Court Cases

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief arguing that Colorado’s Sexually Violent Predator designation is punishment.

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief with Spero Justice and Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel arguing that Colorado’s habitual sentencing scheme is unconstitutional.

The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit to halt the illegal deportation of J.P.P., a Venezuelan asylum seeker, to El Salvador.

The ACLU of Colorado and the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project joined a lawsuit challenging Colorado Springs’ unusual election timing, which violates many of its minority citizens’ rights.

In 2019, the Colorado Supreme Court changed how lengthy sentences are reviewed for proportionality. Now, the Court will decide whether people who were sentenced before 2019 can benefit from those changes.

We argue that the First Amendment does not allow Masterpiece Cakeshop to refuse selling a cake to a transgender woman who is celebrating her identity.

We filed an amicus brief calling for an end to mandatory life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder.

The ACLU of Colorado filed amicus briefs in two jury selection cases, arguing that prosecutors cannot exclude people of color from juries based on their experiences of racial injustice with police.

In a victory for voting rights, a federal district court sided with two civic engagement organizations that challenged the Kansas law, concluding that it violated the First Amendment. When the state appealed that decision to the Tenth Circuit, the ACLU—joined by our affiliate in Colorado and other affiliates from around the country —filed an amicus brief to emphasize the force of the First Amendment protections afforded to the political speech at issue in this case.