brett kavanaugh
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TRAIL MIX | When politics went tabloid: Film about Gary Hart’s 1987 campaign worth a fresh look
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It’s about to get real. This, if you can believe it, is the lull. In another month or so, once the month-long holidays have passed, the Colorado General Assembly will be in session and the 2022 campaign year will be in full swing. In Colorado, a crucial U.S. Senate seat and the statewide executive offices…
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Colorado appeals court dismisses ‘serious’ misconduct complaints against Kavanaugh
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The judicial council reviewing dozens of misconduct claims against Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh has dismissed the complaints that coincided with his contentious nomination battle. “The allegations contained in the complaints are serious,” said the order from a Denver-based appeals court, but must be dropped because ethics rules for the judiciary do not extend…
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Kavanaugh complaints sent to Colo.-based court are unlikely to succeed, say scholars
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More than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints have been filed against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearings, but they will probably fail on the grounds that the law doesn’t cover Supreme Court judges, legal scholars say. They deal with his behavior not as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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Cory Gardner pushes back on Dems, calls for civility
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By Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner, and Colorado Politics U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, a Republican senator whose wife received a video of a beheading during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation process, is calling for civility following top Democrats’ advocacy of a more aggressive approach to defeating their opponents. In a series of…
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SLOAN | Glaring double standard undercuts Colorado Dems’ outrage over Kavanaugh
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I wrote in this space, back in July, that the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh would descend into a Borking for the ages. Sometimes I regret always being right. Herewith, a few thoughts at the conclusion of the business: The juxtaposition of the Democrats’ silence regarding the evidence-backed allegations against Mayor Hancock with the often…
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Interview: Trump says ‘easier path’ would have been to dump Kavanaugh
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By Salena Zito, Washington Examiner President Donald Trump has said that while any other Republican president would have “abandoned” Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court nominee, he was so incensed by treatment of the judge during Senate confirmation hearings that he “didn’t even think about going the other way.” Trump, at the start of a…
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3 ‘junior justice’ duties Gorsuch can ditch, thanks to Kavanaugh
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Not everyone was happy to see newly minted U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh appear Tuesday for the first time with the court. But we’re guessing Justice Neil Gorsuch was. Here’s why: There are three duties assigned to the court’s junior justice, who is tasked with such mundane chores until a new justice is appointed.…
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BIDLACK | Questions abound, answers elude as Kavanaugh is confirmed
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I usually begin these missives with at least a pathetic attempt at a bit of humor, but not today. No, this column needs to be serious throughout because there is nothing funny about what our nation has just gone through regarding the Supreme Court. While I most certainly have my own perspective (I believe Dr.…
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INSIGHTS | Gender politics divide the nation and Colorado
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America should heed the advice uttered routinely on the radio by former University of Colorado football coach Rick Neuheisel: “Get yourself together.” If politics is a sport, the roughness of gender politics is too unnecessary. Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court battle, leading to Saturday’s narrow Senate confirmation vote, gave a fresh look at how divided we…
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Cory Gardner’s wife was sent beheading video amid Kavanaugh confirmation battle
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The wife of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner received a graphic video via text message amid Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s heated confirmation process. Gardner, R-Colorado, said Sunday that his wife, Jaime, was sent a text with a video depicting a beheading after Kavanaugh’s confirmation process by the Senate was roiled by allegations of sexual misconduct.…
