Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold met with the Examiner’s Colorado Correspondent Michael Schaus for an interview last Friday, discussing the increasingly prominent grassroots movement to restore accountability to Colorado’s judiciary.  The interview was published in the Sunday edition.

Some excerpts (for the complete interview, click here):

Four of the Colorado Supreme Court Justices are up for retention in the 2010 elections. The power and reach of the Supreme Court is far greater than most people within the state seem to realize. Judges are rarely a center of discussion when elections come around, and even the ["Blue Book"] ballot “information” booklets fail to give any adequate review of the judge’s performance. So what is the importance of educating yourself on judges? What is the importance of voting on retaining judges that have been appointed to the Court? More importantly, why does the director of Clear the Bench Colorado want every one of those judges up for retention voted out of office? …

As appointed defenders of the State Constitution, our justices are supposed to preserve the rights our Constitution guarantees us. And yet, too often, their “interpretation” is one of ideological activism rather than lawful conclusions. …

Clear the Bench Colorado is a grassroots effort to persuade Coloradoans to vote against retaining the Supreme Court Justices in the next election. In an effort to utilize the opportunity handed to the citizens of Colorado every ten years, Matthew Arnold hopes to let the Supreme Court of Colorado know that we citizens of this great state will not be subjected to their activism any longer. …

But too many voters relegate the importance of evaluating judges to a casual dismissal. “Judges you have never even heard of are responsible for influencing your life and our laws.” Matthew explained. The role of the judiciary is not supposed to be one of ultimate arbitration or rule; rather, it was formed to help quell the tide of unlawful governance. But in today’s world the courts are often enablers of the congressional attempts to circumvent the will of the people.

“But in Colorado we are lucky,” Matthew explained, “Every ten years we have an opportunity to vote on whether or not we want to retain the judges.” And, he argues, that opportunity should be taken seriously in 2010. “Too many people buy the fiction that courts have the final say in all matters.” He explained. And he is right; the Supreme Court of Colorado is ultimately responsible to we the people of this great state. For that reason the opportunity for the general public to vote on their retention is extended to us.

Here, in Colorado, we have the opportunity in 2010 to remind the Supreme Court, and the ideologues who hope to secure the activism on the bench for their own political agendas, that we the people are the ultimate arbitrators.

Exercise YOUR right to vote “NO” on retaining the four unjust justices of the Mullarkey Majority (Justices Michael Bender, Alex Martinez, Nancy Rice, and Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey) who need YOUR approval to continue taking away your rights: your right to vote on tax increases, your right to defend your homes and business from seizure by rapacious governments, and your right to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law, not rule by activist, agenda-driven “justices.”  Support Clear The Bench Colorado with your voice (Sound Off!), your contributions, and “NO” vote on retaining unjust justices in 2010!

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