Independence Institute research director David Kopel speaks Saturday at the think tank's annual Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Party. Kopel was an attorney with the legal team that successfully sought to overturn the Washington, D.C. gun ban, one of the toughest in the country. The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, was decided this week by the U.S. Supreme Court and affirms an individual right to gun ownership under the Second Amendment.
While the November election is still months away, public attention is already heating up around Amendment 46, known as the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative, with two debates televised over the last two days.
Voters from Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District are accusing Pamela Jo Suckla, chairwoman of the state Board of Education, of not representing their best interests after her recent refusal to take a public stand against Gov. Bill Ritter’s appeal of a Denver District Court Judge’s ruling that a mill levy freeze amounts to an unconstitutional tax increase.
A November ballot initiative that would rein in preferential treatment based on race, sex, or ethnicity by public entities got a significant boost from some unexpected poll results.
I don’t want to get too graphic here, but I was using the men's room at the state Capitol the other day, just sitting there doing my business, when all of a sudden, I looked up and saw state Senator Jennifer Veiga staring down at me from over the stall.