Judges on Ballot

[Madeinhb]

Does anyone know about the judges? Where to find the info on them? Have no idea who should stay and who should go.

[Dave]

Same question here, only one I have heard of is the one with signs all over to say no on. The rest didn't yield much in the way of good data on a few searches.

[gnihcraes]

Time for a change. Vote em out. Pm me for details.

[275RLTW]

I've dealt with Strobel. Nothing good to say...

[spqrzilla]

Its my policy to always vote "No" on every judicial retention ballot. Because the Judicial Commission is such a sack of hammers.

[Madeinhb]

Well that was easy - no it is

Thanks for the info

[gnihcraes]

There are good Judges, Old Judges, Bad Judges. Easier to just vote out. Bad ones will go away typically and good ones will survive the vote.

[sniper7]

I'm voting all no just because!

[Aloha_Shooter]

http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/


Colorado's Supreme Court is still out of control... Rulings by Colorado's Supreme Court – called the "most activist, partisan state Supreme Court in the nation" – have demonstrated their contempt for the very Constitution they are sworn to uphold.
DID YOU KNOW that you have the right to vote "NO" on these unjust justices?
It's true – even Supreme Court justices in Colorado ARE accountable to the people. Every two years, voters in Colorado have the opportunity to render their judgement on a portion of our appointed judiciary in "retention" elections ("should they stay, or should they go?" What makes a good judge? (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/06/01/rule-of-law-or-rule-without-restraint-or-in-other-words-%E2%80%9Cwhat-makes-a-good-judge%E2%80%9D/)) YOU, the voter, get to decide - they NEED YOUR APPROVAL to be retained on the bench.

The current majority were guilty of Aiding and Abetting

Unconstitutional Property Tax Increases (Mill Levy Tax Freeze (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/links-resources/colorado-supreme-court-decisions/))
Unconstitutional elimination of Tax Credits & Exemptions (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/04/09/supreme-court-ruling-opens-door-to-millions-in-new-taxes/) (tobacco tax (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/04/20/hb-1342-exploits-colorado-supreme-court-ruling-to-add-new-tax/), "Dirty Dozen" (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/02/11/challenges-to-dirty-dozen-tax-increase-bills-likely-to-end-up-before-the-colorado-supreme-court/) taxes)
Unconstitutionally re-defining Taxes as Fees (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/07/16/when-is-a-fee-not-a-tax-when-the-mullarkey-court-says-so/) (Colorado Car Tax (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/04/19/the-colorado-car-tax-er-%E2%80%9Cvehicle-registration-fee%E2%80%9D-increase-brought-to-you-courtesy-of-the-colorado-supreme-court/), Ritter Gun Tax (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/08/20/balancing-the-budget-with-new-fees-ritter-gun-tax-joins-colorado-car-tax-in-mullarkey-sanctioned-tabor-runaround/))
Unconstitutional expansion of eminent domain property seizures (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/05/15/colorado-supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-future-abuses-of-eminent-domain-for-property-seizures-in-colorado/) (Telluride Land Grab (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/links-resources/colorado-supreme-court-decisions/))
Unconstitutional usurpation of legislative power (judicial redistricting (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/links-resources/colorado-supreme-court-decisions/), school funding (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2009/10/20/colorado-supreme-court-usurps-legislature%E2%80%99s-role-and-authority-again-claims-power-to-set-proper-school-funding-amounts/))

For additional information and references, view the Evaluations of Judicial Performance (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/evaluations-2012/) page
For information on Colorado's new court-drawn Congressional and state legislative districts, view the Congressional and state legislative district maps (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2011/12/16/friday-funnies-this-time-the-jokes-on-all-of-you-colorados-congressional-and-state-legislative-district-maps/) summary

[Bailey Guns]

Its my policy to always vote "No" on every judicial retention ballot. Because the Judicial Commission is such a sack of hammers.

Ditto.

[roberth]

I addressed the Supreme Court Judges here --> https://www.ar-15.co/threads/139347-Well-i-guess-its-time-to-talk-about-what-on-the-Ballot

Colorado Supreme Court

Monica M Marquez - appointed by Ritter - do not retain
Brian D. Boatright - appointed by Hickenlooper - do not retain

I generally vote NO to retain any judge. Jefferson County Court judge Thomas Vance issued a ruling favorable toward an illegal alien a couple years back so I always vote NO for him, somehow he keeps the job.

