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Courts
Suspect In Custody After Opening Fire At Colorado Supreme Court
No one was hurt in the incident. -
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Courts
Conservative Former Judge All In On Colorado Decision Barring Donald Trump From Ballot
He includes a bold Supreme Court prediction too.
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Family Law
Colorado Donor-Conceived Person Protection Law Opens Public Comments On Proposed Rules
The first of four Zoom sessions is on November 1. -
Courts
Robe Rage: Angry Judge Gives Some Unsolicited Parenting Advice On The Heel Of Pulling A Rifle On His Stepson
Hard to establish order in the court with a rattled temperament. -
Government
State Worried That Talking About Race Harms Kids Brings Back Beating Children In School
'Giving teachers guns wasn’t enough, they’ll have belts too!' - Missouri parents, apparently -
Health Care / Medicine
Bar Tabs: Getting Hit With A Stiff Bill After Surgery Is A Hard Drink To Swallow
With healthcare this expensive, you get why people self-medicate. -
Courts
Discriminate At Your Own Risk: Colorado's Employment Discrimination Laws Are Getting Quite The Rehaul
Ideally, you’d have some familiarity with the rules before your work relationship gets rocky. - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.04.22
* As it turns out, the good guy with a gun thought they were watching an elaborate play. [Detroit News]
* Man arrested for starting a fire in Utah claims that he was trying to kill a spider. That’s an affirmative defense in my book. [CNN]
* Looks like our tech laws will lead to further “entanglements” with Russia. [Newsweek]
* Abortion might not be in the Constitution, but free speech definitely is. What gives? [Scientific American]
* How’s work working in Colorado? Here’s your employment law primer. [JD Supra]
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Family Law
Federal Legislation Introduced To Require Egg and Sperm Donor Background Verifications
Most people agree that there should be checks and balances with donors, providers, and recipients when it comes to obtaining necessary information with vital consequences. -
Family Law
Colorado Court Of Appeals Rules For Privacy Rights In Embryo Dispute
The Court ruled in favor of a party’s constitutionally-based privacy right to reproduce or not reproduce over a sincerely held religious belief that embryos are people. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.06.22
* Mum’s the word: They’ve been fighting for a ruling like the Alito leak for decades — why so quiet? [HuffPost]
* Louisiana is going all in on criminalizing uteri. [FOX]
* States consider laws that will make drunk drivers responsible for paying child support. Please just take an Uber home. [USA Today]
* Colorado is setting itself up as a refuge for abortion access. [NPR]
* A brilliant 19-year-old just achieved a JD. Not sure if no bar review made it harder or easier to do. [CBS]
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Family Law
Colorado Is Poised To Pass A Groundbreaking Donor-Conceived Person Protection Act
The new law would provide protections for donor-conceived persons never before enacted in an American state, but will it chill family-building options for Coloradans?
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Government
Denver's Law Lets Cyclists Treat Red Lights Like They Probably Already Do
Yellow lights may now be taken as invitations to pop a wheelie. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.05.22
* Paranoia fuel: ever wonder what exactly cops (or teens impersonating them) can access on your phone? [The Guardian]
* Too much of a good thing: Cali Judge knocks down diversity initiative for corporate boards. [CNN]
* ReRoe: Colorado goes out of its way to make sure abortion access is considered a right. [The Week]
* Cover blown: Police officer posing as a reporter fired after questioning New York’s mayor. [NBC NY]
* Is it time for a federal privacy law? Probably. [WaPo]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.22
* Two lit at the night show: It is unclear who will lead the charge in the coming Astroworld litigation. Either way, this won’t be Travis’s first Rodeo. [Billboard]
* The Pot calling the Kettle violent: O.J. chimes in on Smith’s slip of the slap at the Oscars. I’d make an assault and battery joke, but I should probably keep those out of my f… well, you know. [Newsweek]
* Ain’t too proud to beg: Trump is asking Putin for dirt on democrats again. [CNN]
* Maryland passes an anti-Texas measure that makes it easier to access abortions. [Wa Po]
* Colorado prepares to provide abortions if more states take the SB8 route. [NPR]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.24.22
* Honesty is the best legal policy: Colorado is on the cusp of no longer allowing police officers to lie to children during interrogations. [Oregon Live]
* Not this time, Times! Sarah Palin wants a redo after losing her defamation case against the New York Times. Tough crowd, eh? [Reuters]
* Texan man pleads guilty to hate crime charge after attacking a Burmese family with a knife. [CNN]
* Hate to say I told you so: Woman sues LAPD after they mistook her identity and jailed her for nearly two weeks. [ABC 7]
* Over my dead chassis: Subaru and Kia decided to simply make their cars less safe rather than let people fix their own clunkers. [WGRZ]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.31.21 - The Finale
* Lifestyles of the Rich and the Armed — they’ve got mansions and you ought not rob them. [Daily Caller]
* Colorado Governor pardons a grip of folks convicted of weed possession. We should have legalized and decrim’d blunts years ago, but a start is a start. [The Denver Post]
* US-Russia relations may sour if Biden keeps up the Ukraine-based sanctioning. I was expecting chilly weather from the end of December, not the threat of a cold war! [Business Insider]
* Tesla issued a vehicle recall due to camera and trunk issues. I wonder: Do the cars have to be recharged upon return? [The Guardian]
* Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says smelling weed isn’t enough for cops to search your car. Jury might still be out on a pair of furry dice dangling from your rearview though. [Pittsburgh City Paper]
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Courts
A Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway Accident Results In A Closer Look At Colorado's Consecutive Sentencing Law
This seems to be a case where an overly strict criminal law has produced an anomalous result. -
Family Law
Colorado Fertility Mandate Will Not Go Into Effect On January 1, 2022
Rep. Kerry Tipper plans to introduce a fix-it bill at the beginning of the 2022 legislative session.