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Report: Colorado Access to Justice Commission developing legal self-help website, addressing ‘legal deserts’
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Colorado’s Access to Justice Commission has begun creating a legal self-help portal and secured a grant to help address “legal deserts” in rural Colorado, the commission recently announced in its 2023 year-end report. The commission, which started in 2003 and advocates for removing barriers to access in the civil justice system, also scored a victory…
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Kato Crews confirmed by Senate to Colorado’s federal trial court
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The U.S. Senate confirmed S. Kato Crews to a judgeship on Colorado’s U.S. District Court on Wednesday by a vote of 51-48, restoring the trial court to its full roster of seven active judges. With Crews’ confirmation, President Joe Biden has now appointed five of the court’s members, marking an unusually high level of turnover during…
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Q&A with Frances Koncilja | Longtime player in judicial nominations speaks about selection process
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Over the past three years, Colorado’s federal trial court has seen extensive turnover, with President Joe Biden appointing four members of the seven-judge district court and a fifth nominee awaiting confirmation in the U.S. Senate. By tradition, senators wield enormous power over district judge appointments in their states. Early in Biden’s presidency, U.S. Sens. Michael…
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Colorado lawmakers, officials condemn attack on Israel, express solidarity with US ally
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Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation condemned the surprise weekend attack on Israel by Hamas and expressed solidarity with the longstanding U.S. ally, which declared war on the group and began to retaliate. U.S. officials confirmed on Monday that at least 11 Americans were killed in the violence that began early Saturday when the militant group…
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Chief justice, local officials praise new Moffat County courthouse as innovative
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Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright called himself “the wow guy” – meaning, as he walked around the brand new Moffat County Courthouse on Friday, he repeatedly said, “Wow, this is so nice.” “I really think that this building is gonna be a game changer around the state in terms of how we look at what we…
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‘More than a symbol’: Western Slope’s Gordon Gallagher ceremonially sworn in to federal judgeship
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In little over two years since taking office, President Joe Biden has made multiple historic appointments to Colorado’s federal trial court, selecting the first openly gay judge and the first Asian American judge, for example. But Biden opted for a different kind of diversity when he installed the most recent member of the U.S. District…
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Four Firsts: Biden’s first four judicial appointees in Colorado have begun to make their mark
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One month before President-elect Joe Biden would take office, his incoming White House counsel, Dana Remus, sent a letter to Democratic senators outlining the new administration’s expectations for who the president would consider for high-level appointments in the justice system. “With respect to each of these positions,” she wrote, “President-elect Biden is eager to nominate…
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Senators, Neguse again introduce bill to give Colorado 3 more federal judges
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Three Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation have once again introduced a bill to establish three new judgeships on the state’s federal trial court, which would expand the size of the bench for the first time in four decades. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse have re-filed the Colorado…
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Joe Neguse, Michael Bennet introduce bill to boost pay, benefits for wildland firefighters
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U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse thinks it’s past time federal wildland firefighters get the pay and benefits they deserve. That’s why the Lafayette Democrat reintroduced legislation Tuesday to boost wages, secure access to health care and mental health support, and provide housing stipends for firefighters deployed more than 50 miles from their homes, among other measures.…
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Kato Crews appears before Senate committee, fields tense questions about judicial record
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The Biden administration’s nominee to fill an upcoming federal court vacancy in Colorado appeared for his confirmation hearing on Wednesday with a strong endorsement of his character from the state’s legal community, while facing a tense line of questioning from one Republican U.S. senator. S. Kato Crews, who is currently a magistrate judge for Colorado’s…