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Colorado’s Safety Clause

There's a clause that the Colorado legislature can add to bills when a piece of legislation is "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety." Would it surprise you that over half of bills passed contain this urgent language?

The state constitution gives Coloradans the power to challenge new laws through citizens’ initiative. Politicians don’t like this and are trying to get around it with the “Safety Clause”, Mike Krause explains in this Freedom Minute.