Mario Nicolais

抖阴ap: Trump 鈥渆ngaged in insurrection or rebellion,鈥� let us prove it in a Colorado court

September 6, 2023 at 5:40 p.m.

Donald Trump disqualified himself to be a candidate for president in 2024 under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment by engaging in an insurrection against the constitutional transfer of power...

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips

Nicolais: Jack and the Masterpiece Cakeshop, take two

September 11, 2018 at 11:09 a.m.

While many Coloradans already find themselves finished with this fight, they better prepare for another five years of legal arguments. Let抖阴ap hope this time we get some clear answers.

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to ...

Nicolais: President Trump surrounded by “all the best people”

August 27, 2018 at 12:02 p.m.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump promised to surround himself by 鈥渢he best people.鈥� To his own chagrin, it appears President Trump kept that promise -- it's just...

Pope Francis speaks as he leads a Pentecost vigil mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 18, 2013.

Nicolais: In pardoning, we are pardoned

August 10, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

I spent most of my life ambivalent about the death penalty. It makes me an oddity in the legal and political worlds I have worked in for the past two...

Colorado republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton, ...

Nicolais: The New York Times kneecaps Walker Stapleton

July 27, 2018 at 1:39 p.m.

The hit piece The New York Times ran on Colorado candidate for governor Walker Stapleton earlier this week seemed almost Trumpian.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh shakes hands with President Donald Trump after being nominated to the Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Nicolais: Will Democrats fall for Trump鈥檚 Kavanaugh trap?

July 13, 2018 at 1:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump鈥檚 pick is in and the Democrats鈥� battle has begun. Too bad they are a half century behind conservatives.

Senate President Kevin Grantham shakes hands ...

Nicolais: U.S. Supreme Court cases leave it to states to stop gerrymandering

June 29, 2018 at 12:10 p.m.

Thanks to prescient action by the state legislature earlier this year, Coloradans will get that opportunity in November to deal with the problem of gerrymandering.

An initiative that failed to make the Denver ballot in November 2017 sought to spend city money 鈥� as much as $8 million every four-year election cycle 鈥� to publicly fund political campaigns.

Nicolais: Federal court throws Colorado campaign finance system for a loop

June 15, 2018 at 12:03 p.m.

Just as primary campaigns wrap up and the general election homestretch begins, the District of Colorado federal court threw the state political class for a major loop. By ruling the...

Special counsel Robert Mueller, left, and President Donald Trump.

Nicolais: Republicans in Congress are courting a constitutional crisis

June 1, 2018 at 12:15 p.m.

Preemptive measures in the form of bills protecting Mueller鈥檚 investigation through its conclusion have already been proposed. Republican leadership just needs to find courage.

Columnist Mario Nicolais and Rudy Giuliani at the Giuliani's presidential campaign headquarters in Manhattan in 2007.

Nicolais: A Tale of Two Lawyers

May 21, 2018 at 12:38 p.m.

During the winter of 2006, Ted Olson helped me land a job with Rudy Giuliani鈥檚 fledgling presidential campaign. Friends for decades, a good word from the legal titan Olson all...

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