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The Bennet-Hickenlooper Court: How 2 senators left their mark on Colorado’s federal bench | COVER STORY
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One month before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Dana Remus, the incoming White House counsel, sent a letter to senators outlining the new administration’s philosophy for filling certain presidentially appointed roles, including federal trial judgeships. “With respect to U.S. District Court positions,” she wrote, “we are particularly focused on nominating individuals whose legal experiences have been…
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Dick Durbin says a Colorado clerk now wears bulletproof vest amidst threats and harassment
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Threats against election workers in Colorado prompted at least one county clerk to begin wearing a bulletproof vest, according to comments made during a Wednesday hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, said that election workers are spending their own money to install elaborate home security systems, and others,…
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Biden judicial nominee Nina Wang appears before Senate with long list of endorsements
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President Joe Biden’s most recent judicial nominee to Colorado’s federal trial court, Nina Y. Wang, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday equipped with a lengthy roster of endorsements and a sizeable résumé of handling federal court cases. The committee’s chair, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., alluded to Wang’s experience for the job,…
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Bennet to Trump administration: Hear from the courts before chewing on Bears Ears
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is telling the Trump administration to tap the brakes on its fast-moving plan to open up portions of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah for mining and drilling, until the courts have a say. He and 15 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…
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Sen. Michael Bennet blacks out website to stand with Dreamers
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Michael Bennet’s office paid his Internet bill. The U.S. senator from Denver, however, purposefully blacked out his website Wednesday for a cause. He’s showing support for the Dreamers in Colorado and across the country. They could be deported unless Congress restores the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, an Obama-era program struck down…
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Bennet offers amendment to shield non-citizens in the U.S. military
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Michael Bennet, Colorado’s senior senator, wants to protect non-citizens who have volunteered to serve in the U.S. military as the Trump administration gets tough of immigration policy. Bennet is cosponsoring an amendment to shield the legal immigration status of those enrolled in the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest. A backlog of background checks already…
