Re: Aug. 4 editorial.
I find it odd that The Denver Post, a newspaper focused on Colorado that is dedicated to serving Coloradans, would call it a “promotion” to move from the highest and most powerful court in the state court system to an intermediate federal appeals court.
The Colorado Supreme Court has a more direct and extensive impact on Coloradans and Colorado government than does the 10th Circuit, as the vast majority of Colorado Supreme Court decisions are the final word on many issues of Colorado state law.
Although a new job with the federal courts may provide Allison Eid a longer tenure, higher pay, and a more “prestigious” position in the eyes of the legal academy, it strikes me as odd that The Post would imply that the highest court in the state system is lesser than a federal counterpart by calling this a “promotion” and cheering on her confirmation.
I would think that if The Post believed in the strengths of Eid’s qualifications, it would instead lament her departure from the Colorado Supreme Court.
DzܴDZ, Denver
Indeed Allison Eid should be confirmed ASAP. But I’m a bit concerned by your choice of words: “McConnell’s shameful decision to block … Obama’s Supreme Court appointment” and “stolen posts”?
The editorial board of this newspaper seems blissfully unaware that in 1992, then-Senate Judiciary chairman Joe Biden articulated the rule that judicial nominees in an election year should not be considered.
Democrats deliberately stalled dozens of George H.W. Bush’s nominees in anticipation of Bill Clinton’s election. I’m not defending either party, and it’s high time such nonsense stopped. But these tactics are not new with the current crop of Republicans — they learned from the Democrats.
龱ٲ, Denver
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