Clear The Bench Colorado makes multiple appearances building the case for removing four Colorado Supreme Court justices

by CTBC Director | 11:50 am, December 15, 2009

The hectic holiday season is upon us…
Clear The Bench Colorado made national news following Monday’s Colorado Supreme Court decision throwing out evidence gained in a case of identity theft by an illegal (er, “undocumented”) alien resident of Greeley, CO.  The Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, held that a lower court was correct in excluding [...]

Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey to pick commissioner to rewrite Colorado Constitution?

by CTBC Director | 11:45 pm, December 3, 2009

So much for constitutionally mandated separation of powers and “checks and balances…”
A recent editorial on the Colorado Legislature’s “Long Term Fiscal Stability Commission” (a 16-member group dominated by big-government advocates thinly disguising yet another attempt to eviscerate – or outright eliminate – the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, TABOR) brought to light a troubling attempt to bypass [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold appearing at Boulder County breakfast club Wednesday morning

by CTBC Director | 8:20 pm, December 1, 2009

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold is appearing as the guest speaker at this Wednesday’s (2 Dec) Boulder County Breakfast Club meeting at the Longmont IHOP at 7AM.
Join Matt at Saturday morning’s meeting to learn more about the Mullarkey Court’s repeated assaults on the Colorado Constitution, the resulting impact to your wallet, the degradation or outright elimination of YOUR constitutional rights, and what you can [...]

Colorado Supreme Court “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” ruling back in the news as lawmakers take aim at “What’s in YOUR wallet”

by CTBC Director | 3:03 pm, December 1, 2009

As the Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee meets this week to “review agency budgets in advance of the 2010 General Assembly” (and you thought your wallet and property were only at risk while the legislature is IN session), last year’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling upholding the blatantly unconstitutional “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” is back in the [...]

Colorado Supreme Court should also show “respect for voters and the Colorado Constitution”

by CTBC Director | 7:04 pm, November 25, 2009

In today’s (Wednesday) Denver Post, editor/columnist Vincent Carroll, while taking Scott McInnis to task for “budgetary vagueness” in the ‘Platform for Prosperity’ and other campaign statements to date, lauded the platform (aka ‘Contract for Colorado’) for adherence to constitutional principles:
The best thing about Scott McInnis’ new “Platform for Prosperity” is that it shows a respect [...]

‘Contract for Colorado’ takes up Clear The Bench Colorado themes, tacitly endorses reforming Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 5:56 pm, November 23, 2009

Today’s announcement (with much fanfare and commentary) of a ‘Contract for Colorado’ emphasizing key principles, positions, or policy prescriptions for conservative candidates for Colorado statewide office picked up on several key themes long espoused by Clear The Bench Colorado.  (Although Clear The Bench Colorado is not affiliated with any political party nor is it partisan in orientation, [...]

Colorado Statesman article mischaracterizes movement to restore accountability to the Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 2:23 pm, November 23, 2009

An article in the most recent edition of the Colorado Statesman -  a  normally nonpartisan and reasonably reliable source of information on Colorado politics and policy – got it dead wrong when mentioning Clear The Bench Colorado at the conclusion of the piece.
Colorado Statesman reporter Janet Simons mischaracterized Clear The Bench Colorado as “a committee devoted to [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold appearing at South Weld County breakfast club Saturday morning

by CTBC Director | 7:27 pm, November 20, 2009

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold is appearing as a guest at this Saturday’s (21 Nov) South Weld County Breakfast Club meeting at the Branding Iron restaurant in Fort Lupton at 8AM.
Join Matt at Saturday morning’s meeting to learn more about the Mullarkey Court’s repeated assaults on the Colorado Constitution, the resulting impact to your wallet, the degradation or outright elimination of [...]

Standing Up to Supreme Power Grabs – Clearing the Bench of Activist ‘Justices’ on the Colorado Supreme Court

by CTBC Director | 5:05 pm, November 19, 2009

(Note: this article was originally written for, and published by, the monthly ”A Line Of Sight“  news/commentary newsletter which appeared on Tuesday, 17 November)
Last month’s A Line of Sight profiled Mark Hillman’s excellent article describing the Colorado Supreme Court’s latest “power grab”.
In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, [...]

Mike Rosen commentary on Colorado Supreme Court retention elections in Nov. 2010: “a great time to balance the scales”

by CTBC Director | 10:23 pm, November 18, 2009

The Clear The Bench Colorado message – ‘vote “NO” on the unjust justices of the Colorado Supreme Court in November 2010 to restore accountability to the judiciary and bring back balance to the bench’ –  is being picked up by an increasing number of astute observers of the state of affairs in Colorado.
Thanks to an [...]

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