Tag:ACLU

Mark Silverstein of ACLU Colorado Reflects on a Legal Career Defending Civil Liberties

Longtime ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein will retire after a career of bringing hard-hitting civil liberties cases.

Longtime ACLU Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein to Retire

After 26 years as the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado’s legal director, Mark Silverstein announced plans to retire.

10th Circuit Affirms Terrorism Convictions Despite Challenges Over Surveillance, Trial Delays

The 10th Circuit upheld a Colorado man's terrorism convictions, rejecting his argument that the government unconstitutionally spied on him.

Face Value

Facial recognition technology has proliferated over the past decade, and so have its critics. In the past year, eight cities have voted to take...

Employers Wait for SCOTUS Title VII Ruling on Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation

When Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, LGBTQ rights probably weren’t a flicker in lawmakers’ minds. The Stonewall uprisings wouldn’t happen for...

A Shot in the Dark

Alvin Green’s friends in prison were giving him grief. He had submitted a petition to have his sentence commuted by the president and was...

Colorado Supreme Court Interprets Jury Tampering Law

In a case over jury tampering charges, the Colorado Supreme Court split the baby between the competing legal interpretations proposed by each side. In one...

DU Expands Crimmigration Work

With a new gift, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will expand its clinical work in crimmigration.  The school on Tuesday announced that...