The Judges' New Robes

Living the Modern Rendition of "The Emperor's New Clothes"

In the original story by Hans Christian Anderson, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a vain emperor and the elites who surround him are fooled by a couple of con-men into exposing his nakedness before all of his subjects. Most people have heard this story at some point in their lives, as it is a well-known children’s allegory meant to provide a moral lesson. The story represents how those in power may be persuaded by supposed “experts” to go against all reason when one’s own insecurity causes them to turn aside common sense for fear of being thought a fool. In the story, the emperor’s advisors suffer from the fear of losing their esteemed positions in the emperor’s palace, leading them to say nothing when they too see with their own eyes that the emperor’s clothes do not exist. Finally, the emperor’s subjects keep their mouths shut when the emperor parades himself naked before them for fear of punishment for embarrassing the emperor. The only truth spoken to the emperor is when a young child calls out that the emperor is naked and yet, the emperor’s hubris causes him to completely disregard the child’s observation.

In the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in Anderson v. Griswald, four out of seven appointed judges have made the unprecedented decision to remove the leading Republican primary candidate, Donald J. Trump, from the 2024 presidential ballot on the basis of invoking the 14th Amendment. Their decision is unquestionably election interference of the highest order, preventing Republican voters from exercising their right to select a candidate of their choice. They allege that Trump “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States government on January 6th, 2020. However, neither Trump nor anyone at the capitol on January 6th has been charged or convicted under the Insurrection Act. In this case, these judges have become, not only judge, jury and executioner, but also investigator, grand jury and prosecutor. Much like the emperor not seeing his obvious nakedness, these judges have disrobed themselves before the whole world and have proudly paraded themselves before the public, warts and all, as the saviors of Democracy, not seeing themselves how the rest of the world sees them as the elitest tyrants that they are.

As a civilized nation, we look first to rhetoric to move men’s minds, rather than turning to violence as a means to an end against threats to our liberties. When the court of law has failed us, our next best option has been to mobilize the court of public opinion to create the necessary public pressure for righting those wrongs committed against the governed by the very government that is supposed to be protecting our rights. So, where are those authorities on ethics or morality? Where are the legal scholars, who should be voicing their knowledge of the constitution? Are they afraid of losing their prestigious positions at the Universities? Where is the American church, to call out this violation of moral law? Are they so afraid of offending their congregation or losing their tax-free status, that they would turn a blind eye to injustice? Where is congress, those so-call “Representatives” of the people? Are they content to watch our nation be pulled apart at the seams, for political gain or the avoidance of political ruin? Finally, what is the state of the “fourth estate”? Where is the media’s outrage against these egregious acts by the courts? Have they largely stayed silent for fear of losing advertising dollars from their paymasters or have some wantonly joined in on this lude display of exhibitionism? Many so-called journalists continue to regurgitate the deep state’s talking points. They have pursued a continued campaign of propaganda against Donald Trump and his supporters that would make the famous Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, blush. They have too much to lose in their academic privilege, their congregations or tax-free status, their political capital, or their advertising dollars to stand up for the righteous cause of liberty. I fear that Oscar Wild was correct when he wrote:

“In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralizing. Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth estate. That was true at the time no doubt. But at the present moment it is the only estate. It has eaten up the other three. The Lords Temporal say nothing, the Lords Spiritual have nothing to say, and the House of Commons has nothing to say and says it. We are dominated by Journalism.”

When all of the aforementioned “protectors of the realm” fail us, who have we to defend our republic, but ourselves with the aid of Providence. Our forefathers saw it necessary to enshrine the first two Amendments of the Bill of Rights in our US Constitution, ensuring our right to both protect and restore our God-given rights through speech and protest, and if necessary, violence.

1. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

2. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

To anyone who doubts the purpose those amendments, one only needs to remember Thomas Jeferson’s famous quote:

“There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.”

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I recommend a full reading of the letter written in 1787 by Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, the son-in-law of John Adams. Jefferson was a man with great foresight. He wrote in his letter how he opposed the idea of a Chief Justice, or lifetime appointments for judges. He feared the propensity for them to abuse their power. He even alluded to the British ministry hiring the gazetteers (mocking-bird media) to spread propaganda that the American colonies were engaged in anarchy. Sound familiar?

The American people of today and most of their protectors have fallen into a lethargy and the few who were willing to “peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” have had their voices suppressed by a tyrannical police state following January 6th. Fear of this Administration’s surveillance capability to track our every communication, their use of over-prosecution in unjust federal courts, and the cruel and unusual punishment that has been the standard used against J6ers rotting in Washington D.C.’s prisons have largely succeeded in tamping down any “rebellion” by the people. Add to that, the current cancel culture industrial complex of big tech censorship, advertiser pressure, and fear of being fired from one’s job have silenced even those who would simply make their voices heard. The people are no different than the townsfolk in the story, who were afraid to point out their Emperor’s nakedness.

It is now being reported that there are legislators in some states calling for the removal of President Joseph R. Biden from the 2024 Presidential Ballot for failing in his duty to secure the border. This notion is clearly a retaliatory move by those on the political right. However, it is no more righteous than the left’s attempt to remove Trump off the ballot, where in our democratic republic the people have the right to elect their leaders, not judges and not legislators. We cannot go down this road of lawless tit-for-tat reactions, as it will only galvanize the left’s support around Biden. The appropriate course of action for addressing Bidens crimes is articles of impeachment brought by Congress and a trial in the Senate. This should be done as a matter of principle and, if for no other reason, but to expose his crimes to the American people before the next election. There is already evidence that he is losing in the poles as people begin to see the consequences of his Administration or lack thereof. At this point he is just “Biden” his time until the people throw him out of the Whitehouse through the election process. The right must not make the same fatal error of exposing themselves and falling into the trap of only seeing one’s actions through the echo chamber of their supporters. This is especially true for those in government, as they have the duty to govern fairly with equal justice under the law.

Without any doubt, our country is on a perilous road towards the collapse of civil discourse and is edging ever closer to the proverbial “straw that breaks the camel’s back.” If “We the People” lose faith in the American Justice system to find legal remedy for our grievances, and if our most sacred right to choose our leaders continues to be deprived by biased, corrupt judges or other political bad actors, then a reckoning will come that will likely bring about the disillusion of the greatest system of government and civilization that the world has ever known. The actions by a few disrobed judges cannot go on without being called out by the masses. The gross misconduct by these four Colorado Supreme Court judges could possibly be our “shot heard around the world” sparking the next revolution. It is a dangerous game that the left is playing. At a minimum, these judges should be impeached. However, I believe that is not enough to stop this from happening again. These judges should be prosecuted under federal law 18 USC, section 242, Depravation of Rights Under Color of Law, for depriving Donald J. Trump of his 5th Amendment right to due process of law. Anything less will not be enough to stop these abuses of power from being repeated in other states. Without accountability for rogue elements of our judicial system, there can be no justice.