I’ve written a fair amount about Oregon Ballot Measure 113, which passed handily last fall. It bans legislators who walk out of a lawmaking session from being re-elected for an additional term. But the thing was so badly drafted that there’s a major fight in progress about when the disqualification takes effect.
The Republicans who were targeted have filed their opening brief in the case, now before the Oregon Court of Appeals, and I’ve got it here. They are making the better argument; if I were a judge, I’d rule in their favor. But I’m not a judge, and the people who are judges are not like me. I would not be at all surprised if the Oregon Constitution did not mean what it says. Stranger things have happened around here.
Anyway, the brief is nicely done, and if you’re interested in this ugly little Beaver State tussle, you should have a read.