Tag: supreme court
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Colorado courts yet another First Amendment drubbing | Jimmy Sengenberger
Colorado’s propensity for targeting free speech is legion. Now, it’s gaining national notoriety. Just last month in Chiles v. Salazar, a rare 8-1 Supreme Court majority dismantled Colorado’s law restricting youth therapy regarding gender identity — the state’s third admonition from the high court for speech overreach. That trend caught the attention of noted George Washington University law professor and Fox News legal…
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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
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WASHINGTON • The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs on Friday, handing him a major loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs the president levied on nearly every other country. In imposing the…
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Andrea Wang, water and energy expert | SUPREME COURT FINALISTS
When the late Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey authored a 2002 opinion in the complex and long-running Taylor Ranch case involving landowners’ claims to access a 77,000-acre tract in the San Luis Valley, she worked with her law clerk, Andrea S. Wang. “She’s just a very thoughtful person, and her writing style is good. I found…
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High court skeptical of Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court justices raised doubts on Wednesday over the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs in a case with implications for the global economy that marks a major test of Trump’s powers. Conservative and liberal justices alike sharply questioned the lawyer representing Trump’s administration about whether a 1977 law meant for…
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High court seems to lean toward Colorado Springs counselor’s argument
WASHINGTON — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor from Colorado Springs challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights. Kaley Chiles, with support from President Donald Trump’s administration, argues the laws passed by about half of U.S. states wrongly bar her from offering…
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Judicial recusals on Colorado’s federal trial court, state Supreme Court examines family law system | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. Colorado’s federal judges recused themselves from cases more than 200 times in four years, plus one of the state’s justices indicated the Colorado Supreme Court is looking at ways to improve the family law system. Heard on appeal • The Colorado…
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Colorado AG’s office scolded by appeals court for belated shift in argument
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office received a rebuke from the state’s second-highest court on Thursday after it asked a panel of appellate judges to reverse course on a recent decision with an argument it never raised previously. Under the state’s appellate rules, a party may submit a petition for rehearing to the Court of Appeals…
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Appeals court warns that prosecutor’s comments about her, victims’ race were improper
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed an Arapahoe County prosecutor did not intentionally dismiss a Hispanic juror for race-based reasons, but her attempt to justify the removal by citing her own race and the race of the victims was improper. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted the prosecutor, in dismissing the Hispanic…
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Appeals court acknowledges ‘unfair’ outcome, upholds man’s lifetime sex offender registration
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday upheld a man’s requirement to register as a sex offender for life, while acknowledging state law made no exception for his 37-year-old conviction from outside Colorado that did not even require him to register at the time. Raymond Edward Moore has two convictions on his record for sex offenses: one…
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from gun rights advocates to block a recent Colorado law prohibiting the possession and transport of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — known as “ghost guns.” To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits or 3-D printers, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 279…