COLORADO POLITICKING | State Supreme Court ignored subpoena for evidence in scandal inquiry, report says
This week on Colorado Politicking, investigative reporter David Migoya joins host Pat Poblete to discuss his reporting on Colorado’s judicial discipline commission probe into the alleged coverup of misconduct by judges, including the latest revelation that the Judicial Department – and by extension its Supreme Court – has refused to comply with a subpoena from the commission.
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This week on Colorado Politicking, investigative reporter David Migoya joins host Pat Poblete to discuss his reporting on Colorado’s judicial discipline commission probe into the alleged coverup of misconduct by judges, including the latest revelation that the Judicial Department – and by extension its Supreme Court – has refused to comply with a subpoena from the commission.
Colorado justices agree to review insurance question that has divided federal judges
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court granted a federal judge’s request on Friday to address an issue that has produced conflicting answers in policyholders’ lawsuits against insurance companies over unpaid benefits. “Parties (and judges) regularly spend undue time and money fighting in...
Federal judge dismisses background screeners’ challenge to Colorado law
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
A federal judge dismissed a challenge on Friday to a portion of Colorado law that prohibits certain information from being included in consumer reports, in what seemed to be a conflict with federal law. Congress originally enacted the Fair Credit...
10th Circuit rejects ‘penalty’ for children of naturalized citizens seeking visas
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 40 minutes ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court joined three of its peers earlier this month and determined the child of a newly naturalized U.S. citizen is not moved to a longer visa line as a result of his parent gaining citizenship, and...
Appeals court recognizes longer window to sue insurers for withholding policy details
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court split with its own prior decision earlier this month and concluded injured motorists have two years, not one, to sue insurance companies for withholding relevant information about an at-fault driver’s policy. In 2019, Colorado lawmakers enacted a measure to...
Appeals court decides free speech cases, error-prone judge reversed again | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state’s Court of Appeals decided multiple cases implicating free speech rights, plus Colorado’s most error-prone judge was reversed on appeal yet again. Heard on...
Federal judge dismisses claims against medical contractor for Eagle County jail suicide
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
A federal judge dismissed the claims against a medical contractor for the Eagle County jail and its employees earlier this month, concluding there were insufficient allegations that they violated the constitutional rights of a man who died by suicide in...
Federal judge advances lawsuit seeking overtime compensation for Aurora firefighter trainees
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
A federal judge gave preliminary approval earlier this month to a class of Aurora firefighter trainees who may sue the city over allegations that they were denied overtime pay in violation of federal law. Joseph Elias, who attended Aurora’s fire...
Appeals court says jury not obligated to apply discounts to determine value of stolen merch
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Thursday that it was up to a Douglas County jury to determine the value of stolen merchandise at a defendant’s theft trial, after both sides presented different estimates of the items’ value. Under state law,...
Public figures have limited path to sue over accusations of criminality, says appeals court
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that a public figure cannot sue for defamation solely because a person publicly accuses them of committing a crime, as the statement may be constitutionally protected opinion. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel narrowed...
Federal judge to consider sanctioning ex-Colorado judicial discipline director
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
A federal judge ordered Colorado’s former head of judicial discipline on Wednesday to explain why she should not sanction him for making inaccurate statements about the defendants in his lawsuit against the Colorado Supreme Court and related entities. U.S. District...
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The tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have juxtaposing effects on the lives of 106,800 Colorado teenagers who took the 2021 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey last fall. Participants indicated that feelings of depression and stress anxiety were lingering, according to results the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released Wednesday. But a lack […]
TRAIL MIX | Parties have a history of playing in each other's primaries in Colorado
Some of Colorado’s most prominent Republicans started tearing their hair out last week. Just as they’d warned, Democrats had stepped into the void left by the GOP’s relatively quiet and low-spending candidates for governor and U.S. senator. On June 8, the day voters began receiving primary ballots in the mail and just under three weeks before […]