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Municipal camping bans do not violate Colorado Constitution, says appeals court
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Municipal ordinances that ban people from living on public property do not violate the Colorado Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel agreed that it was appropriate to rely on the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Eighth Amendment, which Colorado courts…
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Federal judge hears request to halt ‘stewardship’ transfer of NCAR supercomputer
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A federal judge sought to understand last week how the government possesses the authority to transfer “stewardship” of a research and forecasting supercomputer from the Boulder-based operator of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. In the process, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson raised questions about whether the decision is final, what “stewardship”…
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Colorado Supreme Court concerned about police overreach in interrogations
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Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared hesitant on Tuesday to endorse the ability of police to interrogate a suspect after they have obtained a court order authorizing only the collection of physical evidence. Under Colorado’s criminal rules, law enforcement may obtain an order for “nontestimonial identification,” allowing them to pursue a person’s fingerprints, blood specimen,…
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Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems
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A downed power line in Sunshine Canyon in the mountains west of Boulder in December posed an electrocution risk to firefighters and bystanders after Xcel Energy re-energized it without repairing it, despite being notified of the break the day before. Then, local officials added, it posed a wildfire risk by starting a small grass fire.…
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Boulder police investigate sexual assault, ‘drugging’ at bar near CU
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The Boulder Police Department is investigating reports of sexual assault and “suspected drugging” involving underage girls at a bar. There may be additional victims who have not yet come forward, the department said in a news release. The bar, Scrooge Sul, is temporarily closed as police investigate the allegations. It’s located near the University of…
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SCOTUS whisperer? Justice Carlos Samour may get second opportunity to turn state dissent into national precedent
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For the second time in two years, Justice Carlos A. Samour Jr. occupies an unusual position: Having his dissent in a Colorado Supreme Court case potentially forming the basis of U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Earlier this week, the nation’s highest court accepted an appeal questioning whether plaintiffs may sue fossil fuel producers under state law…
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Appeals judges tell Boulder students about workload, ‘attack mode’ during school visit
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Three judges on Colorado’s second-highest court traveled to Boulder on Tuesday to hear oral arguments in real cases and field questions from students about their professional paths, their workload on the Court of Appeals, and their approach to interacting with attorneys. “Sometimes, I regret my tone. I will admit that I get a little too…
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear bid by oil companies to toss climate suits in Boulder case
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WASHINGTON • The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a bid by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit brought by officials in Boulder that seeks to hold the oil companies liable for allegedly helping to fuel climate change in a case that could affect dozens of similar lawsuits around the country. The…
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Trump administration moves to shutter national climate lab in Colorado
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Democrats slam decision as ‘deeply dangerous’ as White House calls facility a source of ‘climate alarmism’ The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, citing what a White House official termed the Colorado-based facility’s “climate alarmism” in a decision state Democratic elected officials denounced as “deeply…
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Federal judge dismisses claims that Boulder prosecutor ’emboldened’ false testimony
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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a man’s claims that a former Boulder County prosecutor “emboldened” an alleged sexual assault victim to alter her story after the original charge was dismissed for lack of probable cause. The district attorney’s office twice attempted to prosecute Pierce Spinelli for felony sexual assault, his lawsuit alleged. But both…