Author: George Brauchler
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Loco legislation legalizes illegal immigration | George Brauchler
Colorado is on the verge of coming off the rails into an illegal immigration ditch. In response to Gov. Jared Polis’ farcical denial that Colorado is a “sanctuary from the law” state for illegal immigrants, I had publicly asked what more could a state do to do earn that odious title. Our extremist, Democrat-dominated Legislature…
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Derailing prosecution — abetting political extortion | George Brauchler
If there were a Doomsday clock for the Rule of Law in America, it would be several seconds closer to midnight after the events surrounding the dismissal of the indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams last week. For those Americans who agree with Abraham Lincoln that “reverence for the law…[should become] the political…
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Probation for child rape in Colorado? Yes, really | George Brauchler
In Colorado, a man who rapes a child — as long as it is just once — can get probation. As in, walk right out of the courtroom after conviction. But it is much worse than that. If that same man goes on to rape nine other children, as long as he only rapes them…
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Polis’ actions belie words on sanctuary status | George Brauchler
The day after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration detained 41 metro area illegal immigrants in a raid targeting Tren de Aragua — a Venezuelan gang Gov. Jared Polis called a “feature of (Aurora City Councilwoman) Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination” — presidential aspirant Polis decried in the strongest terms any suggestion that Colorado had become a “sanctuary…
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Offender-friendly elected leaders test public’s patience | George Brauchler
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s New Year Resolution to “suck less” when it comes to crime and public safety is on the ropes more quickly than my pledge to work out every day and stop eating loaves of bread.…
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Offender-friendly elected leaders test public’s patience | George Brauchler
Colorado’s New Year Resolution to “suck less” when it comes to crime and public safety is on the ropes more quickly than my pledge to work out every day and stop eating loaves of bread. Two days after Gov. Jared Polis declared in his seventh State of the State address that “[i]n Colorado, we have…
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Unanswered questions in Griswold password leak | George Brauchler
The controversy regarding the release of election system passwords by Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office is not over. At least, it should not be. Important questions remain unaddressed by the two investigations that have taken place. To catch up: on June 21, the Colorado Department of State posted to a globally accessible website 650…
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Citizens of the new 23rd choose law and order | George Brauchler
On Jan. 14, every district attorney in Colorado will take the oath of office and begin a four-year term of seeking justice and public safety consistent with the values of their individual jurisdiction and within the limitations of Colorado’s ever-weakening laws. For the first time in more than 60 years in Colorado, a new judicial…
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Who is above the law? Joe Biden, apparently | George Brauchler
Is it time to rid the U.S. Constitution of the massive pardon powers bestowed upon presidents and governors? Coloradans remember well that three years ago this month — after a phone call with Kim Kardashian — Gov. Jared Polis used his constitutional clemency powers to hijack our criminal justice process to reduce the sentence of…
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Springs mayor owes public some answers | George Brauchler
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Few politicians had more for which to give thanks this past holiday week than Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade. He has thus far avoided the kind of media scrutiny and publicly forced transparency that should…