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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations for now in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump’s administration at the high court. The conservative majority lifted a restraining order from a judge who found that roving patrols were conducting indiscriminate stops…
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Colorado Supreme Court to decide fate of racial bias rule after hearing cases
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The Colorado Supreme Court will likely wait until next year before deciding whether to make it more difficult for attorneys to dismiss people of color from criminal jury trials for reasons that, while not explicitly racial, may still correlate with their race. Earlier this week, Colorado Politics reported that more than 200 days have elapsed…
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Report sounds alarm for lawmakers, judges to fix gaps in state’s civil justice system
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Court forms are bewildering, people who speak limited English lose their cases by default, a lack of broadband thwarts the effectiveness of virtual court hearings, there is a shortage of legal aid, and the state judicial system’s chosen online platform is ill-suited to the needs of the disabled and non-English speakers. Those were the conclusions…
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Aguilar and Herod: What Colorado can do to support our immigrant communities
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Measures brought before the Colorado General Assembly in this legislative session have shown that the contentious national debate on immigration has been jolting our state’s politics as well. As the federal government has shifted its policies to penalize so-called sanctuary cities and aggressively deport immigrants, we’ve seen conflicting bills introduced here on whether our state…
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How did that song at the Ralph Carr hearing go, exactly?
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Michael Bellmont, a folk musician from Longmont, led attendees in song at a press conference introducing Thornton Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar’s Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act, a states’ rights pro-immigrant and refugee bill. Bellmont felt an obligation to be there, he told The Colorado Statesman. He fears a “return to those dark days” when ethnic…
