Republican senators grilled the president s nominee to the Denver-based federal appeals court for her pursuit of sentence reductions for certain controversial offenders, while Democrats countered that her experience defending indigent
Republican senators grilled the president s nominee to the Denver-based federal appeals court for her pursuit of sentence reductions for certain controversial offenders, while Democrats countered that her experience defending indigent clients was desperately needed to diversify the judiciary.
Veronica S. Rossman, a public defender for Colorado and Wyoming for more than a decade, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday less than one month after President Joe Biden nominated her for the Colorado-based open seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Rossman had the backing of Colorado s two senators, who noted that her work defending those accused and convicted of crimes distinguished her from all other judges currently serving.
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The court’s about-face on an en banc rehearing of a preliminary injunction denial means a Utah man must give up his bump stock while his challenge of the ban goes through the courts.
A bump stock is attached to a semiautomatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range on Oct. 4, 2017, in South Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
(CN) A deeply divided 10th Circuit declined Friday to revisit whether the last man in America to legally own a bump stock can keep his device while a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the devices goes through the courts.
State court is the place to resolve a Colorado community’s fight over forced pooling of oil and gas rights.
A storage tank stands near a well pad located in a field near a housing development in Broomfield, Colo., on Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
(CN) Federal court is not the place to resolve a Colorado community’s challenge to the state’s forced pooling rule for gas and oil extracted under homeowners’ feet, a 10
th Circuit panel ruled Monday.
“Timely and adequate state court review of the Commission’s decision was available to Wildgrass under Colorado’s Administrative Procedure Act,” U.S. Circuit Judge Carlos Lucero wrote in a 7-page opinion published Monday. “Though Wildgrass brought a federal claim, state courts are fully equipped to review the constitutionality of a state agency’s procedures.”