This just came in today. Last night, I was talking with the registered agent for Judicial Forum and suggested we allow the corporate registration to lapse. So, while Judicial Forum is fazing out, another conservative group is being formed.
The last few years have seen several “conservative” judicial watch organizations form. All of them proved to be anything but conservative. This organization, while not Biblically based, will likely prove their mettle as conservative. The head of this group is Justice Richard Sanders and the members are lawyers who support Ron Paul. This will be an interesting group to watch and I will be looking forward to their reports.
Here is the first:
From State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders
Dear Friend,
Any friend of Ron Paul’s is a friend of mine.
I never heard Dr. Paul give a speech where he did not talk about constitutional government. If the US Supreme Court agreed with his views on the constitution maybe he’d go back to delivering babies; but there’s not much chance of that, and not much we can do about it. But here in the state of Washington there is a lot we can do.
I’ve been on the Washington Supreme Court for 13 years. The most important things in our state have a way of ending up before our highest court: civil liberties, property rights, gun ownership, taxes, public works, criminal justice, and, oh yes, the Mariners and Seahawks. Our state has a wonderful constitution, much more protective of liberty than the national one; however to recall the words of James Madison, constitutions are mere “words on parchment” without a vigorous and independent judiciary to apply them.
Who sits on our Supreme Court is up to you. We serve staggered 6 year terms, which means every 2 years three of us stand for election. Any lawyer can run against us, and many do. That’s how I got on the court in 1995, I ran against a person appointed to the court by Governor Lowry. These are low profile races, not much money to campaign, and not much understanding by the general public on how individual justices stand on issues which are important to you. But (trust me on this, I’m from the government) these decisions impact you more directly than most anything the legislature or governor does. But we need more good men and women on the court who truly love liberty.
So what is to be done? I have encouraged many liberty loving lawyers to get active in Lawyers for Liberty. They will be sending you blurbs on recent interesting state Supreme Court cases naming names and telling you exactly who is doing what for you, or to you. Seattle lawyer Matt Dubin is the chairman. Matt@Dubinlawoffice.com In 2010 three of us are up for election: me, Jim Johnson and Barbara Madsen. I hope you will care enough to get involved in judicial campaigns–because you really matter and can make the difference.
Have a very merry Christmas,
Richard B Sanders
About the author: cominus
Cominus is the pen-name for Dean Isaacson, who got involved in the GOP in 1983, the year my son was born. Chairman of the Snohomish County Republican Central Committee (Washington) 1990 to 1992. Conducted legal research for the late Supreme Court Justice William C. Goodloe for several years. In 1996, succeeded him to lead Judicial Forum (the year before he passed away). Moved to Idaho in 1999 and still reviews judicial candidates in the State of Washington. My core belief is you will choose to serve God or you will serve the state - tyrants, as William Penn called it.
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Lawyers For Liberty
The last few years have seen several “conservative” judicial watch organizations form. All of them proved to be anything but conservative. This organization, while not Biblically based, will likely prove their mettle as conservative. The head of this group is Justice Richard Sanders and the members are lawyers who support Ron Paul. This will be an interesting group to watch and I will be looking forward to their reports.
Here is the first:
From State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders
Dear Friend,
Any friend of Ron Paul’s is a friend of mine.
I never heard Dr. Paul give a speech where he did not talk about constitutional government. If the US Supreme Court agreed with his views on the constitution maybe he’d go back to delivering babies; but there’s not much chance of that, and not much we can do about it. But here in the state of Washington there is a lot we can do.
I’ve been on the Washington Supreme Court for 13 years. The most important things in our state have a way of ending up before our highest court: civil liberties, property rights, gun ownership, taxes, public works, criminal justice, and, oh yes, the Mariners and Seahawks. Our state has a wonderful constitution, much more protective of liberty than the national one; however to recall the words of James Madison, constitutions are mere “words on parchment” without a vigorous and independent judiciary to apply them.
Who sits on our Supreme Court is up to you. We serve staggered 6 year terms, which means every 2 years three of us stand for election. Any lawyer can run against us, and many do. That’s how I got on the court in 1995, I ran against a person appointed to the court by Governor Lowry. These are low profile races, not much money to campaign, and not much understanding by the general public on how individual justices stand on issues which are important to you. But (trust me on this, I’m from the government) these decisions impact you more directly than most anything the legislature or governor does. But we need more good men and women on the court who truly love liberty.
So what is to be done? I have encouraged many liberty loving lawyers to get active in Lawyers for Liberty. They will be sending you blurbs on recent interesting state Supreme Court cases naming names and telling you exactly who is doing what for you, or to you. Seattle lawyer Matt Dubin is the chairman. Matt@Dubinlawoffice.com In 2010 three of us are up for election: me, Jim Johnson and Barbara Madsen. I hope you will care enough to get involved in judicial campaigns–because you really matter and can make the difference.
Have a very merry Christmas,
Richard B Sanders
About the author: cominus