mike weissman
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Judicial discipline proposal draws Colorado lawmaker skepticism
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During a legislative oversight hearing on Friday, judicial leaders revealed that a man who broke into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center earlier this month caused $35 million in damage, resulting in several offices being off-limits for months to come. Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright told members of the House and Senate judiciary committees…
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Colorado leaders cautious about altering anti-discrimination law following SCOTUS decision
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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Christian website designer, along with businesses that create speech, do not have to serve LGBTQ customers if the desired message violates their beliefs, policymakers in Colorado are pondering whether changes to the state’s anti-discrimination law are warranted. Currently, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) makes it unlawful for businesses…
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4 Colorado House members file to run for Senate
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Four lawmakers in the Colorado House are looking to move to the upper chamber, filing to run next year for seats in the state Senate. According to campaign finance reports from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, the following House lawmakers are running for the Senate in the 2024 November election, as of Friday: ? Rep.…
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Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether life without parole for non-triggerman is constitutional
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will consider whether it is unconstitutional for a defendant to serve a sentence of life without parole for murder when he was not the one who caused the victim’s death. The case out of El Paso County implicates Colorado’s “felony murder” law, which, until recently, provided…
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Colorado advances bill to make it easier to sue ‘deceptive’ businesses
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The state House passed a bill on Tuesday that seeks to make it easier for Coloradans to pursue legal action against businesses that engage in deceitful or harmful practices. Currently, Coloradans trying to file a lawsuit against a business must prove that the business is not only deceptive toward them, but also has a pattern of…
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Campaign-ad disclosures would tighten under Colorado Senate bill
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A first step toward tightening some of Colorado’s laws around campaign communications, which stalled two years ago in the state Senate, is now out of the Senate and on its way to the House. Senate Bill 68 is sponsored by Democratic Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of Arvada and Republican Sen. Jack Tate of Centennial, and backed…
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Civil rights division bill could go by the wayside in session’s final days
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With just over 36 hours to go in the 2018 legislative session, one issue that has yet to be resolved is what happens to Colorado’s Division of Civil Rights and Colorado Civil Rights Commission. On April 30, the Senate passed its version of House Bill 1256, which drew immediate criticism from House Democrats and Gov.…
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The Great and Honorable Chili Commission holds first chili cook-off
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Sixteen steaming chili crock pots. Twelve judges. And the winners are …. On Wednesday night the Great and Honorable Chili Commission of the Colorado House held its first (and hopefully not last) chili cook-off – an opportunity to blow off steam and clear sinuses. The cook-off was a chance for lawmakers on both sides of…
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Church and state divide GOP, Democratic Colorado lawmakers
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Democrats and Republicans argued over two bills that mixed church and state last week at the Colorado Capitol. Senate Bill 201 would extend an three-hour exemption from childcare licensing requirement for churches to six hours during church activities. The bill is set for another recorded vote on the Senate floor next Thursday. The legislation is…
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Colorado House Republicans offer amendments to remake civil rights commission
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The House Judiciary Committee Tuesday voted 10-1 to draft a bill to extend the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and the civil rights commission for nine more years. House Republicans offered six amendments that attempted to make sweeping changes to the commission, without success. All of the Republican amendments failed on a 4-7 party-line vote. The…
