Author: George Brauchler
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Trump’s judge fails standard of appearance | George Brauchler
If the judge in the Denver trial of whether Donald Trump is eligible to run for president rules against him, there will be plenty of fodder for those looking for reasons to believe the fix was in and there was no fair due process. I believe Judge Sarah Wallace is qualified, intelligent, competent and unbiased…
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COLUMN: ‘Hamas Hernandez’ unfit to legislate law & order | George Brauchler
Tim Hernandez’s ongoing presence and participation in our legislature presents an unjustifiable and unmitigable risk to Colorado. He is unelected and he should remain so. The Democratic leadership knows it. So does everyone who is concerned with safety and justice, including Coloradans of Jewish faith and heritage. Hernandez’ latest attempt to explain his celebration of…
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Rampant theft needs justice, not vengeance | George Brauchler
It is all around us and seemingly unstoppable. Organized retail theft is the most recently reported version of the property crime craze that has swept seemingly unabated across Colorado and America. The Gazette and news outlets everywhere this week highlighted the growing scourge of those who steal from us — not for need, but for…
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A three-day wait; a landslide of litigation. Why? | George Brauchler
By the time you read this, Colorado will have diminished one of your Constitutional rights in a way that no other right is. No, you will not have to wait three days to speak your mind, protest our government, or practice your faith. You will not have to wait three days to insist the government…
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COLUMN: AG farms out Colorado case to ‘tourist attorneys’ | George Brauchler
In the most significant case in our state, the People of the State of Colorado are not being represented by people from Colorado. Attorney General Phil Weiser has outsourced the prosecution of the case involving the death of Elijah McClain to civil (not criminal) lawyers in national law firms, one from Chicago, the other from…
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Don’t like legislative pay and perks? Resign | George Brauchler
A recent cover story by Colorado Politics on the financial challenges faced by some members of our General Assembly appears to start a dialogue toward the conclusion that legislators deserve to be paid more. I am happy to join that dialogue. Not one penny more. Zero. It is not that I am completely unsympathetic to…
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Our justice system works; let it do so for Trump | George Brauchler
The American political party of law and order is on the verge of suicide. Much of the Republican Party struggles to decide which principles define it — other than an unapologetic fealty to Donald Trump. The party of free market economics erupts into applause when Trump proposes a 10% tariff on foreign imports. The party…
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COLUMN: How about, ‘Get on the field, go to jail’? | George Brauchler
Monday night, two self-absorbed nit wits stormed Coors Field to disrupt the Rockies 200th loss this season to molest the National League’s presumptive MVP, Ronald Acuna, Jr. They must be incarcerated. In fact, Denver’s laws need to be enhanced to make trespassing on the field, court, ice, etc., during a professional game a mandatory incarceration…
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COLUMN: Colorado judges break the law — and are above it | George Brauchler
More than 50 Colorado judges have broken the law with seeming impunity. Only The Gazette’s reporting has called it out for the scandal it is. Those seeking admission to the practice of law in Colorado must — among other things — pass a character and fitness investigation. The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel has a…
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COLUMN: Trump shouldn’t take coward’s way out at trial | George Brauchler
Donald Trump must testify. And the trial must be televised. In the Washington, D.C., trial of allegations that Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 Presidential election through fraud — conduct touching upon the Jan. 6 siege of our U.S. Capitol — the former POTUS must testify in his defense. Under oath. Streamed throughout America. It…