May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
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Potential Role of a Special Advocate in a Criminal Case0
- February 21, 2001
In the following essay all names, date and locations have been changed to assure anonymity.
Judge Will Gibbons is a senior jurist who is highly regarded across Colorado. On Monday of Thanksgiving week 1996, I received a call from Judge Gibbons; clerk saying the Judge Gibbons wanted to talk with me. Judge Gibbons told me that a case had come before him involving James Forrest who had allegedly drawn a revolver on a peace officer and made verbal threats. The officer and hos partner had responded by ordering the man to drop the gun and surrender. Forrest allegedly refused and raised the weapon, whereupon one officer had fired, wounding him slightly. Forrest was then arrested and jailed after aid treatment in a nearby hospital’s emergency room.
READ MORERoads Are Freedom0
- February 21, 2001
Mobility is power. In fact, mobility is empowerment. Show me a man who can travel only as far as his legs will take him and I will show you a man in despair. But, today there is a war against mobility and its politically incorrect components: cars, roads, and drivers. These tools of empowerment are routinely vilified, when in fact they should be celebrated.
READ MOREImmunization Exemption Protects Children0
- January 31, 2001
Last December, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a paper on how well measles and pertussis vaccines protect Colorado children from disease. Unsurprisingly, it concluded that unvaccinated children were more likely to contract measles and whooping cough than vaccinated ones. It also reported that schools with more unvaccinated children are more likely to have outbreaks of these diseases.
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Coloradans Can't Afford The 'Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act'0
- January 26, 2001
House Bill 01-1108. Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act. Creates a new state health insurance program that is not means tested. Makes the state a prescription drug wholesaler, politicizes prescription drug pricing, creates a new bureaucracy to act as a commercial middleman, gives the state full access to retail pharmacy business records, puts small bio-tech firms at risk by creating a new category of business crimes.
READ MOREA New Education Tax Plan for Colorado0
- January 15, 2001
Arizona and Minnesota have both implemented successful education tax plans. Arizona and Minnesota differ in their approaches, but by combining the best from both states, a much more comprehensive plan can be created for Colorado.
READ MORESmart Growth: More Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution0
- January 11, 2001
Americans have moved to the suburbs: Over the past 50 years, Americas suburbs have grown to contain most urban residents. As the nation has become more affluent, people have chosen to live in single-family dwellings on individual lots and have also obtained automobiles to provide unprecedented mobility.
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