Members of a campaign group, Limit the Judges, announced a petition drive Wednesday to get a measure on the November ballot setting term limits for Colorado Court of Appeals judges and state Supreme Court justices.
Fewer than a dozen people rallied on the west steps of the state Capitol to announce plans to collect 100,000 signatures statewide.
“Real power has to come from the people up, not the judges down,” said state Sen. Tom Wiens, R-Castle Rock, who spoke at the rally.
Wiens was joined by former state Senate President John Andrews, chairman of Limit the Judges; Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray; and Rep. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch.
“The Supreme Court took away our rights,” Andrews said of the Colorado Supreme Court’s refusal Monday to reverse its decision to keep a proposed constitutional amendment on immigration off the ballot.
The court ruled the initiative violated the requirement that such amendments deal with only one subject.
Organizers of Limit the Judges said they hope to collect thousands of signatures within 50 days at area grocery stores.
