Subject: RE: SCOTUS list
From: "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bauer, Nick" <[email-masked]>, "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>, "Oslund, Joseph" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 12:30:31 -0700

Working on the second guy.

Allison Eid

ALLISON EID WAS APPOINTED TO THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT BY GOVERNOR BILL OWENS IN 2006

2006: Allison Eid Was Appointed To The Colorado Supreme Court By Governor Bill Owens. "Gov. Bill Owens nominated state Solicitor General Allison Eid to replace retiring Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis on the Colorado Supreme Court Wednesday, calling her 'a premier legal scholar with superb real world experience.' 'She will interpret the law as it is written, stand firm on legal principles and carry out her duties in a professional and collegial manner,' Owens said." [Associated Press, 2/15/06<http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/owens-names-solicitor-general-to-supreme-court>]

ALLISON EID PREVIOUSLY CLERKED FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS

Eid Previously Clerked For Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. "Eid, a conservative who was a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, serves as chief legal officer for state Attorney General John Suthers and is on leave from her teaching post at the University of Colorado School of Law." [Associated Press, 2/15/06<http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/owens-names-solicitor-general-to-supreme-court>]

2006: ALLISON EID ABSTAINED ON OVERTURNING DENVER'S BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS BECAUSE SHE ARGUED THE CASE AS COLORADO SOLICITOR GENERAL

Allison Eid Abstained On Overturning Denver's Ban On Assault Weapons And Other Gun Control Regulations Which Resulted In A Tie Vote. "A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling upholding Denver's controversial ban on assault weapons and other guncontrol regulations despite arguments that state law trumps local ordinances. The 3-3 vote, with new Justice Allison Eid abstaining, means Denver may resume enforcing ordinances put on hold after two state laws were enacted in 2003 that pre-empted most local regulation of firearms." [Associated Press, 6/6/06<http://gazette.com/denver-gun-laws-upheld-in-tie-vote/article/10004>]

With Eid Abstaining, Denver Could Resume Enforcing The Local Ordinances On Firearms. "The 3-3 vote, with new Justice Allison Eid abstaining, means Denver may resume enforcing ordinances put on hold after two state laws were enacted in 2003 that pre-empted most local regulation of firearms." [Associated Press, 6/6/06<http://gazette.com/denver-gun-laws-upheld-in-tie-vote/article/10004>]

Eid Abstained Because She Argued The Case As Colorado Solicitor General Just Months Before. "Eid did not vote because she argued the case for the state as solicitor general in December. The Colorado Municipal League, which argued against the bills and filed a 'friend of the court' brief supporting Denver, considered the decision a victory for home rule even though the Supreme Court did not address the issues, Executive Director Sam Mamet said." [Associated Press, 6/6/06<http://gazette.com/denver-gun-laws-upheld-in-tie-vote/article/10004>]

ALLISON EID AND THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT UPHELD A DECISION TO ALLOW DISH NETWORK TO FIRE AN EMPLOYEE WITH A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD WHO FAILED A RANDOM DRUG TEST

The Colorado Supreme Court Upheld A Decision For Dish Network To Fire An Employee With A Medical Marijuana Card Who Failed A Random Drug Test, Sykes Wrote While Medical Marijuana Is "Permitted By State Law...It Is Unlawful Under Federal Law...And Not Protected By The Statute." "Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld a decision for Dish Network to fire an employee with a medical marijuana card who failed a random drug test because, according to Justice Allison H. Eid, while it is 'permitted by state law...it is unlawful under federal law...and not protected by the statute.'" [Addiction Campuses, 7/9/15<http://www.addictioncampuses.com/resources/addiction-campuses-blog/colorado-focuses-on-marijuana/>]

ALLISON EID DISAGREED WITH A RULING BY THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT IN A CASE THAT RULED THAT SCHOOL VOUCHERS WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE TAXPAYER FUNDS WERE BEING USED TO PAY TUITION AT RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS

Eid Disagreed With The Colorado Supreme Court's Ruling That School Vouchers Were Unconstitutional Because Of Taxpayers Possibly Paying For Tuition From Religious Schools. "A few weeks later, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that vouchers were unconstitutional because taxpayer funds were being used to pay tuition at religious schools... Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid disagreed with the denial." [Christianity Today, 7/9/15<http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/july/colorado-school-vouchers-ruled-unconstitutional.html>]

Eid Argued The Court's Majority Overlooked Possible "Anti-Catholic Bigotry" As An Underlying Motive When The State Constitutional Amendment Was Written. "A few weeks later, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that vouchers were unconstitutional because taxpayer funds were being used to pay tuition at religious schools... Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid disagreed with the denial. She reasoned that the court's majority erred by: overlooking possible 'anti-Catholic bigotry' as an underlying motive when the state constitutional amendment was written, making the relevant section 'unenforceable.'" [Christianity Today, 7/9/15<http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/july/colorado-school-vouchers-ruled-unconstitutional.html>]

Eid Argued The Court's Majority Misjudged The "True Private Choice" Exercised By Individual Students In Selecting To Attend Religious Schools. "A few weeks later, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that vouchers were unconstitutional because taxpayer funds were being used to pay tuition at religious schools... Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid disagreed with the denial. She reasoned that the court's majority erred by: misjudging the 'true private choice' exercised by individual students in selecting to attend religious schools." [Christianity Today, 7/9/15<http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/july/colorado-school-vouchers-ruled-unconstitutional.html>]

ALLISON EID DISSENTED IN A DECISION THAT DENIED REVIEW OF A PREVIOUS DECISION BANNING THE USE OF GRUESOME IMAGES OF MUTILATED FETUSES THAT WERE LIKELY TO BE VIEWED BY CHILDREN

Eid Dissented In A Decision To Deny Review And Overturn A Decision From A Lower Court Case Which Barred "Displaying Large Posters Or Similar Displays Depicting Gruesome Images Of Mutilated Fetuses Or Dead Bodies In A Manner Reasonably Likely To Be Viewed By Children Under 12 Years Of Age Attending Worship Services." "On March 4th, Chicago's Thomas More Society petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a Colorado state court decree barring Denver pro-lifers from 'displaying large posters or similar displays depicting gruesome images of mutilated fetuses or dead bodies in a manner reasonably likely to be viewed by children under 12 years of age attending worship services...at plaintiff church.'...Despite recognizing that the 'gruesome images' ban was a content-based restriction on speech, the Colorado's Appellate Court upheld it as 'narrowly tailored' to serve a 'compelling government interest,' namely, 'protecting children from exposure to certain images of aborted fetuses and dead bodies.'  Colorado's Supreme Court denied review, but Chief Justice Michael Bender and Associate Justice Allison Eid dissented." [Thomas More Society, accessed 5/18/16<https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/case/gruesome-abortion-images/>; Free Republic, 5/7/13<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3016588/posts>]

From: Bauer, Nick
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:29 PM
To: Crystal, Andy; Lykins, Tyler; Oslund, Joseph
Subject: SCOTUS list

Let's split it up this way.  Let's start with quick googling to see if we can grab any top lines quickly and then move to Nexis.

Andy
Joan Larsen
Thomas Lee

Joe
Thomas Hardiman
Raymond Kethledge

Tyler
Allison Eid
David Strass