UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Defendants are also uncertain as to the circumstances – in the context of the specific issues presented in this case – in which application of these standards may pose a problem. [...] However one may think or feel about the points raised in Plaintiffs’ Motion, this case is directed specifically to the official behavior of the five named state legislative Defendants and the Colorado General Assembly. [...] Perhaps most important from the Defendants’ perspective – in the context of a case directed precisely to the constitutional discretion to be accorded sitting state legislators in the exercise of their legislative duties – it would be extraordinarily odd for the Defendant legislators to interpose suggestions or responses to the federal judiciary as to the application of practice standards by a fede. [...] And the generalized relief being requested is oddly similar to the generalized restrictions the Plaintiffs seek to impose upon the Defendant legislators. [...] That said, the Defendants defer to the Court on this question; they intend to comply with the practice standards irrespective of any relief granted to the Plaintiffs 2 Case No.