Colorado Appeals Court Raises 8th Amendment Concerns Regarding Mandatory Sex Offender Registration for Juvenile Offenders

In a startling turn of events, a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals rejected many years of its own precedents on June 20 when it ruled in People of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of T.B., Juvenile, 2019 WL 2528764, that imposing a lifetime sex offender registration requirement on a young person whose sex-related crimes were committed when he was a minor is a form of punishment, so before imposing … <Read More>


Colorado Appeals Court Rules against Wedding Cake Baker in Discrimination Case

Continuing an unbroken string of judicial rejections of free exercise of religion defense to discrimination claims against small businesses that decline goods or services to same-sex couples for their commitment ceremonies or weddings, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling against Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc., and its proprietor, Jack C. Phillips, by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.  Judge Daniel M. Taubman wrote the opinion for the court, released on <Read More>