Current Colorado law lets individuals contribute only half as much money to an independent candidate as to a Democrat or a Republican. In 2010 a supporter of an independent candidate for the legislature filed a lawsuit against this discriminatory policy. The U.S. District Court referred the question to the Colorado Supreme Court, and asked the Colorado Supreme Court to determine if the state law violates the Colorado constitution. The State Supreme Court will hear that question on either September 27, 28 or 29. The Colorado Supreme Court, like most state supreme courts, doesn’t sit during the summer. The case is Riddle v Ritter.