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Federal judge tosses citizen enforcement of Colo. campaign finance laws
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A federal court judge put a muzzle on citizen watchdogs of Colorado campaign finance laws Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore ruled that the state’s procedure for bringing complaints is unconstitutional. Colorado allows anyone in the public to file a complaint that is “automatically forwarded without review for merit to an administrative law judge for…
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A lost opportunity to employ more Coloradans
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At the start of this year’s legislative session, Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran told her colleagues that “we love Colorado and what it stands for: opportunity for all who show responsibility through hard work.” But Duran’s words ring hollow in the wake of her decision to kill not one, but two bills that would have made it easier for many Coloradans…
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National forfeiture foe says ‘Colorado now has the best laws in the nation’
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Washington, D.C.-based civil-liberties watchdog Institute for Justice joined in the applause for Gov. John Hickenlooper’s decision Friday to sign into law a much-debated rollback of state and local law enforcement’s civil-forfeiture powers. The new law includes a number of checks on those powers including a provision that drew dogged opposition from Colorado’s law-enforcement agencies: State and local…
