who asked it to bypass a lower court judge and immediately rule that a tax on the wealthy to fund education that was approved by the state’s voters in 2020 can’t be enforced.
The special action petition was filed with the Supreme Court by House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Senate President Karen Fann and other opponents of the tax two weeks ago. It noted that the Supreme Court found a key provision of Proposition 208 unconstitutional last August. The Supreme Court’s order Friday rejected that definition of Hannah’s job and said it will not deny the proponents of the new tax the opportunity to contest the legal conclusion drawn from the facts Hannah is weighing.