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Q&A with Shannon Stevenson | Colorado’s solicitor general talks about arguing to SCOTUS in Trump case
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a Colorado case with historic implications — specifically, whether Donald Trump is constitutionally disqualified from seeking office for engaging in insurrection as president. In December, the Colorado Supreme Court found Trump to be disqualified, by 4-3, based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Trump appealed to the nation’s…
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Polis names first Black judge to Court of Appeals in 4 years
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Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced his appointment of Denver Juvenile Court Judge Pax Moultrie to Colorado’s second-highest court, ending the four-year span in which no Black judges sat on the Court of Appeals. The last Black member of the Court of Appeals, Karen M. Ashby, retired in 2019. Like Moultrie, she also served on…
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Colorado federal judges provide candid look at applying to bench
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Scott T. Varholak has roughly 400 cases he is responsible for as a federal magistrate judge. But despite the heavy workload, he is still able to step away from the courtroom in the afternoon to take his daughter to play sports, returning to his caseload at night. “The hours are long, but they’re a lot…
