It’s perhaps a bit early for a Clear The Bench Colorado Friday Funnies post - but for a good dose of midweek merriment, welcome to our first edition of “Weird Wednesday” news:

It’s a sad day indeed when America must look abroad - to France, of all places - for an example of the courts upholding the rule of law.

Yet France’s Constitutional Council (the equivalent of their Supreme Court) provided just such an example when it ruled last week that a proposed carbon tax violated the French Constitution.  

As Colorado blogger Rossputin (who brought the story to our attention) notes, “It’s remarkable to see the French lead the way with a court upholding their own constitution.  Let’s just hope that our Supreme Court does the same thing…”

However sad it may be to be ”schooled” from abroad, this “French Connection” does highlight the critical importance of the role of the judiciary - and the Supreme Court in particular, either state or Federal - in limiting the abuses of government power.

Our Constitution was written and adopted SPECIFICALLY to limit the scope and power of government - substituting the rule of law for the unchallenged power of the monarchies and tyranny it replaced.

However, the Constitution alone is powerless - mere words on paper - to defend our rights, and limit government powers, without the vigilance and action of CITIZENS - We The People.

It is OUR Constitution, our law - NOT that of lawyers, nor of the legal profession in general. Our judges - most importantly, our Supreme Court justices - are empowered by us with the specific mandate to defend OUR Constitution.  In a sense, we are their clients - and if they fail to discharge their duty, it is incumbent upon us to do OUR duty and remove them from office.

In Colorado, we have that opportunity this year - to Clear The Bench of FOUR Colorado Supreme Court justices who have repeatedly NOT upheld their oath to support and uphold the Constitution in Colorado.

Don’t let your freedoms get fried - exercise YOUR right to vote “NO” on 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 constitutional 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, instead of suffering rule by activist, agenda-driven “justices.”  Please help to support Clear The Bench Colorado with your comments (Sound Off!), your contributions, and your “NO” vote on retaining these unjust justices in 2010!

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