U.S. Supreme Court

THC driving limit's passage means pot critic William Breathes may never drive legally again

Yesterday, a marijuana activist said that a controversial THC driving bill, a version of which failed each of the past two years, appeared to be a lock for passage -- and he was right. The measure breezed through by a 24-11 vote despite what critics describe as an almost total lack of scientific evi ... More >>

Photos: Sonia Sotomayor tells students to take chances, value education, overcome stereotypes

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a promise to the hundred eighth-, ninth- and tenth-graders to whom she spoke this morning. "If anybody watching this today in this room ever becomes a justice," she told the teenagers at the new Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, which is being dedica ... More >>

Marijuana: Paralyzed MMJ patient plans Supreme Court appeal over DISH sacking

Last year, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Now, those jurists have also rejected Coa ... More >>

Edward Montour guilty plea ruling: David Lane on death penalty, James Holmes, "bloody 18th"

At a February hearing, Edward Montour sought to withdraw his guilty plea for a 2002 murder in an effort to avoid the death penalty he'd previously sought. The office of 18th Judicial District DA George Brauchler, who's also seeking death for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, argued agains ... More >>

Colorado weekend warriors: Conference looks at keeping them healthy and well on the job, too

Colorado is a healthy state; we know this. In 2012, the state ranked eleventh overall, according to America's Health Rankings, provided by the United Health Foundation. And there's no doubt Coloradans are supreme weekend warriors. On Saturdays and Sundays, they run and bike anywhere the ground is so ... More >>

Marijuana (still) has no medicinal value, says federal appeals court

Most sane, rational people understand that the cannabis plant has medical properties beneficial to patients who suffer from severe pain, chronic nausea and a number of other conditions. And then you've got the federal government, which has again refused to accept marijuana's medicinal properties.

Will juvenile lifers get a second chance?

See also: Johnathan Jordan letter clears co-defendant in murder -- but will anyone believe it?

Amendment 64's Brian Vicente on how act might be challenged, why he doubts it will be

The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, was a big win for attorney Brian Vicente, one of the measure's main proponents. But amid questions about when and how the proposal will take effect come suggestions that court challenges are inevitable. Vicente disagrees and expl ... More >>

Gary Lee Davis: Colorado's last volunteer for the death penalty

This week's feature, "The Happiest Man on Death Row," delves into Colorado's execution of Joe Arridy, a man with an IQ of 46, for a murder he almost certainly didn't commit. It happened in the 1930s, when the state's gas chamber was kept busy with a string of customers. But times are different now, ... More >>

Gary Hart on his new novel, Citizens United and stubborn Republicans

Over the last four decades Gary Hart has been a major force in politics -- from "inventing" the Iowa caucuses while managing George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, to unintentionally creating the template for political sex scandals with the "monkey business" photo during his 1987 run for the ... More >>

Scott Gessler's proposed rule change upsets minor parties in major way

After a weekend hiatus that included Barack Obama's visit to Aurora, the presidential campaigns are no longer on pause to honor the victims of the theater shooting. (Count on the tragedy to come up at the first presidential debate -- October 3 in Denver.) And Colorado, too, is gearing up for the Nov ... More >>

Boy Scouts' homosexuality ban: ACLU touts planned Boulder schools policy change

The Boy Scouts of America have reaffirmed a ban of gays from participation as organization members or leaders. This move prompted the ACLU of Boulder to renew an old complaint over the Boulder Valley School District allowing scout groups to use its facilities at free or discounted rates despite its ... More >>

Eva Longoria and Obama campaign team up to promote women's issues in Colorado

The Obama campaign is hoping to make news in Colorado for something other than today's presidential visit to the Waldo Canyon fire zone in the Springs. The fight for swing state votes will hit Wheat Ridge Sunday, when Obama staffers will join former Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria for the lau ... More >>

Defense of Marriage Act ruling shows courts rejecting marriage inequality, activist says

Yesterday, the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down a key provision in the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, shorthanded as DOMA. And while the ruling doesn't directly impact Colorado, where a fight over a civil unions bill killed not once but twice was the story of the just-completed legi ... More >>

For serial imposter Rick Strandlof, the truth is out there

Juvenile lifers targeted for rape, excessive isolation in adult prisons

​Juveniles doing time in adult prisons, surrounded by older and stronger criminals, rarely fare well. But juveniles serving sentences of life without parole in the United States face particularly daunting prospects of sexual assault, neglect and long periods of solitary confinement, according ... More >>

So it goes: Vonnegut gets banned in small-town Missouri, Vonnegut library sticks it to 'em

