4-3 liberal majority arrogated to itself the power to determine school funding policy.

On Wednesday my friend and former state senate leader Mark Hillman ably dissected the dangers in this decision. Yesterday, Colorado’s leading conservative talk show host Mike Rosen leaped into the fray with a strong condemnation in his Denver Post column.

But writing for the Colorado Daily, yours truly offered the first big broadside against the dangerous Lobato ruling — noting among other things that other state courts have backed away from judicial activism in school finance adequacy cases even as Colorado seems to be embracing the idea.

I’m glad this issue is getting the attention it deserves. And as Rosen concludes his column, I also strongly urge you to educate yourself about the out-of-control liberal majority on the state supreme court and get behind the excellent grassroots movement Clear the Bench Colorado.

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  1.   CTBC
      October 30th, 2009 @ 1:25 pm

    Another excellent article – Ben did beat the OTHER “big guys” to the punch (Ben’s big – “but not as big as Rasmussen”), but for the FIRST “big broadside” against the dangerous Lobato ruling, there’s only one place to go: Clear The Bench Colorado (naturally!) which posted analysis and critique of the decision online the very next day.
    http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/10/20/colorado-supreme-court-usurps-legislature%e2%80%99s-role-and-authority-again-claims-power-to-set-proper-school-funding-amounts/

  2.   Ben
      October 30th, 2009 @ 1:35 pm

    Thanks for the clarification, Matt. How could I have missed that? Actually, we more or less “tied” with a 1-2 punch against the ruling last Tuesday:
    http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/10/civics-lesson-colorado-supreme-court-asserts-school-finance-authority/

    And let me add, this case makes it abundantly clear: If you’re not supporting Clear the Bench Colorado, you should be!

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