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Gregory: Colorado’s highest court has lost credibility

Colorado Politics, Approved, State / May 1, 2025 / Amendment H, Colorado Supreme Court, Judges

Colorado is haunted by the ghosts of Watergate. Through his preemptive pardon of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford blunted the rule of law by preventing our country from ever directly addressing the wrongfulness of Nixon’s conduct and having public discourse as to what accountability was appropriate. The evolution of Colorado’s judicial scandal has been very similar to the chronology of Watergate. In it I have found my own spiritual camaraderie with Justice Melissa Hart’s grandfather, Archibald Cox. Like me, Cox was retaliated against and fired just as his investigation of Nixon discovered critical evidence.

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Colorado judges made campaign contributions despite rules prohibiting the practice

State, Approved, denvergazette.com / April 1, 2025 / Campaign Finance, Judges

More than a half dozen judges in Colorado — each of them specially appointed and paid to oversee a divorce case since 2019 — has made at least one political campaign contribution while serving in that capacity despite a prohibition against the practice and an affirmation to uphold it, The Denver Gazette has found.

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Gelman: Judges, stay in your lane and stay out of politics

National, Approved, Commentary, THE HILL / March 31, 2025 / Courts, Illegal Immigrants, Judges

One of the best pieces of advice you can give anyone starting a venture is this: Be bold, but stay in your lane.

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Bill to add 15 judges heads to Colorado governor’s desk

Approved, coloradopolitics.com, State / March 16, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Judges

Legislation to add 15 new judgeships in trial courts across the state is headed to the governor’s desk for signature, as Colorado’s House of Representatives approved the bill on Thursday with no votes in opposition.

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Colorado lawmakers funded an office to handle complaints against judges. No one set it up.

State, The Colorado Sun / March 13, 2025 / Colorado Lawmakers, Colorado Supreme Court, Judges

In the wake of an alleged blackmail and harassment scandal that roiled the state judicial branch, the Colorado legislature in 2023 created an independent office to help ensure it didn’t happen again.

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