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Reports: Colorado’s Gorsuch top Trump pick for Supreme Court
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Conservative Colorado judge Neil Gorsuch is the leading contender for President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination, which could happen as early as next week, according to media reports. Gorsuch, who sits on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, was included in a list of 21 potential nominees for the Supreme Court released…
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One State of the Judiciary takeaway: More translators needed in Colorado courts
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Explaining the difference between a judge and a justice, Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy Rice gave state lawmakers an idea of how the state court system is set up, at times causing House and Senate members to chuckle and laugh. Her sometimes light-hearted and informative State of the Judiciary address Friday, Jan. 13, began…
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The Hot Sheet — Some highly-speculative, presidential changing of the guard reporting for ya, Leonard goes to jail, Buck still hates D.C., crybaby electors head to court and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 203 | DECEMBER 12, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – A state representative going to jail during the holidays? For the first time in decades … Oh my! Wasn’t there something about this in the Book of Revelations? Goodness. Good morning, and happy Monday. We guess it’s happy. But it’s…
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Nicolais: GOP draws royal flush, payout might come from Colorado
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Earlier this year, I compared the Republican Supreme Court challenge to playing poker. With President Obama nominating Merrick Garland for the vacant seat left after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the GOP-controlled Senate refused to hold hearings, much less a vote. Republicans were betting on winning back the Oval Office and maintaining control of…
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Eid sworn in as Supreme Court justice, Boyd moves from House to Senate
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Ten Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas introduced and lauded his former law clerk Allison Eid, who was sworn in as the 95th justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Eid, appointed to the bench by Gov. Bill Owens, replaced Rebecca Love Kourlis, who had announced she…
