Colorado Senate

Colorado Senate rejects judicial discipline appointee over misconduct cover-up ties, approves another

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The Colorado state Senate on Wednesday rejected the reappointment of the chairwoman to the state panel that handles judicial discipline but narrowly kept its vice-chair.

Needing 18 votes to confirm their reappointments to the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, chairwoman Mindy Sooter came up two votes shy (19-16 against), while Jim Carpenter was approved by the same margin.

The Senate has a firm 21-14 Democratic majority.

The decision to drop Sooter from the 10-member commission comes days after a Senate committee made the rare choice to refuse confirming either gubernatorial appointee. Unlike proposed legislation that can die in a committee in either house of the General Assembly, appointments by the governor, which require approval from the full Senate, are voted on separately regardless of a committee’s recommendation, though the latter carries weight.

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Colorado Senate committee rejects judicial watchdog picks over misconduct concerns

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In a bipartisan rebuke of how a years-long scandal has been handled, a Colorado Senate committee on Monday made the rare move of not approving the gubernatorial reappointment of the top two members of the state’s Commission on Judicial Discipline.

Just months after voters statewide overwhelmingly chose to change how Colorado disciplines judges, the state Senate Judiciary Committee voted — 4-3, with two Democrats joining the panel’s two lone Republicans — to offer an unfavorable recommendation to the full Senate on the reappointment of Mindy Sooter and Jim Carpenter, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the 10-member commission.

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Natelson: Colorado’s Senate Bill 276 jampacked with constitutional absurdities

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You have to wonder about a large portion of the Colorado legislature. I’ve already written about their bills to squelch freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the right to keep and bear arms, and the constitutional right of parents to raise their own children. Not to mention the loony idea of wasting taxpayer money on a frivolous lawsuit to take away our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds.

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Senate District 30 committee picks John Carson to serve Douglas County in 75th Legislature

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John Carson, an attorney and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was elected Saturday through a vacancy committee to serve in the 75th Colorado Legislature in Senate District 30, representing Douglas County.

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Marc Catlin drawing on youth football, rafting and Bigfoot for inspiration as he ‘graduates’ to Senate

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In preparation of his move to Colorado’s upper chamber for the 75th legislative session, Marc Catlin has reflected upon a time in which he coached youth football.

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By regaining seat held by party-flipper Priola, GOP appears to have staved off Dems’ supermajority in Senate

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Colorado Senate Democrats appear unlikely to capture a supermajority in that chamber, even as House Democrats are on track to maintain that veto-proof status in theirs, leaving the Legislature with a kind of status quo following the 2024 election.

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