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Colorado's Bubble Law was the first in the country... but not the last

Spin Cycles

Laundered money, the shadow of big tobacco, and a blubbering court reporter: The wild trial over Colorado's Amendment 15.

Low Blows

Laundered money, the shadow of big tobacco, and a blubbering court reporter: The wild trial over Colorado's Amendment 15.

Focus on the Family's nightmare scenario about an Obama victory

Laundered money, the shadow of big tobacco, and a blubbering court reporter: The wild trial over Colorado's Amendment 15.

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Bush's Affirmative Action

The Eye of the Beholder

Defining the limits of obscenity.

Wake-Up Call: The bell tolls for Joe Nacchio

Yesterday, with the news that the San Francisco Chronicle may go down, leaving the free Examiner the only real daily in SF, Phil Anschutz once again looked like the smartest guy in the room.Today, he's also looking like the luckiest. Because before Anschutz bought the dying Examiner label and turned ... More >>

Bite Me

Rice Checks

Take 23

The Denver Internation Film Festival opens this Thursday.

Inmates Waitin' Around to Die

Only one man is on death row, but seven others are waiting in the wings.

Carved in Stone

Twenty years after Jim Stone first blew the whistle on Rockwell International, he got his day in court -- the Supreme Court.

Whistle Stop

A Supreme Court decision may challenge workers' First Amendment rights.

Off Limits

Going, Going, Gonzo

Shrine On

You must remember this.

Derailing Affirmative Action

Randy Pech says the government's disadvantaged business programs discriminated against his company. This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if he's right.

Free Willy

As part of his never-ending fight against gays, car dealer Will Perkins gets himself "arrested" in Vail.

The AG's No. 1 Problem

A gender-changing lawyer in Gale Norton's office causes a bathroom stink.

Off Limits

A gender-changing lawyer in Gale Norton's office causes a bathroom stink.

Adding Insult to Injury

Pulling the plug on attorney advertising could get somebody sued -- including the State of Colorado

STAND UP FOR YOUR PRINCIPALS!

Pulling the plug on attorney advertising could get somebody sued -- including the State of Colorado

AGAINST THE WIND

CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, GALE NORTON'S QUEST FOR THE SENATE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT A BREEZE.

JUDGMENT DAY

DENVER ATTORNEY DAVID L. SMITH HAS MADE LIFE A LIVING HELL FOR HIS ADVERSARIES. NOW HE'S FEELING THE HEAT HIMSELF.OUT OF ORDER DAVID L. SMITH SAYS COLORADO'S FEDERAL JUDGES ARE OUT TO GET HIM. HE'S RIGHT.

GENTLEMEN PREFER BONDS

FOR THE FIRMS THAT CRANK OUT DIA'S FINANCIAL PAPERWORK, THE PROFITS ARE SKY-HIGH -- AND THE WORK IS ALL LEGAL.

Wake-Up Call: Salazar needs to stay put

Timing is everything. Early on, as president-elect Barack Obama started filling his Cabinet, Ken Salazar's name kept surfacing -- but so did word that what the first-term senator and former Colorado Attorney General ultimately wanted was a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the meantime, he wa ... More >>

Weighing Sonia Sotomayor's Latina cred

Timing is everything. Early on, as president-elect Barack Obama started filling his Cabinet, Ken Salazar's name kept surfacing -- but so did word that what the first-term senator and former Colorado Attorney General ultimately wanted was a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the meantime, he wa ... More >>

Video: Westword writer takes a beating from police nunchaku. Don't tell Sonia Sotomayor!

The writer tries to stick it to the man. Click "Continue" to see the video.​Writing can be painful sometimes. This is particularly true while putting together a feature article about a little-known weapon used by police departments across the country called an Orcutt Police Nunchaku. Nearly thirty ... More >>

Sonia Sotomayor could declare martial law on Kevin Orcutt's nunchaku

The writer tries to stick it to the man. Click "Continue" to see the video.​Writing can be painful sometimes. This is particularly true while putting together a feature article about a little-known weapon used by police departments across the country called an Orcutt Police Nunchaku. Nearly thirty ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 6 edition

​Would you like to sniff the cork? Today in Cafe Society: • Grapes and grilling tonight at Strings. • Guess where I'm drinking? • Martini Ranch and Hiccups III dry up. • And the new, New York Times restaurant critic is... • Tonight's shochu dinner at Elway's Cherry Creek could be th ... More >>

Will Sonia Sotomayor soon be getting a Supreme Court demo from Officer "Numchuck Sticks"?

Heads up your Honor! ​Despite this week's Westword cover story detailing Sonia Sotomayor's clear judicial bias against "numchuck sticks," the Senate still voted to confirm the wise-Latina-loving nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 6. (Apparently the powerful pro-nunchaku lobby was too ... More >>

"Terrible" Supreme Court ruling a slap in the face to Colorado voters, says Colorado Ethics Watch head

A Flickr photoComing to a TV station near you?​Yesterday, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially gave corporations and unions carte blanche to spend as much as they'd like on campaigns, and to do so directly. Because the ruling conflicts with a voter-passed 2002 Colorado amendm ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Could the Broncos lose Elvis Dumervil, Tony Scheffler, Peyton Hillis, Chris Kuper and Brandon Marshall?

