Three damn times.
Three times the Supreme Court of the United States has had to look at Colorado and say, in effect, “No. Knock it off.”
At some point this stops being a legal disagreement and starts looking like a bad habit. A government with a bad habit is dangerous, because it learns the wrong lesson. It stops asking, “Is this constitutional?” and starts asking, “Can we get away with it long enough to make it real?”
That is the game now under the gold dome.
And let’s be honest about what makes it so infuriating. This is not some noble little misunderstanding where lawmakers are doing their best and just happen to wander into constitutional trouble like a tourist lost in downtown Denver. No. These people know exactly what they are doing. They pass laws that are shaky on purpose. They push policies that are likely unconstitutional on purpose. They create confusion on purpose. Chaos is not a side effect. Chaos is the product.
That is the point.
Because even if the law gets smacked down later, they still get a season or two of headlines, virtue points from the activist class, and the warm fuzzy feeling of bossing around normal people in the suburbs who just want to raise kids, pay taxes, and be left the hell alone. Different clowns, same circus.
That is what makes this more than just another courtroom story. It is a culture of governance that treats your rights like a speed bump. Temporary inconvenience. Something to roll over on the way to the next press conference.
And the ugly truth is, the strategy works far too often.
A bad law does not have to survive forever to do damage. It only has to survive long enough.
- Long enough to chill speech.
- Long enough to intimidate dissent.
- Long enough to make churches, parents, business owners, gun owners, and ordinary citizens think, “Maybe I should just stay quiet.”
- Long enough to make people feel like fighting back is too expensive, too exhausting, too risky.
- That is not justice. That is lawfare with a government logo on it.
Because who exactly has the money to drag the State of Colorado through years of litigation all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court? Not the average family in Weld County. Not the small business owner trying to keep the lights on. Not the suburban dad coaching little league after work. The state knows that. They count on that. They use your tax dollars to create the mess, then dare you to spend your life savings cleaning it up.
And here is the part that really sticks in my craw. Some folks still act shocked every time this happens. They say, “Well, surely they meant well.” Sure. And maybe the raccoon in the garage was just looking for a place to pray. Intent matters, but patterns matter more. When the same crowd keeps pushing policies that collide with the Constitution, at some point you stop calling it coincidence and start calling it ideology with a lawyer attached.
I will even give Polis and his Democrat buddies this much. They are ruthless. I do not admire the goal, but I recognize the discipline. They have political will. They are relentless. They do not much care whether the Constitution objects, whether common sense objects, or whether the people of Colorado object. They move. They push. They impose. Narrative first, truth if there’s room.
Meanwhile, too many normal citizens are left playing defense in their own state.
That is why the old saying hits so hard: this is not a nation of laws, and it never will be. It is a nation of political will, and it always will be.
That sounds cynical because it is cynical. But cynicism becomes realism when the evidence keeps piling up.
Laws on paper mean nothing if the people in power treat them like optional reading. Rights mean nothing if they only exist for the wealthy, the connected, or the stubborn few willing to spend a decade in court. A constitution without the political courage to defend it is just parchment with better marketing.
So what now?
First, stop pretending this is normal. It is not normal for a state to keep needing the Supreme Court to act like a constitutional babysitter. Second, stop rewarding politicians for performative lawmaking. If they are passing bills to impress activists instead of uphold rights, vote them out and let them go practice theater somewhere else. Third, understand the fight clearly. This is not just about one ruling or one headline. It is about whether Colorado is governed by constitutional limits or by whatever fashionable ideology can be rammed through before the courts catch up.
That is the whole scam. Pass it now. Enforce it now. Confuse people now. Punish dissent now. Then maybe, years later, lose in court and shrug.
No thanks.
Colorado deserves better than lawmakers who treat God-given rights like a bureaucratic suggestion. We deserve better than activists in suits using the legal system as a weapon against the very people they claim to serve. And we sure as hell deserve better than a government that keeps hearing “no” from the highest court in the land and still refuses to learn the lesson.
Three times ought to be enough.
For sane people, it would be.
For this crowd, apparently not.
Source: Fox News
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