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First-ever Red Rocks naturalization ceremony draws most diverse group of new citizens
Colorado’s federal trial court held its first-ever naturalization ceremony for nearly 300 new citizens on Thursday at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. “We’re doing it to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the United States. Red Rocks is a particularly fitting location for this. It’s a place that, of course, reminds…
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Colorado Supreme Court end-of-term stats, federal judges’ backlogs increase | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court’s term revealed increased division among the justices in their opinions, plus Colorado’s federal judges have started to accumulate more overdue motions in civil cases. Colorado Supreme Court 2025-2026 term • Like its federal counterpart, the state…
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Federal judges’ backlogs increase in Colorado
Colorado’s federal trial judges collectively had 73 motions in civil cases that had been sitting on their dockets for at least six months without a ruling as of March 31, a backlog that nearly doubled from the previous reporting period. Further, discrepancies in the judiciary’s data showed one judge claiming that he belatedly decided motions…
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U.S. government declines to oppose multiple challenges to immigration detention in Colorado
Multiple federal judges in Colorado granted petitions from people challenging the lawfulness of their immigration detention this week after the government took the unusual step of declining to submit arguments in opposition. Colorado’s federal trial court is facing a flood of “habeas corpus” petitions from those in immigration custody. The most common allegation is that the…
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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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Daniel Domenico nominated for 10th Circuit, state Supreme Court hears arguments | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. Colorado’s chief federal trial judge is the choice for an upcoming vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court, plus the state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases. Domenico picked for elevation • U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel D.…
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Colorado Supreme Court oral arguments, chief appeals judge to retire | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court held oral arguments in multiple cases and traveled to the Eastern Plains to visit with students, plus the chief judge of the Court of Appeals is retiring. Supreme Court news • The Colorado Supreme Court decided a…
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Judge rules that Colorado law makes it too hard for parties to bar unaffiliated voters from primaries
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Colorado Republican Party late Tuesday, saying that a portion of the state law that allows unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in party primaries is unconstitutional because it imposes an unrealistic burden on political parties seeking to restrict the nominating process to their own members. U.S. District Court…
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Out-of-state judges address ex-discipline director’s lawsuit, Colorado justices accept federal invitation | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. A pair of out-of-state judges got down to business in a lawsuit brought by Colorado’s former judicial discipline director, plus the state Supreme Court has accepted a federal judge’s invitation to answer a question about Colorado law. Heard on appeal…
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Colorado justices agree to review insurance question that has divided federal judges
The Colorado Supreme Court granted a federal judge’s request on Friday to address an issue that has produced conflicting answers in policyholders’ lawsuits against insurance companies over unpaid benefits. “Parties (and judges) regularly spend undue time and money fighting in the pretrial context about a legal question that should be resolved once and for all…