SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

He did note a “silver lining,” offering suggestions on how the Nation can still attempt to intervene in ongoing Colorado River water rights litigation to assert its treaty rights to water. The post Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Above The Law

JUNE 30, 2021

The 30-page court opinion tells a heartbreaking story.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a pair of lower-court rulings that had permitted states to enforce COVID-related restrictions at worship services. 25 ruling that lifted New York’s COVID-related limits on attendance at worship services. In the Colorado case , the justices threw out an Aug. 4, after the U.S.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Police officers in Colorado Springs, Colorado, violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a drug suspect when they erected a pole camera to record video of…

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2022

.” Justice Thomas, who wrote the majority in Reed , wrote: “Reed provided a clear and neutral rule that protected the freedom of speech from governmental caprice and viewpoint discrimination, I would adhere to that precedent rather than risk resuscitating Hill.”

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that a Colorado-based web designer cannot be compelled to create wedding websites for LGBTQ+ couples, despite the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) which protects LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in public accommodations.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MAY 31, 2021

Kentucky, the Supreme Court "ruled that a State may not discriminate on the basis of race when exercising peremptory challenges against prospective jurors in a criminal trial."* In Batson v. Under Batson, once the opponent of a peremptory challenge has.

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HowAppealing

JULY 21, 2021

“10th Circuit declines to name international travel a fundamental right while upholding tax law”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report online at The Gazette of Colorado Springs. Passports Can Be Revoked Over Tax Debt, Appeals Court Rules.”

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The settlement issued Wednesday will resolve all appeals from this ruling. As a Colorado citizen, federal law required Kelley to pass a background check for an out-of-state firearm purchases in Texas.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy) Appeals court ruling says alleged domestic abusers have a constitutional right to keep their guns (Roxanna Asgarian, The Texas Tribune) The post The morning read for Friday, Feb. 10 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an 1868 peace treaty between the US government and the Navajo Tribe does not require the government to secure water access for the tribe. In a 5-4 ruling in Arizona v.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 6, 2022

.” Chiara Giordano of The Independent (UK) reports that “ ‘Gay cake’ legal challenge thrown out by European Court of Human Rights; Gareth Lee failed to ‘exhaust domestic remedies’ in seven-year legal case against Christian bakers who refused to make cake with pro-gay marriage slogan, court rules.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

I have the honor of speaking today at the Tenth Circuit judicial conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I will be part of a panel discussing the Supreme Court’s recent religious freedom cases and related First Amendment issues. Lucero of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In Kennedy v.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense, marking the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority, reports the Chicago Tribune.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Perhaps unsurprisingly, two involve cases in which the court called for the views of the solicitor general, thus indicating (since it takes the vote of four justices to CVSG ) that there was already a high level of interest among the justices in the case. Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. trademarks.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. United States and Rita v.

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HowAppealing

JULY 5, 2023

“‘Sham’ website customer likely didn’t affect Supreme Court ruling on same-sex weddings, experts say; Legal experts shot down the idea that an apparently bogus inquiry to a site designer in Colorado opposed to same-sex marriages played a key role in last week’s decision”: Dareh Gregorian of NBC News has this report. (..)

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

The doctrine, created by a 1982 Supreme Court ruling meant to protect government employees from frivolous lawsuits, is frequently used by police and other law enforcement officials to head off lawsuits over excessive use of force or misconduct. Having indisputable facts does not always help. Daryl James.

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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. Colorado counters that exempting Smith from the law would open a Pandora’s box that would “upend antidiscrimination law – and other laws too.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, at what stage of litigation the ministerial exception should come into play. Gregory Tucker was a science teacher at Faith Christian Academy, a religious school operated by the nondenominational Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, Colorado.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Before trial, the district court rejected Struve’s argument that the officers had violated the Fourth Amendment in pulling him over without reasonable suspicion because they could not tell whether he was texting or using his cellphone legally. In his petition, Tuggle argues that the U.S.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Some jurisdictions have proactively addressed flat fees in their rules. In Colorado, Rule 1.5(h) Colorado has even published a sample flat-fee agreement here. Other states that mention flat fees in their rules include California, Florida and Massachusetts. The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Colorado Civil Rights Commission (relisted 14 times). As a statistical matter , a case that the Supreme Court repeatedly relists is more likely to be the subject of an opinion respecting denial or — where existing precedent is clear — a summary reversal or vacatur.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2021

The Tenth Circuit upheld the district court decision in favor of the IRS and its authority to conduct the audit. Thomas noted that in 2005 a fractured divided court ruled Gonzales v. Peter Hermes, Kevin Desilet, Samantha Murphy, and John Murphy refused to verify their tax liabilities because they feared criminal prosecution.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

Colorado Bar Association Formal Opinion 126 : Representing the Adult Client With Diminished Capacity. A lawyer may be faced with making difficult determinations and, when necessary, take protective measures, even when they may go against the client’s wishes. Resources: ABA Formal Opinion 96-404, Client Under a Disability.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2021

Back in 2017, the Washington Supreme Court ruled against Ms. In rejecting these exemptions, the court emphasized Ingersoll and Freed’s statements that the “ case [was] no more about access to flowers than civil rights cases in the 1960s were about access to sandwiches.”

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot enforce Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment against federal candidates, keeping former US President Donald Trump on Colorado’s election ballot. The court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson on February 8. This is a developing story.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a potential replacement for the now-dismissed Servotronics Inc. Oklahoma should apply retroactively, and whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates a website designer’s First Amendment rights. In last year’s McGirt v.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2024

“Winning: Trump victorious in nearly all ‘insurrection’ lawsuits to toss him off the ballot; Colorado Supreme Court ruling is the anomaly.” The post “Winning: Trump victorious in nearly all ‘insurrection’ lawsuits to toss him off the ballot; Colorado Supreme Court ruling is the anomaly.”

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 3, 2024

“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Keep Him on Colorado Ballot; The petition came in response to a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that the former president had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to hold office under the 14th Amendment”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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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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MARCH 4, 2024

“Trump Prevails in Supreme Court Challenge to His Eligibility; The justices ruled that the 14th Amendment did not allow Colorado to bar the former president from the state’s primary ballot”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. .”

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The Crime Report

JULY 8, 2021

Governor of California , the courts ruled that indefinite confinement of alleged gang members was a human rights violation. That ruling resulted in the state of California having to reduce its solitary confinement population by 97 percent. In Ashker v.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows appealed a court ruling Friday that delayed a judgment on whether the removal of former president Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot was valid under the US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. Trump filed suit in response shortly thereafter.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 27, 2021

The Tenth Circuit decision reaffirms a growing conflict among the circuits and offers an especially strong case for the Court to consider such a major reframing of such conflicts. The Court disappointed many when it found an off-ramp in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. See supra, III.B.1.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Those words from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals about Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act may be some of the most honest but chilling words ever uttered in a federal opinion. The court ruled that a state could not only compel an artist to speak but could prevent that artist from speaking, too.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

(Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times) Trump built the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, but it doesn’t always rule in his favor (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling barring him from primary ballot (Melissa Quinn, CBS News) Supreme Court chief justice has highest approval rating in Gallup poll (..)

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