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WOTUS rewrite to align with Scalia opinion, seek feedback from Colorado

May 31, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

Federal environmental regulators are seeking “input and wisdom” from Colorado as they begin the process of rewriting a Barack Obama-era water protection rule known as WOTUS, which the White House says it now wants aligned with a Supreme Court opinion on water rights from the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Scott…
Gorsuch may be decisive vote in divisive Supreme Court cases

Apr 7, 2017

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MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

With Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as the 113th Supreme Court justice expected on Friday, it won’t be long before he starts revealing what he really thinks about a range of hot topics he repeatedly sidestepped during his confirmation hearing. In less than two weeks, the justices will take up a Missouri church’s claim that the state…
Bennet between proverbial rock and hard place

Mar 7, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

While his vote may be in the minority regarding Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s position and intent toward the process and Gorsuch himself have fueled political speculation and concerns over consequences. Gorsuch, a Colorado native and Denver-based federal appeals court judge, was nominated by President Donald Trump…
YESTERYEAR: Reactions vary widely to U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Amendment 2

May 26, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Elected officials had a range of reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Colorado’s Amendment 2, the ballot measure passed four years earlier by state voters, that would forbid “protected status based on homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation.” The court “rejected the equal rights…
Toro: Senate’s Supreme Court obstruction delaying justice for millions of Americans

Mar 11, 2016

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Luis Toro

The unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 13 has set off a political power struggle in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed not to hold a hearing on any nominee — no matter how qualified — offered by President Barack Obama. Sen. McConnell’s stance was echoed by Colorado Sen.…

anthony kennedy

WOTUS rewrite to align with Scalia opinion, seek feedback from Colorado

Gorsuch may be decisive vote in divisive Supreme Court cases

Bennet between proverbial rock and hard place

YESTERYEAR: Reactions vary widely to U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Amendment 2

Toro: Senate’s Supreme Court obstruction delaying justice for millions of Americans