Author: George Brauchler

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 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…

George Brauchler The American political party of law and order is on the verge of suicide. Much of the Republican Party struggles to decide what principles define it – other than an abiding, unadulterated and unapologetic fealty to former President Donald Trump. The party of free market economics erupts into applause when Trump proposes a…

George Brauchler Monday night, two self-absorbed nitwits 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…

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…

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…

George Brauchler Last Friday, Derron Harris accepted a plea bargain from the Denver District Attorney’s office for his murder of an Ohio man and the shooting of his wife while they rented a car. Headlines announced Harris faced “up to 60 years” in prison. Nonsense. Harris, like every violent criminal who is not convicted of…

George Brauchler The biggest pop star in the world is bringing back-to-back performances to a city still struggling to Swiftly deal with rampant crime and its associated cost. At the same time, the Bronx Bombers will fill Coors Field with Yankees fans who may feel more safe in the Bronx than they do on the…

George Brauchler You could be forgiven if you thought Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser played for our Rockies. Last week with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was a particular disaster, but the former law school dean’s performance throughout the entire SCOTUS session seems better suited to Coors Field than a courtroom –…

George Brauchler Murderers across Colorado are now entitled to hang out in our communities thanks solely to a murderer-friendly law signed by Gov. Jared Polis. Earlier this week, the Colorado Supreme Court reminded our state of the predictable, predicted and intended consequence of Polis’s 2020 repeal of capital punishment: bail for all murderers. Colorado’s Constitution…

George Brauchler The recent indictment of Donald Trump represents the greatest potential risk to the criminal justice system and the Rule of Law in our lifetimes, and there is no easy way to avoid long-term damage. This is the proverbial “damned if we do, damned if we don’t” scenario. Admittedly, my perspective – my bias…