Colorado Car Tax “Late Fees” = $31.5M ‘Highway Robbery’ aided and abetted by Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 7:47 am, August 9, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado has alerted Colorado citizens over the last several months to the Colorado General Assembly’s underhanded tactic (Colorado Politics at its worst) of circumventing the TABOR requirement to receive voter approval before imposing or increasing taxes by playing the word game of calling the charges “fees” instead, thanks to a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court [...]

Living (effectively) without a Constitution in Colorado – courtesy of the Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, August 7, 2010

Constitutional limits on government power – constraints on what the government can do to you – are the hallmark of the American form of government, and an essential bulwark of liberty against tyranny.  Our Constitution is our nation’s “rulebook”, as our state Constitution is the rulebook for state government.
What happens when our governing officials – [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado presents: judicial retention elections and the Colorado Supreme Court pending Chief Justice Mullarkey’s “retirement” in Saguache tonight

by CTBC Director | 11:30 am, August 6, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses the impact of Colorado Supreme Court rulings leading to a massive expansion of government power (at the expense of YOUR constitutional rights) and vastly increased taxation (such as the “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” property tax increase, the “Dirty Dozen” tax increases and of course the Colorado Car Tax (er, “vehicle [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado presents: judicial retention elections and the Colorado Supreme Court pending Chief Justice Mullarkey’s “retirement” in Montrose tonight

by CTBC Director | 5:56 am, August 5, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses the impact of Colorado Supreme Court rulings leading to a massive expansion of government power (at the expense of YOUR constitutional rights) and vastly increased taxation (such as the “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” property tax increase, the “Dirty Dozen” tax increases and of course the Colorado Car Tax (er, “vehicle [...]

Colorado Supreme Court justices backed by legal establishment – State Commission on Judicial “Performance” recommends retention despite consistent pattern of disregarding clear constitutional language

by CTBC Director | 11:33 pm, August 4, 2010

Yesterday’s publication of the Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation  ”Judicial Performance Reviews” for 2010 surprised absolutely no one in the state by continuing a decades-long pattern of ‘rubberstamping’ retention recommendations for nearly all (but one) of the Colorado judges and justices subject to voter accountability on the ballot this November.  True to form, the [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado continues the Grassroots Revival: discussing judicial retention elections and the Colorado Supreme Court pending Chief Justice Mullarkey’s “retirement” in Gunnison tonight

by CTBC Director | 5:56 am, August 4, 2010

The resurgence of “We The People” in the form of local citizens banding together in grassroots civic action organizations to defend our constitutional rights is THE continuing political story of the year 2010 in America and is profoundly affecting Colorado Politics in this year and beyond…
Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold is both proud and humbled [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado presents: judicial retention elections and the Colorado Supreme Court pending Chief Justice Mullarkey’s “retirement”

by CTBC Director | 11:33 am, August 3, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses the impact of Colorado Supreme Court rulings leading to a massive expansion of government power (at the expense of YOUR constitutional rights) and vastly increased taxation (such as the “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” property tax increase, the “Dirty Dozen” tax increases and of course the Colorado Car Tax (er, “vehicle [...]

“Mullarkey Majority” – minus Mullarkey – on Colorado Supreme Court have all officially filed to seek retention on the bench for another 10 years

by CTBC Director | 9:12 pm, July 19, 2010

All Colorado Supreme Court justices with terms ending in January who are not named Mary Mullarkey are officially running in November’s retention election.
Today’s Law Week Colorado broke the news that the roster of ‘unjust justices’ of the Colorado Supreme Court’s “Mullarkey Majority” (minus, of course, Chief Justice Mullarkey herself, who last month announced her intent [...]

Monday Media Review – Spotlight on Judicial Performance Evaluation, judicial retention elections for Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 7:11 am, July 19, 2010

Never before in Colorado history has so much attention been paid to the extremely important issue of judicial retention elections – and, as citizens across Colorado are discovering, the attention is long overdue.
The Colorado Supreme Court – and particularly, the Chief Justice – exercises enormous power (”clout”) over the lives of Colorado citizens.  The current [...]

Monday Media Week in Review – Colorado Supreme Court, judicial nominations and retention, and Clear The Bench Colorado in the news

by CTBC Director | 11:45 pm, July 12, 2010

Media coverage of the issues of judicial retention (both the performance review process and the upcoming November elections) and the process for reviewing and nominating applicants for judicial appointments (particularly for the Colorado Supreme Court opening created by Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey’s announcement of her intent to retire rather than be held accountable by voters in the [...]

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