mark silverstein
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Q&A with Mark Silverstein | Three decades advocating for civil liberties in and out of court
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FAST FACTS: Mark Silverstein has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union for 31 years, including as the legal director since 1996 for the ACLU of Colorado He has announced his retirement from the organization, but will remain as the legal director emeritus Silverstein helped file cases challenging immigrant detention policies in El Paso County,…
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Mark Silverstein, legal director of ACLU of Colorado, to retire
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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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Judge blocks Aurora from enforcing felony ban against ex-council candidate
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An Arapahoe County judge has permanently blocked Aurora from enforcing against a 2021 council candidate the city charter’s prohibition on people holding elected office if they have ever received a felony conviction. District Court Judge John E. Scipione agreed with former at-large city council candidate Candice Bailey that the council’s vote in August to add…
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ACLU of Colorado gets a win on Hep C medication for Medicaid recipients, turns to prisons
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The state of Colorado will no longer provide Medicaid recipients with a lesser-quality medicine for Hepatitis C, an issue at the center of an ACLU of Colorado lawsuit. Instead the state will provide a newer antiviral medication that’s much more effective, the ACLU said Friday. “Federal law requires that Medicaid provide all medically necessary treatment,”…
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Denver is told ‘no’ again on its policy banning suspects from parks
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Authorities can’t ban people from a public place, like a park, merely on the hunch they’re up to no good. That’s the upshot of a Denver District Court ruling this week against a Denver policy that authorized police to banish suspected drug peddlers from city parks. It’s the latest turn in a saga that began…
