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A lawsuit in Boulder challenging the city's camping ban is facing likely dismissal after last week's U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on a similar ordinance in Oregon. The ACLU of Colorado filed the lawsuit in 2022 claiming Boulder's ban amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The lawsuit wants to stop enforcement of the ban if shelter space is not available. John Herrick from the Boulder Reporting Lab joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the story.
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The decision means cities can now enforce anti-camping bans in public even if not enough shelter beds are available, and could have major implications for how localities approach homelessness.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 6 ruled the federal government has been underfunding Native American tribes that run their own health care programs. It’s a victory for tribes in the Mountain West and beyond.
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On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado, where that state's highest court ruled that he violated a constitutional provision targeting those who "engaged in insurrection."
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Lawyers seeking to keep Donald Trump off the ballot are urging the Supreme Court to declare he's ineligible to be president again because he spearheaded the U.S. Capitol attack in an effort to overturn his 2020 election loss. Their legal brief Friday was filled with vivid descriptions of the violence of Jan. 6, 2021.
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Lawyers for Trump urge the Supreme Court 'to put a swift and decisive end' to ballot removal effortsLawyers for former President Donald Trump are urging the Supreme Court "to put a swift and decisive end" to efforts to kick him off the 2024 presidential ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. In a written filing Thursday, Trump's lawyers called on the court to reverse a first-of-its-kind Colorado Supreme Court decision that said Trump should not be on the state's Republican primary ballot because of his role in the events that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor died on Friday, December 1 at age 93. Justice O’Connor was the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. The Colorado Women’s Bar Association President Emma Garrison joined KUNC’s Nikole Robinson Carroll to talk about Justice O’Connor’s legacy.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has removed protections from more than half of the country’s wetlands. The agency says the change is designed to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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Universities and professional schools across the country have been reacting to the Supreme Court’s recent decision rejecting affirmative action. Some medical school administrators worry it could discourage potential medical school applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Higher education in the Mountain West will be minimally impacted by the Supreme Court's recent decision to restrict institutions on their ability to factor race into who they enroll. The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado College and the University of Denver, however, will see changes to their admissions processes.