I-297

Those activist judges are always disregarding the will of the voters and overturning our initiatives, right? Wrong. In slightly over a decade, courts have overturned voter-approved initiatives five times. In four of those cases, the legislature immediately stepped in and passed legislation to reinstate the will of the voters, thereby overruling the courts.

When the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Initiative 297, which blocks continued nuclear waste from being disposed at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, was unconstitutional, it affected more than just advocates of the Hanford situation. Because of the parties involved, the decision may have an impact on some of the state's political races, as well.