Publication Date
4-14-2022
Abstract
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged communities across the United States—and Colorado was no exception. The state government acted quickly to respond to this ongoing public health emergency, and those actions were soon subject to a variety of legal challenges. This Article analyzes the Colorado Supreme Court’s decisions resulting from those legal challenges. It argues that the court never sent a clear signal about how much flexibility it would give the government to meet this unprecedented crisis. Still, the court’s opinions suggest that a bare majority of justices are willing to take the existence of this international public health emergency into account in their decision-making.
First Page
295
Recommended Citation
Christopher M. Jackson, COVID-19 Comes to the Colorado Supreme Court, 99 DENV. L. REV. 295 (2022).