Colorado Supreme Court

Colorado Supreme Court justices have sharply questioned whether they could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot. It's a case that seeks to upend his bid for a second term by claiming the Constitution's insurrection clause bars him from another run for the White House.

The Colorado Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from running for president again under the Constitution's ban against those who "engaged in insurrection."

The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump "engaged in insurrection" but can appear on the state's ballot.

Colorado Sun Health and Environment Reporter Michael Booth joined us to discuss a possible upcoming constitutional amendment related to sexual abuse cases and an update on how the 988 crisis hotline is faring in Colorado.

The case came about because of an angler who was fishing on a part of the Arkansas River that ran through private property. The court dismissed the angler's claim, but the battle to define whether the state owns a riverbed could pit landowners against recreation enthusiasts in the future.

A Colorado judge who pointed an AR-15 style rifle at his adult stepson during an argument has been censured by the state's Supreme Court and suspended without pay for 30 days. The Colorado Supreme Court issued the order Monday regarding District Court Judge Mark D. Thompson.

On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously approved a new congressional map, drawn for the first time by an independent commission instead of by members of the state legislature. Several legal challenges were made after the map was submitted, arguing the district boundaries had been drawn unfairly, but the court ultimately rejected those arguments.

Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that people requesting copies of completed law enforcement internal investigations under state open records law don't need to ask for a “specific, identifiable incident” to get the documents, The Coloradoan reported.

Senate Bill 247, which has bipartisan support, was meant to head off potentially map-killing lawsuits later. In a 5-2 decision, justices say the bill would be legislative overreach. The constitution, they argue, leaves this kind of decision-making in the commissions’ hands and already allows them to use estimated data.

Colorado's Supreme Court says proponents of a ballot initiative to eliminate constitutional limits on taxation and spending can proceed.The court ruled…