ralph carr freedom defense act
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Letter: Why Colorado should support the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act
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Editor: Colorado is a state that has seen its share of regrettable history, but one legacy we can be very proud of is that of Ralph Carr, who sacrificed his own career in defense of American citizens who were targeted because of their Japanese ancestry. Our state senators are considering the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense…
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Dave Williams, colleagues return with Senate bill to battle sanctuary politicians, policies
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Republican lawmakers have revived and revamped controversial legislation targeting so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and the politicians who support the policies behind them, although the new bill would only subject elected officials to lawsuits, not criminal prosecution. State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, vowed in February that he would return with a measure in the GOP-controlled Senate…
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‘First real floor fight’ of session erupts over ‘sanctuary’ Ralph Carr bill
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A bill that would protect state officials from participating in any unconstitutional federal programs aimed at monitoring or confining Coloradans sparked what the House Democratic caucus communications office called the “first real floor fight” of the legislative session. The Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, was drafted in…
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How did that song at the Ralph Carr hearing go, exactly?
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Michael Bellmont, a folk musician from Longmont, led attendees in song at a press conference introducing Thornton Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar’s Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act, a states’ rights pro-immigrant and refugee bill. Bellmont felt an obligation to be there, he told The Colorado Statesman. He fears a “return to those dark days” when ethnic…
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Ralph Carr states’ rights bill advances to House floor on party line vote
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House Judiciary Committee Democrats Thursday evening passed Thornton Rep. Joe Salazar’s states’ rights Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act. The bill now heads to the House floor for debate. House Bill 1230, the “Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act,” aims to head off involvement on the part of Colorado state and local officials in any federal government…
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Supporters rally to roll out Colorado states’ rights anti-registry, anti-detention bill
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The press conference convened to roll out House Bill 1230 – the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act – was held in the blazing sun Thursday at noon and drew a crowd of supporters who lined up on the west steps of the Capitol behind the speakers. The press conference acted like another rally for multi-cultural…
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This week in #copolitics is getting very Joe Salazar
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It has already been a Joe Salazar week in Colorado, and it’s not over yet. The firebrand Democratic House representative from Thornton declared his candidacy for attorney general on Friday, saying he would be the people’s lawyer and touting his civil rights background as ideal in the Trump-era when, he said, civil rights and the…
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Colorado ‘sanctuary state’ bill ready to roll out Thursday
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Sponsors of Colorado’s “Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act” plan to roll out the bill Thursday during a press event on the west steps of the Capitol. The hot-button bill, sponsored by Democrats Joe Salazar from Thornton and Daneya Esgar from Pueblo in the House and Lucia Guzman from Denver and Daniel Kagan from Cheery Hills…
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State Rep. Salazar to run for attorney general, aims to be ‘the people’s lawyer’
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Colorado House firebrand Joe Salazar, a Democratic representative from Thornton, announced Friday he is running for state attorney general motivated by the desire to act as “the people’s lawyer” in a national political climate he views as threatening to democratic values and processes and to civil rights. “People get upset that I challenge Democratic leaders…
