Comments on: If You’ve Got a Porn Addiction, Watch Out http://www.joncaldara.com/2010/04/22/if-youve-got-a-porn-addiction-watch-out/ Bloggage and Original News Coverage From Colorado and Around the Country Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: CTBC Director http://www.joncaldara.com/2010/04/22/if-youve-got-a-porn-addiction-watch-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14519 CTBC Director Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:57:38 +0000 http://www.joncaldara.com/?p=1957#comment-14519 Clear The Bench Colorado raised exactly this point in testifying against this unconstitutional tax increase during hearings held before the Senate Finance Committee in early February. Director Matt Arnold educated the Senate Finance Committee members on the implications for 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure (this qualifies, don't you think?). From the testimony offered: "This bill also presents a constitutional challenge of a different kind – issues of invasion of privacy. Collecting information on every online purchase of Colorado citizens in attempting to enforce this tax will justly provoke extreme outrage. It will also inevitably provoke a host of legal challenges based on 4th Amendment protections." The CTBC Director Matt Arnold touched upon the issue again during the recent Tax Day Tea Party event in Denver: http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/04/19/clear-the-bench-colorado-director-matt-arnold-speaks-at-the-denver-tax-day-tea-party-rally/ The Colorado Legislature would not have dared offer this blatantly unconstitutional bill had they not been assured of the backing of the ruling majority on the Colorado Supreme Court. Don't allow your rights to be violated - Clear The Bench, Colorado! Clear The Bench Colorado raised exactly this point in testifying against this unconstitutional tax increase during hearings held before the Senate Finance Committee in early February.

Director Matt Arnold educated the Senate Finance Committee members on the implications for 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure (this qualifies, don’t you think?).

From the testimony offered:

“This bill also presents a constitutional challenge of a different kind – issues of invasion of privacy. Collecting information on every online purchase of Colorado citizens in attempting to enforce this tax will justly provoke extreme outrage. It will also inevitably provoke a host of legal challenges based on 4th Amendment protections.”

The CTBC Director Matt Arnold touched upon the issue again during the recent Tax Day Tea Party event in Denver:
http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/04/19/clear-the-bench-colorado-director-matt-arnold-speaks-at-the-denver-tax-day-tea-party-rally/

The Colorado Legislature would not have dared offer this blatantly unconstitutional bill had they not been assured of the backing of the ruling majority on the Colorado Supreme Court.

Don’t allow your rights to be violated –
Clear The Bench, Colorado!

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