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• Colo. Supreme Court abandons requiring crime proof

  January 14, 2013 11:30 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court is abandoning a rule that prosecutors prove a crime occurred as long as prosecutors prove a confession is trustworthy. The rule requiring proof has been in force for more than a hundred years. In a ruling Monday, the court overturned the conviction of... more »

• Boulder wants Supreme Court to stop church growth

  October 1, 2010 8:32 AM

  Boulder County wants the U.S. Supreme Court consider its dispute with a church that wants to nearly double the size of its 128,000-square-foot campus. The Daily Camera reports that the county commissioners voted Thursday to press their legal battle with the Rocky Mountain Christian Church near Niwot. The... more »

• Groups allied to GOP boost their fundraising

  September 20, 2010 6:27 AM

  New freedom from fundraising restrictions established by the Supreme Court are paying off for at least some Republican-allied groups. Two affiliated groups led by a blue-chip cast of Washington Republican strategists have raised a combined $32 million, creating a parallel and unofficial Republican campaign to defeat Democrats in November.... more »

• Sotomayor addresses diversity in Colorado speech

  August 26, 2010 10:03 AM

  The first Latina member of the U.S. Supreme Court is in Denver to talk to students about joining the legal profession. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is scheduled to address more than 250 high school and college students Thursday at a talk sponsored by the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence. The... more »

• Judiciary panel OKs Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

  July 20, 2010 12:56 PM

  The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. The 13-6 vote sends the nomination to the full Senate, where she's expected to be confirmed as early as next week to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Just one Republican, Lindsey Graham... more »

• One Republican Senator says he'll vote against Kagan

  July 2, 2010 12:42 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah says he'll oppose Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. Hatch is a former Senate Judiciary chairman and a current committee member who supported Kagan's installation as U.S. solicitor general. The Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up Kagan's... more »

• Kagan seems to be on way to confirmation

  June 30, 2010 5:44 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats and Republicans agree that Elena Kagan seems to be on her way to confirmation to the Supreme Court. Republicans have been unable to get her to reveal much about her legal views, or say anything that might threaten her confirmation. Her appearance before the Senate... more »

• Brady Center weighs in on guns on campus issue

  June 30, 2010 3:29 PM

  The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a friend of the court brief in the Colorado Supreme Court Wednesday in support of the University of Colorado's efforts to keep guns off campus. The University is seeking review by the Colorado Supreme Court of a lower court ruling allowing a... more »

• Nominee Kagan promises impartiality on court

  June 28, 2010 6:01 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is expected to face hours of questioning -- some of it less than friendly -- when her confirmation hearing resumes tomorrow before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Today, after opening statements from panel members, Kagan read a statement in which she promised... more »

• Kagan hearings begin

  June 28, 2010 2:35 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan to be open with lawmakers and the American people scrutinizing her qualifications for the high court bench. But beyond that broad admonition, Democrat Patrick Leahy and Republican Jeff Sessions parted company. Leahy,... more »

• Supreme Court rules on Christian campus group

  June 28, 2010 2:30 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The acting chancellor and dean of a California law school is praising a Supreme Court decision, saying it validates the school's policy of "equity and fairness." An ideologically split court ruled, 5-4, that the University of California's Hastings College of the Law can legally deny recognition... more »

• Kagan advice to Clinton on sex scandal to be kept secret

  June 11, 2010 2:43 PM

  Bill Clinton's presidential library is keeping secret memos and notes Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wrote in connection with the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit. Kagan was deeply involved in defending Clinton in the lawsuit brought by the ex-Arkansas state worker that touched off events leading to Clinton's impeachment,... more »

• Nevada Supreme Court to hear arguments in O.J. Simpson case

  June 10, 2010 6:11 PM

  O.J. Simpson's lawyer calls time a big hurdle he'll face when he asks the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn the imprisoned former football star's conviction and grant a new trial in a September 2007 hotel room heist. Attorneys for Simpson and convicted co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart will each have... more »

• Scrutiny promised for Supreme Court nominee

  May 10, 2010 2:19 PM

  Senate Republicans are promising to take a close look at President Barack Obama's latest Supreme Court nominee, even though Solicitor General Elena Kagan is considered likely to be confirmed. John Cornyn of Texas says it's their duty to give her record "a full and fair review." Susan Collins of... more »

• Place your bets: Supreme nominee coming soon

  May 7, 2010 7:49 PM

  President Barack Obama appears to be just days away from announcing his choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, and observers in the nation's capital are playing one of the city's most popular games: guessing. Obama has formally interviewed at least four candidates for the job, and administration... more »

• Front doors at Supreme Court closed to visitors

  May 3, 2010 12:09 PM

  The Supreme Court is closing its iconic front entrance beneath the words "Equal Justice Under Law." Beginning Tuesday, visitors no longer will ascend the wide marble steps to enter the building. Instead, they will be directed to a central screening facility to the side of and beneath the central steps... more »