Dennis Polhill contributed to The Battle over Citizen Lawmaking: A Collection of Essays, authoring Chapter One: Democracy’s Journey (original version of Democracy’s Journey prior to editing). From the Publisher: There is little doubt that in recent…
Category: Constitution
Some Facts about the Colorado Constitution
Some Facts about the Colorado Constitution Compiled for Colorado Constitution Panel By Dennis Polhill, March 4, 2008 [email protected] Colorado’s Constitution is average. Between 1912 and 2005 (93 years) the citizens of Colorado…
Are Coloradans Fit to Make Their Own Laws
A Common Sense Primer on the Initiative Process By Dennis Polhil Introduction On Election Day, Nov. 5, Colorado citizens will exercise their right to vote not only in electing candidates but also…
Whose Government Is It? (Initiative Process)
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill, Chris Baker Great strides in the evolution of human existence are rare. One of those great strides occurred 223 years ago this month. Thomas Jefferson, the 33…
Insubordinate Legislators
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill Every two years the State of Colorado accuses hundreds of thousands of its citizens of violating election laws. This accusation is implicitly made when signatures on initiative…
Empty Oaths
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill Most Colorado legislators will violate their oath of office soon after swearing it on January 10, 2001. The legislators will knowingly subvert the state Constitution’s provision which…
Murder the Messenger (Legislators Squash Ballot Initiatives)
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill, Melissa Moses It could be argued that government under Soviet communism was less hypocritical than America’s. The Soviets made no pretense about democracy, representation, accountability, competitive elections…
Stopping Petitions
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill It is about power. Power over the people. If the people have more power, then there must be less for elected officials and those who influence them….
Reinventing Democracy
By Dennis PolhillUWSA-Colorado, Issues Chairmanfor Denver Election Commission PART I “We must disenthrall ourselves from the past. Otherwise becomes a barrier to the future.”– Abraham Lincoln The American Civil War was the…
Confederate Constitution – Analysis
Following are the December 1999 observations of Dennis Polhill regarding the Confederate Constitution as contrasted with the U.S. Constitution: