Stephanie Lynn Soondar v. Supreme Court of Colorado
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Is the Colorado Supreme Court's attorney admission rules constitutional?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED . The Constitution of the State of Colorado gives the Colorado Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction over attorney regulation. With this authority the Colorado Supreme Court has created rules for attorney admission, including Rule 206 which permits the Colorado Supreme Court to waive or enforce any of its admission rules. , Thereafter, a 1) Is it constitutional for the Colorado Supreme Court, in the exercise of its exclusive jurisdiction, to defy , Federal Supreme Court precedent and the Federal ; Constitution? As a general matter, but specifically in regard to Petitioner Soondar’s Federal due process rights? ; , 2) Given the enormous request for audiences this Federal Supreme Court receives each year, and therefore the statistically improbable opportunity to ii. review various state attorney admission matters of exclusive jurisdiction, are the Colorado Supreme Court Rules 206 and 207.9 constitutional? Rules that may or may not allow for review, may or may ; not follow Federal and State Jurisprudence; may or -may not follow the Court’s self-created rules and . subject matter precedence; may or may not reconcile decisions with a written opinion? : iii.