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Defamation suit may proceed against conservative radio outlet, talk show host: appeals court
A former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against the owner of a conservative talk radio station and one of its hosts, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. The latest in a string of recent decisions favoring plaintiff Eric Coomer, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded Coomer…
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10th Circuit judge speaks about annual ski retreats with clerks, ‘swag’ from 20th anniversary
Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, a member of the federal appeals court based in Denver, spoke last month about his 20-year tradition of taking ski trips with his clerks — some of whom have since become judges themselves — and about the ski-themed gifts they created for him in that time. “We had, I think, something like 60 or…
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2024 closes period of turnover on Colorado’s bench | YEAR IN REVIEW
New faces, new initiatives and a new judicial discipline process were among the developments in the third branch of government this year. Although much of the public’s focus was on the battle for the White House and Congress, several stories implicating the courts will have reverberations for years to come. Here is a look at…
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Biden vetoes bill that would have given Colorado 2 more federal judges
President Joe Biden vetoed legislation on Monday that would have added two seats to Colorado’s federal trial court and a total of 66 federal judgeships nationwide. The JUDGES Act would have increased the size of federal district courts in two-year increments over multiple presidential administrations. Colorado, which has had seven active district judges for 40 years, would…
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Castle Rock council passes measure supporting Trump’s deportation plan
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s response to the president-elect’s illegal immigration deportation strategy has prompted one Colorado town to push back — again. Since Johnston took office in July 2023, Denver has welcomed nearly 43,000 immigrants, most whom illegally crossed the southern border, into Colorado’s most populous city. Johnston, a Democrat, recently made national headlines when…
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What Trump’s Cabinet picks say about his coming presidency | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is a book I read to my kids when they were about 4 years old called “The Mixed Up Chameleon.” One day the chameleon discovers it can change not only its color but its shape and size, too. When it sees different animals in…
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A six-step plan for keeping Space Command in Colorado | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two short months and a lifetime ago, U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs celebrated its fifth birthday after expanding from “a rag-tag band of about 100 people” when it was reestablished in 2019 to a fully operational headquarters employing 1,700 people today. This week, the…
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54%…
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Appeals court green-lights ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claim against Rudy Giuliani
Colorado’s second-highest court agreed on Thursday that a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with a defamation claim against Rudy Giuliani for his unproven accusations of election rigging in the 2020 presidential race. The decision by a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals mirrored a more comprehensive opinion issued in April,…
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Trump presidency raises possibility of 10th Circuit vacancy, with eyes on Domenico
With President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January and a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, the federal appeals court in Denver could soon see a vacancy arise for one of its Colorado-based seats. Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich has sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit for more than 20 years.…