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MARKWELL v. COOKE

Supreme Court Case No. 20SC585.

482 P.3d 422 (2021)

2021 CO 17

Cindi MARKWELL, Secretary of the Senate; and Leroy M. Garcia, Jr., President of the Senate, Petitioners, v. John B. COOKE, Senator; Robert S. Gardner, Senator; and Chris Holbert, Senate Minority Leader, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

March 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioners: Recht Kornfeld, P.C., Mark G. Grueskin , Marnie C. Adams , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondents: Jackson Kelly, PLLC, John S. Zakhem , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Governor Jared Polis: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Eric R. Olson , Solicitor General, Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General, Stephanie Lindquist Scoville , First Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.

¶1 Separation of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government is the foundation on which our democracy rests and the fount from which our liberties flow. In urging ratification of the U.S. Constitution, James Madison referred to separation of powers as "the sacred...

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