# Roberts v. Priest

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · July 7, 2000 · 341 Ark. 813

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9611974

## Case

- **Full name:** Bobby ROBERTS, Individually, and on Behalf of Arkansans to Protect Police, Libraries, Education, & Services v. Sharon PRIEST, Secretary of State, Respondent; John Hoyle, Individually and on Behalf of Arkansas Taxpayers Rights Association
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** July 7, 2000
- **Citations:** 341 Ark. 813; 20 S.W.3d 376; 2000 Ark. LEXIS 373
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Smith
- **Judges:** Annabelle Clinton Imber
- **Cited by:** 152 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LAVENSKI R. SMITH, Justice, concurring. I concur in the result because of the patent inconsistencies between the ballot title, the popular name, and the text of the amendment. Its proponents concede the inconsistencies. If the drafters of the proposed amendment intend for it to mean differently than it reads, it is up to them to correct it. Neither precedent nor prudence authorize this court to edit a proposed constitutional amendment. Judges should not “edit” constitutional provisions either before or after they are made the law of the land. It is nevertheless unfortunate that any initiative of the people is not able to be voted upon by the people.

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