[wctriumph]

My basic policy for judges is vote against the incumbent.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I addressed the Supreme Court Judges here --> https://www.ar-15.co/threads/139347-Well-i-guess-its-time-to-talk-about-what-on-the-Ballot

Colorado Supreme Court

Monica M Marquez - appointed by Ritter - do not retain
Brian D. Boatright - appointed by Hickenlooper - do not retain

I generally vote NO to retain any judge. Jefferson County Court judge Thomas Vance issued a ruling favorable toward an illegal alien a couple years back so I always vote NO for him, somehow he keeps the job.

I came here looking for help on deciding judges, thanks for that. But I still have 8 more judges to choose on. I would hate to vote out a sensible judge because I had No Effing Idea what I was doing.

[roberth]

I came here looking for help on deciding judges, thanks for that. But I still have 8 more judges to choose on. I would hate to vote out a sensible judge because I had No Effing Idea what I was doing.

You have an excellent point, I feel badly that I just gave each one a NO vote. I should have taken the time to research each one in order to find even one good one to keep. Lesson learned.

Maybe try to google each one and see if you can find anything on them, it'll take some time though.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Hi Roberth, I just came back in here to post a link about them...hope it might help others looking for info.

I'm just starting to go through it.

http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/evaluations-2014/

[roberth]

I didn't even remember to look at that. Crap. Oh well. :(

[Great-Kazoo]

No on all but Kopcow. Spouse said he's a hanging judge.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Well, I wanted to get my ballot finished up tonight, and the judge thing was holding me up. I didn't read extensively on each one for my district, but at least that link had a little bit of guidance according to *average rating* for *each judge, compared to the score of all judges* based on lawyers, jurors and non-juror opinions.

I won't go into who I retained or not, but on short notice, it was helpful to me in making my decisions.

[buffalobo]

Well, I wanted to get my ballot finished up tonight, and the judge thing was holding me up. I didn't read extensively on each one for my district, but at least that link had a little bit of guidance according to *average rating* for *each judge, compared to the score of all judges* based on lawyers, jurors and non-juror opinions.

I won't go into who I retained or not, but on short notice, it was helpful to me in making my decisions.
All govt appointments should be temporary and short in duration - buffalobo '14

[Goodburbon]

I went by who appointed them. If it was a Dem, they got a no regardless of party affiliation.


All No for me as well.


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[KAPA]

http://joelrussman.com/blog/colorado-judicial-ruling-calls-into-question-enforceability-of-contracts-involving-medical-marijuana-businesses/

Judge Charles M Pratt sounds like one of the few keepers. Basically told some weed dealers who had a conflict to pound sand and get out of his court. Cited the fact that it is against fed law to sell weed. Seems he is the only person that cares that it is against fed law.

[Goodburbon]

http://joelrussman.com/blog/colorado-judicial-ruling-calls-into-question-enforceability-of-contracts-involving-medical-marijuana-businesses/

Judge Charles M Pratt sounds like one of the few keepers. Basically told some weed dealers who had a conflict to pound sand and get out of his court. Cited the fact that it is against fed law to sell weed. Seems he is the only person that cares that it is against fed law.

Yeah...um, I think that's crap, he's not a federal judge.


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[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I went by who appointed them. If it was a Dem, they got a no regardless of party affiliation.


This is what I did as well.

[SamuraiCO]

This is what I did as well.

Used clearthebenchcolorado for supreme and appeals court. Then looked at who appointed. If Dem Gov appointed, no. If Repub appointed, yes.

[Ronin13]

I voted them all out, especially the district judges put in by either Hick or Owens. Judgepedia is a good resource to find out some info on judges, but I find that a lot of the information I really want (political affiliations, stance on gun control, voting history, etc) is very lacking.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I voted to keep some of them in based on the evaluations linked at Clear the Bench Colorado (which I linked above). Judges can't help who appoints them and even the liberal politicos occasionally put some decent people in place.

I found it interesting one of the two Colorado SC justices up for retention had a fairly positive evaluation in supporting the Constitution, including voting to keep Ortiz in Pueblo from loading the dice in the recall elections last year.

Somehow, I don't think the Judicial Review Panel meant for me to use their evaluations as I did. There were a few local judges who seemed to piss off the lawyers but got favorable reviews from non-lawyer observers/trial participants so I was inclined to keep them out of pure orneriness.