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Civil Rights

Kucinich introduces “voter foreclosure” bill

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced legislation today to bar political parties from challenging the eligibility of voters whose homes have been foreclosed.

Judge dismisses complaints that anti-affirmative action petitioners misled voters

An administrative law judge has thrown out charges that Amendment 46 petition circulators misled people into signing on to the anti-affirmative action measure. Amendment 46 seeks to end preferential treatment for women and minorities in public employment, education and contracting. The controversially named Colorado Civil Rights Initiative is part of a five-state effort launched by California businessman Ward Connerly to end affirmative action.

UPDATED: School district says suspended student’s anti-Obama shirt caused ‘disruption’

An Aurora fifth-grader was "screaming and loudly arguing" with other students on the playground last Thursday in a dispute over a handmade anti-Obama T-shirt that led to the student's suspension, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the Aurora Public Schools district. The boy's sister wore a similar shirt at the school the same day and "did not disrupt learning," the statement said.

Personhood amendment debate caught on video

One of the most controversial measures on Colorado's monster ballot asks voters to place a thorny, religious conundrum into the state constitution: Should fertilized human eggs have constitutional rights? RH Reality Check weighs in with a video debate on the Amendment 48 pro and con.

PepperBall firms merge into giant red hot ammo producer

Two warring riot-gear companies have declared a truce and decided to merge their fire power, according to the Denver Business Journal.

Aurora fifth-grader suspended over anti-Obama T-shirt

The father of an Aurora fifth-grader said Monday he plans to sue after school officials suspended the youth last week when he wouldn't remove a home-made T-shirt reading "Obama a terrorist's best friend." "It's the public school system," Dann Dalton told Fox31 News, "let's be honest, it's full of liberal loons."

‘Super jail’ fiesta a prelude to Colorado’s new federal detention facility?

The for-profit prison firm the GEO Group celebrated the grand opening of its new, 1,500-bed federal detention center in Texas last week with a joyous bash featuring camouflage-clad guards and a mariachi band, providing a possible hint about a similar lockup that the corrections business is planning to open up in the Denver area by 2009.

Affirmative-action defenders slam Jessica Peck Corry

A Colorado campaign to defend affirmative affirmative action programs against a ballot initiative that seeks to destroy them has some harsh words for its opponents. With just six weeks and counting until voters are asked to weigh in on the controversially named Colorado Civil Rights Initiative, the Vote No campaign has dropped its lawsuit against its rivals and opted instead for a concentrated advertising campaign.

‘No on 46’ spells out expected affirmative action cuts

A Colorado ballot initiative, Amendment 46, seeks to destroy affirmative action programs throughout the state. Brought forward by California businessman Ward Connerly, the so-called Colorado Civil Rights Initiative does not specify exactly which programs will disappear should it pass. And until yesterday, opponents of the measure were also loath to identify the programs that might be targeted, citing concerns that Connerly and his team would single out those very programs for demolition.

Measure to end affirmative action goes to voters

A campaign seeking to quash Colorado's anti-affirmative action ballot measure faces an onerous battle in the weeks ahead as the Nov. 4 election nears. The group hopes to convince voters to reject the initiative that will dismantle affirmative action programs if passed. But a series of failed legal challenges have left organizers with little cash as they scramble to put together a cogent counter-campaign.
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