These days, you need to overcome a legal 'full-court press' to get citizen-led initiatives on the statewide ballot

Back in the day, our high school basketball team used to employ a full-court press when we'd fallen behind.

It was mostly a desperation measure toward the end of a game, a frantic effort in hopes that we could suddenly trip up our opponent and turn a defeat into a victory.

Well, just recently in Nebraska, we were able to see a political full-court press in action, and such all-out strategy seems to have become the norm when it comes to citizen-led ballot initiatives.

Ballot initiatives allow the "second house" of Nebraska state government – voting citizens – to adopt proposed state laws or con...