​If you thought banning books on the basis that they fail to fall in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ was a thing of the past, then consider yourself unstuck in time: A couple of weeks ago, a school board in Republic, MO, voted to remove copies of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five -- ... More >>

Ward Churchill case heading to Colorado Supreme Court: Not about 9/11, attorney says

Ward Churchill.​Last November, when the Colorado Court of Appeals rejected ex-CU prof Ward Churchill's bid to get his old job back, attorney David Lane admitted that "the odds of either the Colorado Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court looking at the case are slim." But he and Churchill hav ... More >>

Ward Churchill defending Constitution, Court of Appeals trashing it, says David Lane of CU case

Ward Churchill.​Controversial University of Colorado at Boulder professor Ward Churchill has lost his latest bid to get his old job back, with the Colorado Court of Appeals upholding Denver District Court judge Larry Naves's earlier ruling; read it in its entirety below. The decision angers Ch ... More >>

Michael Bennet welcoming Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama -- and President Barack Obama, too?

Michael Bennet and Ken Buck at 9News debate.​Last night, Senator Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Ken Buck engaged in their most high-profile debate yet -- and shockingly enough, Bennet spokesman Trevor Kincaid believes his guy handily won the 9News-sponsored event on view below. Kinc ... More >>

Arizona already sending alien substances across border!

​There I was yesterday morning, feeling sorry for all the residents of Arizona who didn't get a chance to vote on that state's show-me-your-papers, anti-illegal immigration legislation and are now feeling as ostracized as Coloradans were after the voters of this state did approve the anti-gay- ... More >>

Timothy McVeigh: Could Oklahoma City bomber's stay in Denver help get an Enron executive out of jail?

You know you're desperate when you're name-checking Timothy McVeigh...​Timothy McVeigh, he was put to death back in 2001 for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, isn't often used by convicts wanting to get out of trouble. But it happened today at the U.S. Supreme Court, where attorneys for ... More >>

Medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry: "The future is here"

Rob Corry has his PR cannon aimed squarely at Centennial.​The lawsuit against Centennial by CannaMart, a medical marijuana dispensary the city shut down despite granting it a business license a short time earlier, gets its first reading in court today, and Rob Corry and a team of attorneys rep ... More >>

From the week of August 20, 2009

Meet Jim Pfaff, leader of Colorado's stop-Sotomayor campaign

Jim Pfaff. Even Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham concedes that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will be approved unless she has a "complete meltdown." But that hasn't prevented conservatives across the country from frightening their ideological comrades with the horrific prospe ... More >>

Black Tuesday for fourteen Colorado Chrysler dealers

An image from an economic-impact study about car dealers in Colorado. Today's the day when fourteen Colorado auto dealers are supposed to stop selling Chrysler products as part of the beleaguered company's attempt to emerge from bankruptcy -- an effort that hit a bump in the road yesterday when a r ... More >>

So far, Obama's snubbed Colorado for his cabinet -- but why go for Napolitano?

Barack Obama had no sooner been declared the president-elect when the speculation started: Just which Coloradans would join his cabinet? The name of Federico Pena, an early supporter, was floated -- despite the fact that he's already done two turns in the cabinet, for Bill Clinton, and has ... More >>

Peter Boyles still publicizing Obama birth-certificate story

The Bill Ritter Meet the Press Transcript

Day of Our Lives

Judge Blackburn to Whistleblower: Shut Up Already

The Message

The Thong Show

Take a Memo

State Farm puts a premium on protecting its reputation. Good luck.

Off Limits

Whither Whizzer

Off Limits

Thin mince

Target Practice

A class-action suit becomes a vehicle for racial justice.

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched . . . and watched

Unlawful Entry

The high price of Denver's drug war: lies, bad busts, cops in harm's way -— and the death of an innocent man.

The Gay Nineties

Since Amendement 2 passed seven years ago, Colorado Springs has learned a lesson in Family Values.

Feature

Home Is Where the Hurt Is

Colorado’s Make My Day law was designed to protect homeowners who were forced to kill in self-defense. Here’s who it’s really helped.

Sacrifice Zone

When the country's prison chaplains need to understand Santeria, they come to Denver. Where else?

Letters

Put Up or Shut Up

Want to fight a real estate development in Colorado? Be ready to pay to play.

The Boom Years

Twenty-eight years after a nuclear bomb rocked Colorado, its shock waves still reverberate on the Western Slope.

Captivating

Off Limits

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pen

Prison censors' motto: What you don't know can't hurt us.

In Like Flynt

OFF LIMITS