Tag: scotus
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Colorado Springs officers’ tasing, threats prompt federal judge to block use of suspect’s statements
A federal judge blocked the government last month from using some of a defendant’s statements as evidence, reasoning that the defendant made them involuntarily as Colorado Springs officers tased him five times and one officer threatened to kill him. Officers responded one morning in June 2025 to a theft call from a plumbing store in…
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Wrongfully deported man to be returned to U.S., Colorado federal judge orders
Colorado’s chief federal judge took the extraordinary step of directing the government on Tuesday to do everything it can to return a man it deported in violation of his order. At the same time, Colorado’s chief magistrate judge has set a hearing for next month to explore multiple instances in which the U.S. Department of…
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10th Circuit finds no fair housing violation by Littleton landlord for worker’s alleged rape of tenant
The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Monday that Littleton’s housing authority could not be held liable for a maintenance worker’s alleged rape of a tenant, as the worker’s employment did not provide any special access to the victim. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit acknowledged that neither…
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. The court’s conservative majority ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the U.S. Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. Underpinning the court’s rationale is…
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. The court’s conservative majority ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the U.S. Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. Underpinning the court’s rationale is…
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
A divided Supreme Court upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on the dominant understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War and more recent…
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
A divided Supreme Court upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on the dominant understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War and more recent…
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Colorado Supreme Court: Redistricting plans for 2028 election cannot proceed under state constitution
The Colorado Supreme Court blocked all attempts at redrawing congressional district boundaries for the 2028 election from reaching the ballot on Monday, concluding each of the proposed ballot measures violated the constitutional single-subject requirement. The court considered five distinct but related ballot measures. Half of the proposals would have redrawn U.S. House of Representatives districts…
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Judge approves injunction for Colorado Springs counselor after SCOTUS rules in conversion therapy case
A federal judge last week blocked Colorado from enforcing its restriction on conversion therapy for LGBTQ children against a Colorado Springs counselor, after both sides agreed that the state will not pursue professional disciplinary action while the case proceeds. The formalization of a preliminary injunction came days after one appellate judge argued that the Denver-based…
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Federal judge green-lights jury visit to Aurora detention center in forced-labor lawsuit
A federal judge granted a request on Thursday to have jurors visit the privately run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora as part of an upcoming civil trial over alleged forced labor practices. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane said he wanted the “best possible trial,” and initially postponed his…