Dissent
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Colorado’s chief justice exceeds average number of dissents with 4-plus months left in term
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Since the start of the Colorado Supreme Court’s 2025-2026 term in September, Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez has now exceeded her average number of dissenting opinions, with more than four months remaining before the court breaks for the summer. The Supreme Court has issued 27 new opinions since Labor Day, which is roughly in line…
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Why is Colorado’s chief justice now the chief dissenter?
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The Colorado Supreme Court has just begun its new term and, in its first two weeks, has released eight new opinions. Unusually, four of those featured dissents. Even more unusually? The dissents had one thing in common: Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez. So far, she agreed with a disbarred district attorney that the state’s disciplinary…
