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State Exec Theresa Spahn Joins Justice Kourlis Judicial Initiative at DU

Theresa Spahn, a former top executive in Colorado’s Judicial Branch, is a new director at the University of Denver’s Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, headed by former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis (pictured).

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Colorado Courts Find More Space As Denver Post Continues To Shrink

The highest courts in Colorado are poised to move for three years into space that’s being vacated by Colorado’s largest newspaper at 101 W. Colfax Ave.

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Destination Unknown: Supreme Court’s Iconic Mural Might Be History

Angelo di Benedetto’s “Lawgivers” mural will be homeless when the Colorado Judicial Building is demolished in May — and no one knows where it’ll end up.

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Colorado Dems Praise Sotomayor’s Confirmation

The Senate Thursday voted 68-31 to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court in a vote that was largely on party lines with Democratic support and Republican resistance. Several Colorado Democrats expressed their pleasure at the confirmation.

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Reaction To Sotormayor Vote Mixed

As went the vote by a U.S. Senate committee Tuesday, local reaction to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation fell along party lines.

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Reservist Launches Campaign To ‘Clear’ Colorado’s Bench

A 40-something national guards reservist whose military experience includes a stint in Afghanistan is campaigning for voters to remove four Colorado Supreme Court justices — including Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey — when they next come up for retention.

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Udall Throws Support Behind Sotomayor

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall Tuesday officially announced that he plans to vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

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Three Finalists Vie To Succeed Menendez As Jeffco District Judge

A federal securities lawyer, a state prosecutor and a private-practice attorney are the three finalists vying to succeed 1st Judicial District Judge M.J. Menendez, who resigned recently to return to work as a federal prosecutor.

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A Chink In TABOR’s Armor: Mill-Levy Ruling Reverberates Widely

Thanks to the most important Colorado Supreme Court opinion released this year so far, state lawmakers are now free to increase state revenue by more than $2 billion by repealing tax credits and exemptions most had considered untouchable under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR.

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Colorado Opinions Mixed On Sotomayor

The conservative Colorado Judicial Confirmation Network Monday slammed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as being the wrong nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, local supporters claimed the accomplished judge would be a valuable addition to the country’s highest court.

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