WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Colorado Supreme Court upholds paid leave program
This week on Colorado Politicking, court reporter Michael Karlik joins host Pat Poblete to break down the Colorado Supreme Court turning aside a challenge to the state’s paid family and medical leave program, upholding the voter-approved expansion of the social safety net as constitutional and rejecting the claims from a Grand Junction-based construction company.
Read previous coverage on our stories here:
State Supreme Court upholds Colorado's voter-approved paid leave program
Justices weigh whether Colorado's paid family, medical leave program violates TABOR
State Supreme Court to consider whether paid family, medical leave violates TABOR
Grand Junction home builder sues to stop paid leave program approved by Colorado voters
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10th Circuit oral arguments to feature trial judges for first time in 12 years
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
When the Denver-based federal appeals court convenes next week to hear oral arguments, six new faces will be staring down from the bench. No, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has not added six new members. It...
Federal judge says ICE cannot impose monitoring conditions beyond immigration judge’s order
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
A federal judge told U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday that it cannot impose additional restrictions or monitoring conditions beyond those ordered by an immigration judge when releasing a person on bond. In November, U.S. District Court Judge Gordon...
Colorado justices weigh constitutionality of student backpack search based on confidential tip
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court considered on Wednesday whether a tip submitted through the state’s confidential school safety system provided a Douglas County administrator with reasonable suspicion to search a student’s backpack for drugs. A trial judge blocked evidence from the...
10th Circuit rebuffs Jeffco’s attempt to expand immunity footprint
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court confirmed on Wednesday that it would not treat a judge’s decision to move a civil case forward as the automatic equivalent of denying immunity to governmental officials. The order from the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on witness retaliation, slip-and-fall
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether defendants can be convicted of retaliating against a victim or witness when that person has not yet testified and is not scheduled to testify. At least three of...
Colorado Supreme Court struggles with rubric for significant reductions in parenting time
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court attempted to identify on Wednesday the circumstances under which judges may reduce the number of days a parent spends with their child post-divorce without it rising to the level of a “restriction” that requires more rigorous...
Douglas County Sheriff, DA sue Polis administration over immigration policy
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly and District Attorney George Brauchler filed a lawsuit against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, challenging the constitutionality of a state statute on immigration visas. Filed on Wednesday, the suit also named Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser,...
Colorado justices wary of expanding rezoning by ballot initiative
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court appeared wary on Wednesday of allowing rezonings of planned-unit developments to occur through a vote at the ballot box, rather than a municipality’s detailed review process that accounts for specific factors. In contrast to traditional, or...
In Tina Peters appeal, judges telegraph some degree of reversal | ANALYSIS
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters seems poised to walk away from the state’s Court of Appeals with her criminal convictions largely intact, even as a three-judge appellate panel raised concerns about her sentence and one specific conviction. Peters, a...
Judge warns against expansive use of post-9/11 rule in immigration detentions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
A federal judge concluded on Monday that the government applied a 9/11-era regulation to a man in immigration detention in violation of his constitutional rights, in seemingly the first decision out of Colorado addressing the increased use of the “automatic...
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