Colorado Politics: It’s dangerous, even fatal, when government goes rogue whether in a democracy or autocracy. Government officials who ignore or taunt laws that constrain bad acts should be given the heave ho. We’re witnessing these egregious scenarios now at the federal and the Douglas County level. Scorn of basic rules of governance at the federal level leads to scorn at local levels.

When the president of the United States threatens to bomb Iran to the Stone Age, someone needs to step up to stop the rhetorical lunatic. The U.S. Congress with Republican majorities apparently isn’t up to the task. JD Vance, our vice president, is off to Hungary in support of the great dictator, Victor Orban. Military officers who object to President Donald Trump’s and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s seat-of-the-pants decisions are humiliated, then fired, especially if they are minorities or women. When it comes to matters of war, the courts don’t intervene to save us. Is anyone out there who can?

Fortunately, at the Colorado county level, when county commissioners knowingly and intentionally violate state statute, the courts can intervene, even if it takes time and appeals. Here’s the storyline and its implications for public policy:

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