Courts

Striking Colorado grocery workers can’t block store entrances but may continue speech, judge rules

A Denver judge on Friday declined Colorado grocery chain King Sooper’s request for a restraining order limiting the number of picketers and their speech outside grocery stores, but granted a plea to prohibit striking union members from blocking entrances to stores or setting up tents.

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Colorado landlord blocked from discriminating against allegedly illegal tenants: ‘The Does’

A Colorado judge on Tuesday granted a Venezuelan couple’s request for an injunction barring their landlord from discriminating against them due to their immigration status after their landlord agreed to the stipulations.

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Senate Republicans unveil constitutional amendment locking SCOTUS at nine justices

Senate Republicans on Friday offered a retort to months of Democrat scrutiny on the Supreme Court, introducing a constitutional amendment that would block lawmakers from adding more justices to the high court’s bench.

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King Soopers claims Colorado union used illegal negotiating tactics, leading to strike, in new lawsuit

King Soopers/City Market filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado against United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union No. 7 (UFCW Local 7) on Friday. This comes amid the beginning of the two-week worker strike across the state. 

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Forest Service defends Montana logging project in grizzly territory before Ninth Circuit

The approval and subsequent court-ordered obstruction of the U.S. Forest Service’s “Black Ram Project” in Montana’s Kootenai National Forest is up for a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to sort out as the court heard from multiple sides on Thursday.

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