Author: George Brauchler
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COLUMN: Politicized justice is justice denied — on the left or right | George Brauchler
Last week, Donald Trump’s distant opponents for the GOP nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, each pledged to pardon Trump for, apparently, anything and everything for which he can be pardoned, if they are elected. Vivek Ramaswamy made the same pledge six months ago. This is all well before…
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COLUMN: Polis is flying blind on his clemency decisions | George Brauchler
Just before Christmas, Gov. Jared Polis pardoned 21 duly convicted felons and ended early the sentences of seven others. While I disagree with several of the cases — brace yourselves — I agree with Polis’ annual exercise of his constitutional clemency powers. Section 7 of Article 4 of our Colorado Constitution provides broad discretion to…
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COLUMN: Weiser, Polis gut state law — want feds to fight crime
This week’s proposal by Gov. Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser to use Colorado tax money to hire prosecutors to loan to the feds to prosecute laws in opposition to our own is as hypocritical as it is misguided. On March 12, 2021, less than one year after the George Floyd incident and despite…
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AG’s McClain case shape-shifts from trial to trial | George Brauchler
There is something rotten in Adams County. Attorney General Phil Weiser’s handling of the criminal prosecutions in the death of Elijah McClain has moved from mismanagement to ethically questionable, unfair and an abuse of prosecutorial discretion. The change.org petition-inspired assignment of the case by Gov. Jared Polis to Weiser; the unusually long delay in charges;…
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Tina Peters’ desperate legal gambit | George Brauchler
Last week, Tina Peters filed a federal lawsuit seeking to enjoin (to stop) everyone from seeking to hold her accountable for her efforts to surreptitiously copy Mesa County election data and distribute it outside of Colorado to so-called “experts” for the purposes of trying to prove the 2020 election — at least in Mesa County…
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COLUMN: AG is no prosecutor; McClain trials show it | George Brauchler
Earlier this week, an Adams County jury acquitted the last of the three Aurora police officers prosecuted by Attorney General Phil Weiser of killing Elijah McClain more than four years ago. In total, two juries for three defendants have unanimously rejected every one of Weiser’s hand-picked lead charges. Weiser guided the state grand jury to…
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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…