Second, limit the emergency powers of the executive branch in Colorado through a state constitutional amendment. Former Gov. Ritter said the use of emergency powers by Gov. Polis was “unprecedented.” Initially, we were told that the extraordinary intervention would be limited to “buy some time to fix the supply chain,” but it kept expanding, limiting constitutionally protected freedoms. With a check against expanding emergency powers, Colorado’s businesses, families and places of worship would have been better served.
Barry Farah
May 8, 2020 Updated May 8, 2020