JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A Colorado jury convicted on Thursday one of the two former Aurora, Colorado police officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain , a young Black man who died upon being restrained and injected with ketamine. And hopefully today’s verdict is another step in the healing process for the Aurora community and the state.

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Above The Law

MAY 8, 2024

Proposed rules enacting a law that will significantly change sperm and egg donation for Coloradans are up for an official vote of approval next week. The post How Expensive Will Colorado Sperm Be, Come 2025? appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2024

Colorado’s House of Representatives passed HB 1292 Sunday by a vote of 35-27. Individuals already in lawful possession of assault weapons are allowed to keep their firearms. The state legislature introduced several bills after a shooting in Boulder, but these bills fizzled out and did not become law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Colorado Donor-Conceived Person Protection Law Opens Public Comments On Proposed Rules appeared first on Above the Law. The first of four Zoom sessions is on November 1.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Colorado Republican State Central Committee (CRSCC) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari Wednesday to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision which removed former president Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court found Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2024

“Thoughts on Opening Briefs in Trump’s Colorado Case”: Ned Foley has this post at the “Election Law Blog.” ” The post “Thoughts on Opening Briefs in Trump’s Colorado Case” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 6, 2024

“The Court’s Colorado Decision Wasn’t About the Law; This case wasn’t decided on its merits, and the result is an utterly flimsy legal argument”: George T. Conway III has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2024

Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the state’s ballot. He asked the court to overrule the Colorado decision and “return the right to vote for their candidate of choice to the voters.”

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2024

“The Colorado cake wars continue, with a literally colorful twist”: Law professor Andrew Koppelman has this essay online at The Hill. The post “The Colorado cake wars continue, with a literally colorful twist” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement to the press on Monday that it is assisting local law enforcement in investigating threats against the Colorado Supreme Court. The post FBI investigating threats against Colorado Supreme Court justices after decision to disqualify Trump appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A group of Colorado voters filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against former US President Donald Trump, seeking to prevent him from appearing on the state ballot in the 2024 primary and general elections. The post Colorado voters sue to remove Trump from state ballot over insurrection allegations appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A Colorado jury returned a not guilty verdict on Monday for a third police officer charged in the 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain. In October, a Colorado jury found one of the officers, Randy Roedema, guilty of criminally negligent homicide but acquitted another officer, Jason Rosenblatt.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared ready to hold that Colorado cannot exclude former President Donald Trump from the ballot based on his role in the Jan. Last fall a group of Colorado voters went to court, seeking to have Trump disqualified under Section 3 from appearing on the ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Dec.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Share Lawyers for Colorado’s Republican Party came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to overturn a ruling by that state’s highest court that would leave former President Donald Trump off Colorado’s primary ballot in 2024 because of his role in the Jan. In a lengthy ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The post Conservative Former Judge All In On Colorado Decision Barring Donald Trump From Ballot appeared first on Above the Law. He includes a bold Supreme Court prediction too.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Colorado Supreme Court updated the definition of common-law marriage to include LGBTQ+ individuals with three rulings handed down on Monday. The decisions also retroactively recognize same-sex common-law marriages entered into before the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 5, 2022

“Colorado moves to protect abortions in state law”: Patty Nieberg of The Associated Press has this report. And Anthony Izaguirre of The Associated Press reports that “ Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls Roe.”

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

Anderson Lee Aldrich , the gunman who killed five during an attack on an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty in court Monday to five counts of murder, 46 counts of attempted murder and no contest to two bias-motivated crimes. The charges were later dropped.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Republican leaders are calling for a prosecutor to enforce obscenity laws to remove hundreds of books from schools in the Colorado Springs area, Kyle Clark reports for NBC 9 News. Attempts to ban books are ongoing in several Colorado school districts.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

The post Suspect In Custody After Opening Fire At Colorado Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law. No one was hurt in the incident.