Elvis, don't leave the building!​It's the first Denver Blogs roundup of the week! In a mock-draft post, Mile High Report's Sayre Bedinger says it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Tony Scheffler, Peyton Hillis, Chris Kuper and Elvis Dumervil could join Brandon Marshall on the train o ... More >>

Sex offender issue goes to the Supreme Court

​The controversy continues to grow over last-minute changes in HB 1364. The measure extends the life of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board for five years, but removes the words "no known cure" -- as originally presented, the measure included those words and charged the board to study w ... More >>

Smoking ban on stage: The Supreme Court declines to hear Curious Theatre's case

A Flickr photoYou won't be seeing these on the Curious Theatre stage.​In December, we told you about the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling against the Curious Theatre, which had argued that extending the state's smoking ban to the stage improperly infringed on creative expression. Curious appea ... More >>

Tim Tebow's the No. 3 Broncos quarterback: One down, two to go

"I'm strapping it on, boys."​Here's three tasty Denver blog samples. On Mile High Report, NavyBSU_fan comments on a report that Tim Tebow is third on the Broncos' QB depth chart, having passed Tom Brandstater. "In other news," he writes, "dog bites man." Ouch! 5280's Michael de Yoanna notes ... More >>

Signed, sealed and rejected: These political activists are rabble with a cause

"I'm strapping it on, boys."​Here's three tasty Denver blog samples. On Mile High Report, NavyBSU_fan comments on a report that Tim Tebow is third on the Broncos' QB depth chart, having passed Tom Brandstater. "In other news," he writes, "dog bites man." Ouch! 5280's Michael de Yoanna notes ... More >>

Medical marijuana residency rules: Jessica Corry threatens litigation if they're not changed

Jessica Corry.​At this writing, an emergency hearing of the new Department of Revenue Medical Marijuana Licensing Authority is underway. And like MMJ activist Laura Kriho, attorney Jessica Corry feels the residency rules that will be up for discussion are extremely problematic -- a position sp ... More >>

Prop 8 overruling in California feels like Romer v. Evans, says state Senator Pat Steadman

Pat Steadman.​Colorado state Senator Pat Steadman on Wednesday, commenting on the decision by a federal judge to overturn California's Proposition 8, said it's a lot like fourteen years ago. Fourteen years ago being May 20, 1996, when a U.S. Supreme Court ruling came down against Colorado's A ... More >>

Leslie Weise, Alex Young: Supreme Court won't hear No More Blood for Oil bumper-sticker case

​Back in 2005, Leslie Weise and Alex Young were prevented from attending a George W. Bush speech because their car sported a bumper sticker reading "No More Blood for Oil." The two, assisted by the ACLU, have been fighting this expulsion ever since -- but today, they reached the end of the lin ... More >>

Air Force Academy prayer luncheon lawsuit: Faculty members say event's unconstitutional

AFA chapel.​Attorney David Lane may have lost his last high-profile case -- an excessive-force complaint against Denver cop/ex-American Gladiators contestant Vicki Ferrari -- but he's hardly shying away from taking on big challenges. Note that he's just filed a lawsuit against the Air Force Ac ... More >>

David Sirota named justice on Matt Taibbi's Supreme Court of Assholedom: Congrats!

David Sirota.​If syndicated columnist and AM 760 talk-show host David Sirota's parents ever hoped their son would one day become a member of the Supreme Court, their wish has (kinda) been granted. Today, Sirota is announcing that he has been named one of nine justices on the Supreme Court of ... More >>

One Denver man's obscure but intriguing copyright case goes to the Supreme Court

Stravinsky, looking shifty-eyed.​It's been ten years since University of Denver professor Lawrence Golan filed his copyright suit in Colorado District Court, seeking the revocation of copyrights retroactively placed on works previously in the public domain, and now, after a lot of batting arou ... More >>

Marijuana advocate seeks $ for HB 1284 suit, chides lawyers who pledged to sue but didn't

Kathleen Chippi.​Kathleen Chippi is among the area's most active medical marijuana activists; see a video of her below going after both current Denver mayoral candidate Chris Romer and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Her latest mission: to raise funds for a lawsuit to stop official imp ... More >>

Charles Chaput: Denver Archbishop's attack on video-game ruling bugs Gamer Nation (VIDEO)

Charles Chaput.​Denver-based Archbishop Charles Chaput better watch out next time he plays Call of Duty online. Why? A lot of gamers are gunning for him in the wake of an editorial in which he criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down a California law meant to protect minors from vi ... More >>

Disemboweling video: Will U.S. Supreme Court release prison footage of Joey Estrella slaying?

​What happens in a public trial becomes public record. Except when the government says it doesn't. That little hitch in the law fuels the ongoing battle between Prison Legal News and the U.S. Justice Department over a graphic video shot inside the U.S. Penitentiary Florence in the aftermath of ... More >>

Colorado's probate courts riddled with neglect, lack of accountability, report finds

Flickr​Colorado does a miserable job of monitoring the guardians and conservators who control the finances -- and, in many cases, the living conditions -- of incapacitated adults, minor wards and other vulnerable populations, according to a scathing report released yesterday by the Office of t ... More >>

Occupy Denver's legal team explores precedents regarding tents and symbolic speech

​With 23 arrests related to Occupy Denver this weekend, the group's legal team is constantly adapting. This includes a new decision to request that arrestees go through the public defender's office instead of receiving volunteer counsel, as well as frequent reflections on precedents. At this w ... More >>

Dick Cheney-Secret Service case goes to Supreme Court: Speech vs. safety?

Dick Cheney.​While his fight on behalf of Occupy Denver's claims against the city may be over, attorney David Lane has another big case before him, on the biggest legal stage in the country. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the tale of Steven Howards, a Lane client who says his freed ... More >>

Proposition 8 ruling: Did Colorado's anti-gay Amendment 2 sow seeds for legal gay marriage?

​Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state. But the ruling, on view below, has a distinctly local flavor, since the jurists' argument is largely based on the U.S. Supreme Court's precedent-setti ... More >>