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U.S. Supreme Court

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Meth misdemeanor bill backer disputes John Suthers, state meth task force

    Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is currently in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act. But in his absence, his office registered his objections to Senate Bill 12-163, which would, among other things, make possession of meth a misdemeanor rather than a cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Dick Cheney-Steve Howards case goes before the Supreme Court

    Last December, we noted that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to hear an appeal by Steve Howards, who claimed that his free speech rights had been chilled by Secret Service agents when he approached then-Vice President Dick Cheney in Colorado circa 2006. Yesterday, the case reached the nation's hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Political ads: "Magic words" ruling that boosts 527s disappoints Colorado Ethics Watch

    The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that political organizations dubbed 527s can spend unlimited funds for state candidates as long as the ads they're financing don't include so-called "magic words" such as "vote for" or "defeat." The decision is a disappointment for Colorado Ethics Watch, which b ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    For serial imposter Rick Strandlof, the truth is out there

    The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that political organizations dubbed 527s can spend unlimited funds for state candidates as long as the ads they're financing don't include so-called "magic words" such as "vote for" or "defeat." The decision is a disappointment for Colorado Ethics Watch, which b ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Occupy the Courts day, January 20, protests the idea of corporations as people

    The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that political organizations dubbed 527s can spend unlimited funds for state candidates as long as the ads they're financing don't include so-called "magic words" such as "vote for" or "defeat." The decision is a disappointment for Colorado Ethics Watch, which b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Occupy Denver: Dog leader Shelby would approve of these Constitutional amendments

    If Occupy Wall Street is easy to criticize, it's also a movement with which many politicians can find common ground. In the past month, Democratic Representatives Jim McGovern and Ted Deutch have introduced drafts of amendments to the U.S. Constitution that reflect the ideals of the 99 percent with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Colorado Ethics Watch case about political ads' "magic words" heads to state supreme court

    Luis Toro.​Colorado Ethics Watch is on a roll. Back in September, the organization successfully argued that Clear the Bench Colorado, which wanted to throw the bums off the Colorado Supreme Court, should have registered as a political committee subject to donation limits rather than an issues ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Amendment 62: Pro-Personhood video says Colorado responsible for decline of America

    From the video.​The website for Personhood USA, the organization pushing Amendment 62, which declares that the term "person" applies from one's biological starting point, doesn't come across as scary. At this writing, it sports the smiling face of Tim Tebow's mom, who supports the measure. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    On-stage actors can't smoke 'em if they got 'em, says Colorado Supreme Court

    A Flickr photoMaybe it'd be best if you thespians didn't inhale.​Update, 4:09 p.m.: Attorney Bruce Jones, who represented Curious Theatre in this case, has just shared his comments on the opinion. Look below to read his views. Since 2006, the Colorado Clear Indoor Air Act has extended to acto ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    A creche course in why the Nativity gets to stay on the steps of Denver's City Hall

    A Flickr photoMaybe it'd be best if you thespians didn't inhale.​Update, 4:09 p.m.: Attorney Bruce Jones, who represented Curious Theatre in this case, has just shared his comments on the opinion. Look below to read his views. Since 2006, the Colorado Clear Indoor Air Act has extended to acto ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    From the week of August 20, 2009

    A Flickr photoMaybe it'd be best if you thespians didn't inhale.​Update, 4:09 p.m.: Attorney Bruce Jones, who represented Curious Theatre in this case, has just shared his comments on the opinion. Look below to read his views. Since 2006, the Colorado Clear Indoor Air Act has extended to acto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Denverites ready to celebrate Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation

    Sonia Sotomayor, in an image from the White House's website.​Sonia Sotomayor, whose ruling about nunchucks is part of this week's Jared Jacang Maher feature article about Thornton cop Kevin Orcutt's police-oriented nunchaku design, hasn't been officially confirmed as a Supreme Court justice at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    DA Carol Chambers: Avoiding the inevitable

    Carol Chambers. As Westword's Alan Prendergast has reported in a series of blogs, Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. has ordered district attorney Carol Chambers to appoint a special prosecutor in the case of Julie Stene, who says she was sexually assaulted after a 2000 high school gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Peter Boyles still publicizing Obama birth-certificate story

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    The Bill Ritter Meet the Press Transcript

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Day of Our Lives

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2007

    Judge Blackburn to Whistleblower: Shut Up Already

    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 >>

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Zoning

    Do tape delays slow the 24-hour news cycle?

  • News

    August 12, 2004

    The Message

    The Thong Show

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Shrine On

    You must remember this.

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Follow That Story

    Back at the Ranch

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Off Limits

    Whither Whizzer

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Murderers' Row

    Until two years ago, Colorado juries weighed whether men deserved to die. Now judges decide their fate.

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Off Limits

    Thin mince

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    Target Practice

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

  • Culture

    December 28, 2000

    Blow Up the Box

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

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2000

    Take 23

    The Denver Internation Film Festival opens this Thursday.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    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.

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    The Gay Nineties

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

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Feature

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

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    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.

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Sacrifice Zone

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

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Put Up or Shut Up

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

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    The Boom Years

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

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Seeing Red

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

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pen

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

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    A Fight to the Death

    Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to die twelve years ago. Are we there yet?

  • Film

    January 9, 1997

    In Like Flynt

    Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to die twelve years ago. Are we there yet?

  • News

    October 5, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to die twelve years ago. Are we there yet?

  • News

    March 23, 1994

    A GENDER'S SHOOTING STARS

    Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to die twelve years ago. Are we there yet?

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