Brexit isn’t the only example of elites undoing ballot measures
[D]uring the 1970s conservatives began to use initiatives to limit government power. . . . Judges seemed to think this was a threat, and judicial attitudes toward ballot measures began to change.
The Montana Supreme Court’s Demonstrable Bias Against “Conservative” Voter Initiatives
A Montana Policy Institute report documented the tribunal’s handling of ballot measures over three decades. Every measure expanding government power survived the Montana Supreme Court. Almost every measure restraining government died in the Montana Supreme Court.