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JURIST

MARCH 10, 2023

Colorado Governor Jared Polis Friday signed a bill allowing those who have been convicted of a crime access to post-conviction DNA testing. The bill will take effect in Colorado’s criminal justice system in October 2023. Furthermore, the law ensures that victims’ rights are respected and align with the Victim Rights Act.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“Push to Disqualify Trump Pits Democracy Against the Rule of Law; If the Colorado Supreme Court is right that the former president is constitutionally ineligible to run for president, fundamental values are in severe tension”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Colorado Springs Police Department Monday announced that the arrest warrant for alleged gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich is sealed, and formal charges will be filed in the coming weeks. Aldrich allegedly carried out a mass shooting at LGBTQ Colorado nightclub Club Q on Saturday night, killing five people. The charges were later dropped.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Colorado has become the first state in the country to overturn its preemption law preventing its cities from enacting stricter gun regulations, reports Pew Stateline. Forty-two other states have laws stopping local governments from enforcing strict gun restrictions.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“What the Colorado Oral Argument Missed: The justices seem ready to leave the issue of Donald Trump’s eligibility up to Congress; Here’s why they shouldn’t.” ” Law professor Edward B. Foley has this essay online at The Atlantic. ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A Colorado court Tuesday sentenced the suspect accused of killing five and injuring 19 in Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado on November 19. This situation questions whether Colorado’s red flag law was applicable to Aldrich and would it have prevented these deaths.

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ABA Journal

MAY 30, 2023

Family courts in Colorado custody cases can’t cut off a child’s contact with a protective parent to whom they are bonded just to improve a relationship with a rejected parent accused of abuse or domestic violence, according to a bill signed into law last week.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Despite the laws facing challenges in other states, Colorado is one of 19 states, plus Washington, D.C., with red flag laws. A search of public records found no indication that the sheriff’s office or other authorities filed such a petition.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 29, 2022

“Colorado Supreme Court strikes down part of state’s cyberbullying law as unconstitutional; State’s harassment laws were amended in 2015 to strengthen protestions against cyberbullying”: Shelly Bradbury of The Denver Post has this report.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 24, 2023

“The FBI is looking into threats against Colorado justices after Trump ballot ruling; The involvement of law enforcement comes amid a wave of threats against the justices who ruled this week that Trump is ineligible for the state’s primary ballot”: Zoë Richards of NBC News has this report.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 5, 2022

“Colorado now guarantees the right to abortion in state law; Gov. Jared Polis signed HB22-1279 into law on Monday”: Saja Hindi of The Denver Post has this report.

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Law 360

APRIL 30, 2024

Colorado recently became the first state to provide consumer privacy protections for data generated from a person's brain waves, and despite the bill’s ambiguity and open questions introduced, the new law has helped turn the spotlight on neurodata, says Sara Pullen Guercio at Alston & Bird.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Elenis , is a challenge by a Colorado website designer to a state law that bars businesses that are open to the public from discriminating against gay people or announcing their intent to do so. The designer, Lorie Smith, argues that subjecting her to the law would violate her right to free speech.

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HowAppealing

MAY 21, 2021

“Local law firms among those showing interest in investigating Colorado Supreme Court contract and culture”: David Migoya of The Denver Post has an article that begins, “Dozens of Colorado law firms have downloaded information about a $350,000 state contract to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct in the Supreme (..)

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Colorado is directing tens of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money toward law enforcement, with spending ranging from $30 million for jail staffing in El Paso County to $732 for new two-way radios in Sedgwick County, reports Axios. Other examples include Gov. Jared Polis’ administration setting aside $1.3

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“There’s Time for Supreme Court Rulings on Trump Cases; The Colorado case and the Jan. 6 immunity claim are exactly the sort of major legal issues we want the highest court to decide thoughtfully”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Billy Raymond Counterman, a Colorado man who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for stalking based on his Facebook messages. She canceled appearances, started to carry a gun, and eventually left Colorado for the east coast.

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