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A dozen county Republican parties join move to oust Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams over Pride Month attacks

A move to fire Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams following the state GOP’s attacks on Pride Month gained steam Monday as a dozen county Republican parties added their names to a list of petitioners calling on state party officials to force Williams from office.

An organizer of the push told Colorado Politics she plans to deliver a letter to Williams on Tuesday demanding that the party call a special meeting of the state GOP’s governing body to consider whether to remove him.

Williams, a candidate in this month’s primary for the El Paso County-based seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, told Colorado Politics he relishes the chance to defend the state party’s recent messages targeting the LGBTQ community, including a mass email titled “God Hates Pride” and a call for supporters to “burn all the Pride flags.”

Colorado justices permit limited disclosure of medical records during contested will proceedings

The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a Weld County judge properly allowed for disclosure of a deceased man’s medical records in the dispute between his children over the validity of his will.

Writing in the June 10 opinion, Justice Melissa Hart acknowledged that physician-patient confidentiality, much like attorney-client confidentiality, applies even after a person’s death. However, there is an exception in contested will cases where there are allegations the deceased was not of “sound mind” or was subjected to “undue influence.”

“Both claims often cannot be proved or disproved through direct evidence; the factfinder must draw inferences from evidence about what the decedent knew, understood, and believed when the contested will was executed,” she wrote. “These circumstantial assessments would be severely curbed if the decedent’s relevant medical records were off the table.”

Governor signs executive order to support election cybersecurity

Gov. Jared Polis has signed an executive order to bolster cybersecurity measures for the state’s primary election later this month.

The order activates four to six members of the Colorado National Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element to assist with election cybersecurity defense starting on June 18. As in previous elections, this assistance can be extended for up to 30 days.

“With this action, Colorado continues its long history of safe and secure elections, providing Coloradans with the opportunity to exercise their fundamental right to vote,” the Governor’s Office said in a press release.

Colorado Supreme Court overrules itself on felony DUI, makes it harder for defendants to challenge convictions

The Colorado Supreme Court took the unusual step on Monday of partially overruling its own landmark decision from less than four years ago, concluding drunk drivers who were not tried in accordance with state law are not entitled to automatic reversal of their convictions.

The court’s majority also clarified that when settled law changes during a defendant’s direct appeal — rendering a trial judge’s decision erroneous in retrospect — appellate courts cannot simply give the defense the benefit of the change.

“This case gives us an opportunity for course correction. And we are firmly convinced that more good than harm will come from reversing direction,” wrote Justice Carlos A. Samour Jr. in the majority’s June 10 decision.

Q&A with Eric Hogue | CCU president on protests, education and putting the phone the down

In the latest episode of Colorado Conversations, Eric Hogue, president of Colorado Christian University, talked about why there have been no pro-Palestinian protests on the CCU campus, how the institution encourages robust debate within the confines of the classroom and the risks of what he called the “decay” and “deconstruction” of the family poses to American society.

Hogue, who took office as CCU president last year, previously served as the chief development officer of William Jessup University.

This interview, which took place at the height of the pro-Palestinian protests in Colorado, has been edited for brevity.