Tag: U.s. Supreme Court
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Colorado, other states, reach $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office, along with 14 other states, helped secure a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over its role in fueling the ongoing opioid crisis. The resolution comes on the heels of a previous settlement that was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2024. The new agreement…
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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Abortion rights advocates attend Women’s March in Denver
Scores of abortion-rights supporters stood outside of the Colorado state Capitol building on Saturday morning with picket signs and then marched down Denver’s 16th Street Mall almost two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal legal protections for abortion. Other Women’s March events kicked off in multiple cities across the country, including Tampa,…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear latest LGBTQ discrimination case against Masterpiece Cakeshop
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide whether a Lakewood cake maker violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when he declined to supply a cake to celebrate a customer’s gender transition, or if the First Amendment protected his refusal. The case involves…
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10th Circuit upholds validity of federal sentencing recommendations
When Congress created the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 1984, it intended to reduce disparities in criminal sentencing at the federal level by developing a set of guidelines, which trial judges now reference during sentencing. However, the guidelines are also accompanied by commentary — notes that clarify and expand upon the meaning of the guidelines. In recent…
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Denver Public Schools sees bump in new Spanish speaking students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 350 new Spanish-speaking students enrolled in Denver Public Schools within the first weeks after an influx of immigrants from South and Central American arrived in the Mile High City, school district data shows. The Denver Gazette requested, under the Colorado Open Records Act,…
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Clera Rorex posthumously awarded Mountain Leader Award by Gov. Jared Polis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clera Rorex was a legend. She issued marriage licenses to six same sex couples in Boulder County starting in 1975, decades before same-sex marriage was legalized by the 2015 landmark Obergefell v. Hodges U.S. Supreme Court Decision. On Thursday, she posthumously received the Mountain Leader Award at the Governor’s…
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Bond set for man shot by Denver police in LoDo; DA asks for more time to file charges
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on Tuesday asked the court for more time to file criminal charges against Jordan Tyler Trey Waddy, who was shot and wounded by officers along with five bystanders early Sunday morning after police say Waddy brandished a gun in the city’s Lower Downtown area. “The Denver Police Department is attempting to…
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Denver PrideFest returns fully in-person for first time since 2019
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For 20 years, Paige Hart has been living with a secret that she did not feel comfortable sharing with her family, friends or the world. She said she was never able to be herself and hiding caused immense pain every day. But that all changed…
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Bill to protect abortion rights wins approval from Democratic-controlled House panel
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lawmakers worked overnight and into early Thursday morning on legislation that seeks to enshrine the unequivocal right to an abortion in state law. The House Health & Insurance Committee approved House Bill 1279 along a 7-4 party-line vote just after 3:40 a.m. More than 300…