Bring transparency back to Colorado courtrooms

By: Quentin Young

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 768

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Colorado law says state criminal courts must offer livestreams of their proceedings, but the state’s top judge has little use for that mandate.

Citing abuse of the livestream feature, Monica Márquez, the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, last week ordered a 90-day pause on the requirement that courts livestream their proceedings. It was a sweeping, unilateral elimination of transparency, which was especially alarming given that the activities at …

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