Allison Eid on course to replace Neil Gorsuch on federal appeals court after...
WASHINGTON — Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid tussled Wednesday with members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, but none of the questions appeared to knock her from a trajectory that...
View ArticleFederal appeals court in Denver overturns ruling on fracking
A federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday handed environmental groups what could be a short-lived victory, overturning a lower court that said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management exceeded its...
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Utah, state GOP battle over nominations at Denver-based federal appeals court
By Michelle L. Price and Kathleen Foody, Associated Press Utah Republicans pressed ahead Monday with a legal battle that has divided the party for three years, arguing before a Denver-based federal...
View ArticleAs Neil Gorsuch’s 2nd Supreme Court term starts, how far to the right will he...
WASHINGTON — Exactly how conservative is U.S. Justice Neil Gorsuch? A wide range of legal scholars said the next term of the Supreme Court, which begins Monday, probably would go a long way toward...
View ArticlePolice bomb turns Colorado Springs neighborhood feud over broken tree branch...
A fierce neighborhood conflict that exploded after a 13-year-old boy swung on a tree branch outside a Colorado Springs townhome until the limb snapped shows no sign of ending five years later....
View ArticleTalk show host Hugh Hewitt lobbies Jeff Sessions to pursue federal marijuana...
Radio personality Hugh Hewitt lobbied U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for a federal crackdown on legal marijuana businesses during a Thursday morning interview. During the 14-minute interview,...
View ArticleSenate confirms Allison Eid to replace Neil Gorsuch on powerful Denver...
Allison Eid’s nomination by President Donald Trump to fill Neil Gorsuch’s vacated seat on a powerful federal appeals court in Denver was confirmed Thursday morning by the U.S. Senate. The vote was...
View ArticleEzekiel Elliott loses appeal; ineligible to play with Cowboys Sunday
NEW YORK — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s half-season run from his six-game suspension ended Thursday when a federal appeals court refused to let him play while it considered his appeal....
View ArticleSupreme Court to weigh who is protected under whistle-blower law
By David G. Savage, Tribune Media Services WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to decide whether corporate whistle-blowers are protected from being fired if they disclose wrongdoing to company...
View ArticleThree women nominated for consideration by Gov. John Hickenlooper to fill...
Three women have been chosen for consideration by Gov. John Hickenlooper to fill the vacant seat on the Colorado Supreme Court. Hickenlooper now has 15 days to decide whether to choose Marcy Glenn of...
View ArticleSenate OKs Trump judicial pick who was rated “not qualified”
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees despite a rare “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association. On a party-line vote of...
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Hickenlooper picks CU professor for vacant Colorado Supreme Court seat,...
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday announced that he has chosen University of Colorado law professor Melissa Hart to fill a vacant seat on the Colorado Supreme Court, solidifying his impact on the...
View ArticleHemp industry lawsuit challenging DEA’s position on CBD picks up support of...
A bipartisan congressional coalition pushed back on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s assertion that cannabidiol and extracts derived from hemp are Schedule I substances. Twenty-eight...
View ArticleFormer Colorado legislator, anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce loses another...
DENVER — Douglas Bruce, the former Colorado state representative and anti-tax crusader who served prison time for tax evasion and violating probation, has lost a request to appeal those convictions....
View ArticleAppeals court tosses lawsuit against former El Paso Sheriff Terry Maketa
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a civil lawsuit against former Sheriff Terry Maketa and his former undersheriff after concluding they are entitled to qualified immunity even if...
View ArticleImmigrants can sue federal detention center in Colorado over forced labor,...
A lawsuit representing about 62,000 people held in an immigration detention center and forced to do manual labor while they awaited possible deportation can proceed the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals...
View ArticleDouglas County Schools must pay the private education costs of student who...
A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Douglas County School District did not provide an adequate education to a student who has autism and must reimburse his family for the cost of sending him to a...
View ArticleFederal appeals court hears hemp industry lawsuit challenging DEA’s position...
The fate of a federal rule viewed by hemp advocates as an existential threat to their emerging industry is now in the hands of a three-judge panel. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San...
View ArticleNASL cancels season after losing injunction bid against U.S. Soccer Federation
NEW YORK — The North American Soccer League canceled its 2018 season after a federal court appeals court denied its attempt to maintain second-tier status. The NASL held second-tier status in the U.S....
View ArticleCBD could soon be prescribed in Colorado pharmacies
Cannabidiol is available in Colorado health food stores, but the state’s marijuana laws prevent the cannabis compound from being sold in pharmacies. A bill moving through the Statehouse would open the...
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