Comments on: Evaluations

By: Kathi

Kathi — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:53:49 +0000

Does anyone have any information or feedback on Judge Randall C Arp?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:28:33 +0000

Completely disagree with the comment about Judge Monica Gomez. She is a disgusting person with absolutely no moral compass - much less a neutral one. Total failure - she should be investigated much further.

By: Harry Pool

Harry Pool — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:36:23 +0000

My general policy is to vote against every judge on the ballot for retention. I only vote to retain judges I’ve personally observed deciding cases fairly and acting respectfully toward plaintiffs and defendants in their courts, which came to two of the dozen or so judges on the most recent general election.

For those who care, I live in El Paso county, east of Colorado Springs.

By: PETER COULTER

PETER COULTER — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:03:23 +0000

Congratulations Matt!!

You put a huge crack in the shell of the Judicial Performance Commission. And in so doing, you gave notice that activist judges will no longer be tolerated. The overwhelming vote to remove Blair and Gilmore and the lowest retention vote ever for the Supreme Court judges, despite the 100% retention recommendation by the JPC. The inroads you have made will enable future efforts to add transparency and accountability to the selection of Judges and the way they do business. I predict a review by the Legislature or a Constitutional ballot question. Thanks again for all your efforts.

By: keith

keith — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:27:17 +0000

Thanks for all the work!
Please do not give up!
I look forward to an update as to what you feel went right as well as wrong.

By: Tim Roberge

Tim Roberge — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:12:13 +0000

Thank you for taking time to research the record on the judges - you have shed light on an area that most people simply ignore as it doesn’t matter.

When judges begin to legislate from thier bench - it definitely matters.

Thank you for educating us all on which judges are trying to make laws - versus the good ones that merely interpret existing laws. Let’s keep it this way!

By: R Maxville

R Maxville — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:16:51 +0000

I saw a sign in a neighbor’s yard with your website address on it and I’m so grateful. Thank you for the work you are doing to help educate the public on specific cases and how the justices voted on them. I agree with one of the previous posts, I don’t want judges to legislate from the bench. Again, I as so grateful for your help. Thank you!

By: E. D. Coz

E. D. Coz — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:15:00 +0000

This is a great idea. May this site grow to include quality evaluations of judges at all levels. As a rule of thumb when I don’t know I generally just vote no, to send the judges a shot over the bow I guess, that we are watching, which I know isn’t the best at all.

Next time, something CTBC could do is just list all judges up for election and whether they were appointed by Conservatives or Liberals. I know that is not perfect but would be better than nothing and I’m guessing would be more correct than nothing.

I do think we need to focus in the future on the lower levels, because if we could vote the bad ones out at that level it might prevent them from ever getting appointed to higher levels.

Apparently we need people like conservative attorneys watching and reporting on every level and in every jurisdiction.

Good job Matt and all the others.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:01:55 +0000

Your site is a great resource. If we could only get more information in order to vote them up or down.

By: Tracie

Tracie — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:34:57 +0000

Having trouble finding more info on the Court Of Appeals judges. Who does CTBC recommend NOT retaining?