Colorado State of the Judiciary: “lean and efficient” courts or “Judicial Hellhole?”

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, January 15, 2011

Newly appointed Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Bender (who was retained in office by the most narrow margin in Colorado history for an incumbent state supreme court justice along with his colleague, and ideological ally, Alex Martinez) delivered his first “State of the Judiciary” address before a joint session of the Colorado General Assembly on [...]

Taxes on Fees (that are really taxes anyway)

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, January 8, 2011

One more example of how the Colorado Supreme Court has aided and abetted another unconstitutional assault on your wallet was recently highlighted in an informative article by Face The State’s Peter Blake, “One used-tire fee drives another” (the article also appeared in the Denver Daily News).  The article traces the mutation of the “used-tire fee” from [...]

Political End Runs: How Judges violate the law (and your rights)

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, December 29, 2010

The Constitution of the United States begins with the words “We the people.” But neither the Constitution nor “we the people” will mean anything if politicians and judges can continue to do end runs around both.
So begins a superb article by esteemed economist and commentator Thomas Sowell, published Tuesday (”Political End Runs“).
Sowell states the case [...]

It’s Official! Colorado is a “Judicial Hellhole”

by CTBC Director | 7:57 am, December 22, 2010

Last month’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling that created a “right” for plaintiffs (more accurately, their lawyers) to collect “recovered damages” over and above costs actually paid was apparently the straw that broke the camel’s back for a group that rates the performance of courts nationwide (as if the Mullarkey-Bender Court’s rulings to sanction unconstitutional tax [...]

Merry Monday Media Review: Clear The Bench Colorado, Colorado Supreme Court in the news

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, December 20, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado continues to make news (except in the pages of the Denver Post, which apparently continues its editorial policy of suppressing information that might upset its highest-paying – $1.6M/year – tenants) around the state in the aftermath of this year’s judicial retention elections (which gained attention not just in Colorado – again, [...]

Friday Funnies: …and a Leftist Judiciary!

by CTBC Director | 9:35 am, December 17, 2010

Welcome to the 2010 Christmas edition of the Clear The Bench Colorado Friday Funnies!
In all of the tumult, toil, and trouble of the weeks leading up to the 2010 judicial retention elections (and in the weeks following), Clear The Bench Colorado has been far too serious, falling short in our mission to amuse, in addition [...]

Better Late Than Never: Judge orders Colorado Ethics Watch (CEW, pronounced “sue” – it’s what they do) to pay legal fees owed to Clear The Bench Colorado since July ruling

by CTBC Director | 2:23 pm, December 15, 2010

Better Late Than Never…
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the legal harassment of the grassroots judicial accountability organization Clear The Bench Colorado by ‘Colorado Ethics Watch’ (CEW, pronounced “sue” – it’s what they do) was wrapped up with this week’s ‘Order Awarding Attorney Fees and Costs‘ to CTBC resulting from CEW’s “frivolous, groundless, [...]

Colorado Supreme Court ruling produces plaintiff windfall

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, November 28, 2010

Last week’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling in the Volunteers of America v. Gardenswartz case created a windfall win for personal injury trial lawyers (the “ambulance-chaser” set) and incidentally, some of the clients they represent, in collecting damage reimbursements above and beyond amounts actually paid.
The Colorado Supreme Court’s “Mullarkey Majority” (yes, Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey wrote [...]

Judicial Performance Review Commission charged with bias

by CTBC Director | 11:19 am, November 19, 2010

In a development which should come as no shock to astute observers of Colorado’s “judicial merit selection and retention” system, the state’s 10th Judicial District performance review commission has been charged with bias in conducting “reviews” of judges in the district, as reported in a Pueblo Chieftain newspaper article (”Officials stand behind performance commission“) earlier [...]

Balance of Power on Congressional Redistricting & Legislative Reapportionment rests with Bender, Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, November 16, 2010

“Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics.” (Military aphorism, variously attributed)
Translating from the military vernacular to the political, “amateurs” focus on short-term electoral gains (transitory shifts in legislative majorities or changes in who holds political office) while “professionals” focus on building long-term institutional and philosophical shifts – holding the “high ground” and winning the “hearts and [...]

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