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Published: 06/11/10

Colorado Judge Mullarkey's Retirement: Her Choice, or Was She Nudged?

By  Sandra Fish - Politics Daily
Colorado Judge Mullarkey's Retirement: Her Choice, or Was She Nudged?

The announcement of Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey that she'll retire from the Colorado Supreme Court at the end of November is setting off a storm of speculation about whether she jumped or was pushed. Mullarkey's exit comes amid a campaign to oust her and three other Supreme Court justices this November by Clear the Bench Colorado, a group that calls the four jurists liberal activists. The seven judges on the Colorado Supreme Court face retention votes every 10 years, a method considered by experts such as former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to be superior to outright ...

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