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Colorado Supreme Court develops chief justice ‘onboarding’ plan, an outlier among states
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The Colorado Supreme Court has joined an apparent minority of its peers across the country in laying down a written transition plan for chief justices, who are executive leaders of the judicial branch in addition to their roles deciding cases. A “chief justice onboarding” document, drafted in 2022, outlines the duties of incoming Colorado chief…
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Former Colorado chief justice receives unprecedented public censure
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Nathan B. Coats, the former chief justice of Colorado, received an unprecedented public censure on Monday for mishandling the award of a contract to a judicial branch employee who was facing termination for her own misconduct. Coats, who served as chief justice from 2018 through 2020, admitted to violating the Code of Judicial Conduct’s requirement…
