10th circuit court of appeals
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Lamborn stays on primary ballot after courts deny last-ditch appeals
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After a pair of lawsuits finally finished working their way through state and federal courts on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has found himself back where he was a month ago: On the June primary ballot, running for a seventh term. Those lawsuits yielded a mountain of documents, a blizzard of insults, as many close…
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Federal judge orders Lamborn onto primary ballot
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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams to add U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn to June’s Republican primary ballot and said Williams can’t enforce a state law requiring candidates’ petition circulators to be Colorado residents. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer means Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican serving his sixth term…
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‘It’s in the judge’s hands’: Ruling on Lamborn’s political fate expected soon
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A federal judge in Denver said Monday he plans to issue a ruling “soon” on a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in an attempt to get his name on the Republican primary ballot. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer listened to several hours of testimony and arguments Monday morning as an attorney representing…
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Judge denies Hill’s bid to intervene in Lamborn’s lawsuit over ouster from primary
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A federal judge ruled over the weekend that state Sen. Owen Hill and a group of fellow Republicans won’t be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the six-term GOP incumbent’s bid to get back on the primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court removed him. It’s the latest…
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Lamborn files federal lawsuit to secure spot on GOP primary ballot
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn filed a lawsuit in federal court late Wednesday asking a judge to overturn a Colorado law that could keep the Colorado Springs Republican off the ballot in his bid for a seventh term in Congress. The move follows a unanimous ruling Monday by the Colorado Supreme Court that ordered Secretary of…
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LOMAX | ‘Raise the Bar’ restored as court lowers the boom on anti-biz groups
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Talk about a short-lived victory. Anti-growth and single-payer healthcare activists barely had a chance to celebrate a single judge’s ruling against Amendment 71, passed overwhelmingly by voters in 2016, before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver restored the constitutional provision in full. All told, it took just over two weeks for the 10th…
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Appeals court: Colorado immigration detainees’ lawsuit can go forward
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A federal appeals court says immigration detainees who were held at a private prison in Colorado can move forward with a lawsuit alleging they were required to do manual labor for as little as $1 a day while awaiting possible deportation. The GEO Group, which operates the 1,500-bed facility in Aurora, argued the case should…
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Melissa Hart, Patti Swift, Marcy Glenn named finalists for Colorado Supreme Court vacancy
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The state Supreme Court Nominating Commission has named three finalists for a vacancy on the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Judicial Department announced Wednesday, including a district court judge from Alamosa, a leading appellate lawyer with a large firm in Denver and a University of Colorado law professor. The nominees are 12th Judicial District Chief…
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Eid’s move up leaves an empty chair on the Colorado Supreme Court
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It’s like a game of musical chairs – except, at the end, there’s one too many seats instead of too few. As our Ernest Luning reported earlier, the U.S. Senate voted 56-41 on Thursday to confirm Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, filling the vacancy created by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s…
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Colorado’s Sen. Cory Gardner vouches for Judge Allison Eid on U.S. Senate floor
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Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid was confirmed onto the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals by the U.S. Senate Thursday with the support of both Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner. She only could have benefitted from a floor speech Wednesday by Gardner, a Republican from Yuma. “What her resume clearly shows is…
