Tag: u.s. constitution
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Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ sues state, alleges discrimination
Riverstone Academy, a public elementary school that opened last fall in Pueblo as a tuition-free option with Christian-based instruction, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over alleged religious discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claims that Colorado law violates the free exercise clause of the…
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Education ReEnvisioned BOCES responds to ‘public Christian school’ concerns
Less than two weeks after a letter from the Colorado Department of Education raised concerns over funding going to a “public Christian School,” the school’s contractor is standing pat. In an email sent to the CDE on Tuesday, Education ReEnvisioned BOCES Executive Director Ken Witt said he is “alarmed at the threat to funding a…
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Colorado Department of Education challenges funding eligibility for ‘first public Christian school’
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story reported that Riverstone Academy was a charter school. Because it is authorized by the Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, it is considered a contract school rather than a charter school. A new school, touted as the first public Christian school in Colorado, is facing pushback from the state education…
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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot
The extraordinary Colorado election case now headed for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from the ballot had its humble beginnings three years ago in the Maryland basement office of a self-proclaimed legal nerd. It was around New Year’s Day 2021. Constitutional scholar and University of Maryland law school…
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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot
The extraordinary Colorado election case now headed for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from the ballot had its humble beginnings three years ago in the Maryland basement office of a self-proclaimed legal nerd. It was around New Year’s Day 2021. Constitutional scholar and University of Maryland law school…
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Kristen Mix, first Coloradan to lead federal judges’ group, explains differences within profession
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kristen L. Mix likens the duties of federal magistrate judges to a restaurant menu, in which someone can experience a little bit of everything or a whole lot of one thing, depending on where they work. “You learn about the whole menu, and you know…
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Kristen Mix, first Coloradan to lead federal judges’ group, explains differences within profession
Kristen L. Mix likens the duties of federal magistrate judges to a restaurant menu, in which someone can experience a little bit of everything or a whole lot of one thing, depending on where they work. “You learn about the whole menu, and you know that you’re probably going to be eating from certain parts…