civil rights
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Mark Silverstein, legal director of ACLU of Colorado, to retire
After more than three decades working with the ACLU of Colorado, Mark Silverstein announced Wednesday he will retire as legal director of the civil liberties nonprofit. Silverstein, 72, has worked as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union for 31 years and was named legal director of the Colorado branch in 1996. Silverstein said…
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10th Circuit upholds age discrimination verdict against United Airlines
There was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that United Airlines willfully violated federal age discrimination law by forcing two longtime flight attendants into retirement, the federal appeals court based in Denver concluded. United had sought to overturn the verdict from the 2018 jury trial by arguing there was no direct evidence of age…
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Pueblo County sheriff, deputies may be held liable for excessive force in traffic stop, federal judge rules
A federal judge has denied a request from the Pueblo County sheriff to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit against him and two of his deputies, stemming from a November 2019 traffic stop in which the officers allegedly slammed a woman into the ground and falsely claimed she was speeding. Britney Nicole Kennedy sued Sheriff Kirk…
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Former Alamosa County social worker may be held liable for faulty child abuse conviction, court rules
A former Alamosa County caseworker may be held liable for the false confession contained in her notes that was used to convict a mother of child abuse, the Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. By a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit decided that Marcia Tuggle,…
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Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling: What they’re saying in Colorado
A Colorado ruling against a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in Colorado was overturned Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court in a decision that questioned the conduct of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in the matter. Here’s a roundup of comments from Colorado leaders and others about Monday’s…
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Supreme Court sides with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
A Colorado ruling against a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in Colorado was overturned Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the justices stopped short of a sweeping declaration about whether there’s a right to discriminate based on religious beliefs. Justices voted 7-2 to overturn a ruling by…
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FULL TEXT: Supreme Court ruling on Masterpiece Cakeshop case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned the Colorado Court of Appeals’ ruling in a case involving a Lakewood baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, citing religious objections. The state appeals court had upheld the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s action against the baker. The Colorado Supreme Court declined to…
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General Assembly adding bills more than subtracting in waning weeks
Wednesday marks the start of the last three weeks of Colorado’s 2018 General Assembly session. As of a week ago, the General Assembly still had 295 bills – out of a total of 615 – awaiting final action. You’d think a week later that number would be lower. You’d be wrong. As of Wednesday morning, the…
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Colorado House Republicans offer amendments to remake civil rights commission
The House Judiciary Committee Tuesday voted 10-1 to draft a bill to extend the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and the civil rights commission for nine more years. House Republicans offered six amendments that attempted to make sweeping changes to the commission, without success. All of the Republican amendments failed on a 4-7 party-line vote. The…