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“We must never forget it is a Constitution we are expounding”- Chief Justice John Marshall (more…)

(Denver, June 5) A coalition of Colorado groups and concerned citizens joined forces today in opposition to President Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. Organized as the Colorado Judicial Network, they are urging the US Senate confirm only highly qualified individuals who put the rule of law ahead of personal political agendas. As former State Sen. John Andrews put it: “Barack Obama said he wanted to remake the Supreme Court with his judicial nominees. (more…)

With President Barack Obama’s nomination of federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the nation is in a debate (more…)

Barack Obama’s selection of Sonia Sotomayor is par for the course with this president, a man who ascended the presidency on the basis of a compelling personal story (more…)

“Anything goes” in college classrooms: that’s the message of Ward Churchill’s legal victory this week, according to Stephen Balch (more…)

(Denver Post, Apr. 5) “We are a nation that has a government, not the other way around.” Reagan’s words speak defiance to statism, but they are only as true as we make them. The 2010 election is Coloradans’ chance. Supreme Court justices Mary Mullarkey, Michael Bender, Alex Martinez, and Nancy Rice will be up for another 10-year term. Poor stewards of the law since they last faced voters in 2000, all four deserve dismissal. (more…)

Colorado’s constitution plainly says that state and local governments can’t raise taxes without voters’ permission. If only (more…)

Here’s more on the issue of detainees in the Global War on Terror, the story that just won’t die. After railing for years against (more…)

Action from 2/22 Radio: For breaking an ID theft ring of over 1300 illegal aliens, DA Ken Buck finds himself sued by ACLU (more…)

Colorado Media Matters can’t get the facts straight on the Guantanamo detainees. That must be why they go off on tangents (more…)

Seems I hit a nerve with my post about Gov. Ritter’s collision with international law if Gitmo prisoners are moved to Colorado (more…)

Slight problem with Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s proposal to bring the Gitmo detainees to Colorado’s SuperMax federal prison complex. (more…)

We need rotation in office, John Adams’ cherished principle, for the judicial branch just as we already have for the legislative and executive (more…)

“We, the people of the United States, in order to . . . secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (more…)

Prosecutors and sheriffs in Missouri are threatening legal action against anyone they believe is lying, not about candidates in general, but about Obama in particular. (more…)