Tag: biden administration
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Judge Timothy Tymkovich speaks about trip to Israel, insights into legal aspect of war
This March, 14 federal judges traveled to Israel to meet with government officials and learn about last year’s terrorist attack and kidnapping that ignited a war in Gaza, with Colorado’s Timothy M. Tymkovich among the delegation. Tymkovich, who sits on the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, believed he was invited on…
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Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar speaks to Colorado lawyers about SCOTUS arguments, stakes of cases
Elizabeth B. Prelogar, the Biden administration’s solicitor general who is responsible for arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke to an audience of Colorado attorneys on Saturday about the challenges of trying to persuade a conservative-majority court to adopt the federal government’s view of the law in high-stakes cases. Prelogar acknowledged she has argued positions…
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Democrats reject bill to increase penalties in child sex crimes, Colorado justices tackle ski resort immunity | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 16, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A Democratic-controlled House committee killed legislation that supporters said would put more teeth into Colorado law following hours of testimony, in which victims who were bought and sold as children for purposes of sexual exploitation sought to persuade lawmakers to advance the measure.…
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Colorado Democrats seek stricter requirements for concealed carry permits; Senate panel OKs ban on using cellphones while driving | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 14, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A panel of House lawmakers on Tuesday approved, on an 8-3 party-line vote, a bill that would require stricter requirements for those who hold or want to obtain concealed weapons permits. The measure from House Majority Leader Monica Duran of Wheat Ridge and…
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Analysis: Pentagon lays out golden rule for satellites, treaty should follow | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a Pentagon memo released in July, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the military to play nice in space. The memo changes nothing for the American military, which has managed satellite constellations for generations. But it does send a clear American message to allies, rivals…
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Analysis: Pentagon lays out golden rule for satellites, treaty should follow | Tom Roeder
In a Pentagon memo released in July, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the military to play nice in space. The memo changes nothing for the American military, which has managed satellite constellations for generations. But it does send a clear American message to allies, rivals and the vast crowd of commercial enterprises elbowing their way…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…
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Biden administration will be felt in Colorado with moves on immigration, COVID, climate
In a flurry of unprecedented first-day activity Jan. 20, President Joe Biden issued more than a dozen executive actions intended to kick-start a number of initiatives that he wants to set in motion. Among the executive actions the new president signed were several aimed at undoing some of the most high-profile and controversial measures of…