Former Colorado Senate President John Andrews introduced an initiative Friday that would impose term limits on state Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court judges, saying activist judges need to be reined in.
“The people of Colorado have made it clear again and again their desire for accountability of public officials through term limits. If we have term limits on the executive and legislative branches, we should have term limits on the judicial branch,” the Republican from Centennial told The Associated Press.
“There are powerful interests in Colorado that seek to accomplish political change through judicial lawmaking which they couldn’t accomplish through the democratic process.”
Two years ago when Andrews was Senate president, lawmakers killed his proposal to put a similar measure on the ballot after state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis told lawmakers the measure would make the judiciary more politicized.
