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In 2-1 decision, 10th Circuit upholds terrorism convictions and foreign surveillance protocols
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It was not a constitutional violation for two men charged with terrorism-related offenses to wait six-and-a-half years before receiving a trial, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Wednesday, while also upholding the government’s surveillance framework for suspected national security threats. In a pair of decisions spanning 280 pages, a panel of the U.S.…
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CU Law’s Melissa Hart newest member of Colorado Supreme Court
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Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday named CU law professor Melissa Hart as his next appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court. Hart, 48, will replace Justice Allison Eid, who was named by President Donald Trump to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Eid was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the post on Nov. 2. She replaced…
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Hickenlooper to name new Colorado Supreme Court justice Thursday
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Gov. John Hickenlooper will announce his choice for the next justice on the Colorado Supreme Court Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The new justice will replace Justice Allison Eid, who was named by President Donald Trump to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Eid, whose husband, Troy, is a former U.S. attorney, was confirmed by the…
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Peak Politics doubts justice is blind for state Supreme Court prospect
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It’s an interesting question: If a judge really is supposed to read the law dispassionately, does that leave any room on the state’s highest court for a justice whose apparent credo is, “We must take sides; neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim”? Conservative blog Colorado Peak Politics, none too happy with the tilt of…
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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…
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Not everyone thinks Colorado’s Allison Eid should be on the federal appellate bench
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The response to Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid’s nomination in June to the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has mostly ranged from effusive praise on the political right to polite reserve along the rest of the spectrum. As an example of the latter, Colorado senior Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet was nothing if not…
