Cindi Markwell v. John B. Cooke, Senator…

Summary

The court held that the Senate's use of multiple computers to recite different portions of a bill simultaneously at an unintelligible speed did not satisfy the Colorado Constitution's requirement that bills be read at length. The dispute was justiciable because determining whether legislative action complied with a constitutional requirement was within the judiciary's role. The court nevertheless held that the district court exceeded its authority by prescribing the specific manner in which the legislature must conduct future readings.