Russell Carparelli
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Trump’s judicial nominee orders bond in wave of cases after 10th Circuit rejects government’s position
Within 24 hours of the Denver-based federal appeals court rejecting the government’s expansive view of its immigration detention authority, the lone judge in Colorado to embrace that view ordered bond hearings for detainees in at least 20 cases. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico issued a wave of identical orders on Wednesday instructing…
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Legislature overrules state Supreme Court decisions, federal judges contend with violations of orders | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The Colorado legislature overruled two recent state Supreme Court decisions in this year’s session, plus federal judges are addressing the government’s violations of their orders in immigration detention cases. Supreme Court news • By 5-2, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed that…
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Retired Colorado appeals judge speaks about civic advocacy, SCOTUS
Retired state Court of Appeals Judge Russell Carparelli offered mild critiques of the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month as he spoke about the rule of law, and urged lawyers to “get in the game” by advocating in the political arena. “I stayed out of politics completely. I never even signed up with one of…
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The influencers? Some Colorado appeals judges outpace colleagues in setting legal precedent
A handful of judges on Colorado’s second-highest court are producing substantially more precedent-setting opinions than their colleagues, which create binding interpretations of the law that reach beyond individual cases. The Court of Appeals issues approximately 1,700 opinions each year. A small number receives state Supreme Court review, but the appellate court is otherwise the final…