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NPRI files motion for expedited ruling on Separation of Powers challenge

| January 27, 2021

Nevada Policy today asked the state Supreme Court to issue an expediting ruling on its Separation of Powers challenge.

“District Court Judge Jim Crockett clearly erred when he dismissed our claim for lack of standing, a determination he made without analysis or justification,” Nevada Policy Vice President Robert Fellner said.

“The issues before the court are matters of pure law and are fully briefed,” Fellner added. “Given the profound importance of this issue, which goes to the very heart of our system of representative government, it is imperative that the Court exercise its discretion to hear this matter on an expedited basis.”

The appeal centers on whether Nevadans have the right to seek judicial enforcement of the state constitution, as explained here.

“By exercising their discretion to resolve this matter as quickly as possible,” Fellner said, “the Nevada Supreme Court can ensure a resolution is provided before the offending dual-serving legislators resume their Executive Branch employment on June 1, 2021.”

To learn more about how dual-serving legislators corrupt the democratic process and prevent the Legislature from serving the public interest, please click here.

For more information, please visit https://www.npri.org/separation-of-powers/ or contact NPRI Vice President & Director of Policy Robert Fellner at Robert@NevadaPolicy.org.


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Robert Fellner joined the Nevada Policy in December 2013. Robert has written extensively on the issue of transparency in government. He has also developed and directed Nevada Policy’s public-interest litigation strategy, which led to two landmark victories before the Nevada Supreme Court. The first resulted in a decision that expanded the public’s right to access government records, while the second led to expanded taxpayer standing for constitutional challenges in Nevada. An expert on government compensation and its impact on taxes, Robert has authored multiple studies on public pay and pensions. He has been published in Business Insider, Forbes.com, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, RealClearPolicy.com, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Examiner, ZeroHedge.com and elsewhere. Robert has lived in Las Vegas since 2005 when he moved to Nevada to become a professional poker player. Robert has had a remarkably successfully poker career including two top 10 World Series of Poker finishes and being ranked #1 in the world at 10/20 Pot-Limit Omaha cash games. Additionally, his economic analysis on the minimum wage won first place in a 2011 George Mason University essay contest. He also independently organized a successful grassroots media and fundraising effort for a 2012 presidential candidate, before joining the campaign in an official capacity.

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