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On March 21, 2012, Justice Scalia authored a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision about the ability to seek judicial review of EPA decisions under the Clean Water Act. In Sackett v. EPA, the Court does not actually decide the merits because the issue before the Court includes only whether and when a court may hear [...]
For ninety years after it achieved statehood in 1876, Colorado elected its judges in partisan elections. As a result, mining and other business interests had so much clout in the courtroom on high profile cases that historian Page Smith lumped the judiciary in with the corrupt executive and legislative branches in labeling Colorado’s state [...]
It’s a fine and righteous thing to honor past heroes of conscience such as former Gov. Ralph L. Carr, whose name will adorn Colorado’s new state judicial complex. But Denver Manager of Safety Alex Martinez believes it’s even more important to look into the future and ask what our grandchildren will think about the [...]
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