Tag: Judiciary Committee
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Colorado lawmakers sharply divided over drug abuse bills, bail for first-degree murder defendants; meet Heather Graham, Pueblo’s new mayor | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 23, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Debate over proposals tackling drug use, treatment illustrates ideological divide in Colorado Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday tackled two proposals that offer convergent — and divergent — approaches to combatting drug abuse during a discussion that starkly illuminated on ideological disagreements at the state…
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advances Gordon Gallagher nomination
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The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 14-7 to advance the nomination of Gordon P. Gallagher to be a federal trial judge for Colorado, which would make him the Biden administration’s fourth appointee in two years to the U.S. District Court if confirmed. Gallagher, who is currently a part-time U.S. magistrate judge and defense attorney, would…
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Law groups are united that judicial discipline process needs greater transparency
A half dozen professional groups tied to the legal profession each recommended to a state legislative committee Wednesday that Colorado’s current judicial discipline system should be more robust, transparent and accountable to the public. Among the groups are the Colorado Women’s Bar Association, the Institute for Advancement of the American Legal System at the University…
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State court administrator admits he ‘missed’ discipline advisory and allowed ‘hairy chest’ jurist into senior judge program
Colorado State Court Administrator Steven Vasconcellos on Tuesday said he overlooked the discipline record of a retiring district court judge when he approved the jurist’s application for the senior judge program in 2018, then recently admonished the state’s judicial discipline commission for not telling the Judicial Branch about it. That judge — former Adams County District…
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Disciplinary information rarely considered in decisions on judge retention
Colorado’s system of judicial discipline is so secret that the state’s nearly two dozen performance review commissions that evaluate judges have rarely known for sure whether a jurist they recommended voters keep on the bench had a record of misconduct or not. That shortfall is a critical flaw in the state’s judicial retention process that…
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Discipline commission says state court administrator falsely accused it of withholding information
Colorado’s state court administrator – the highest civilian position in the Judicial Department – last year falsely claimed judicial discipline officials failed to reveal they had admonished a district court judge of misbehavior before the judge was admitted to a senior judge program, the state’s discipline commission said in a letter filed Monday with legislators.…
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Contract memo whistleblower expected to appear before Colorado legislative committee on judicial discipline
Chris Ryan, the former state court administrator for the Colorado Judicial Department who alleged that a tell-all sex discrimination lawsuit by a former employee was silenced by a multi-million-dollar contract – an assertion since refuted by investigators hired by the department – is expected to testify before a legislative committee exploring changes to how judges…
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Biden judicial nominee for Colorado clears U.S. Senate panel in bipartisan vote
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary advanced the nomination of Nina Y. Wang on Thursday morning by a 14-8 vote, setting her up for confirmation before the full Senate to an upcoming vacancy on Colorado’s seven-member federal trial court. President Joe Biden nominated Wang…
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Weiser joins AGs calling for Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is among two dozen state attorneys general who endorsed President Biden’s nominee to serve on the Supreme Court, calling Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “a highly qualified legal mind, who has been at the forefront of the legal field for decades” and will be the first Black woman to sit on…