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Colorado Forces Lawyers To Swear They Won’t Help Feds Nab Illegals

Colorado Forces Lawyers To Swear They Won’t Help Feds Nab Illegals

Lawyers in the Mile High State are now being strong-armed by Democrats into signing a radical anti-immigration-enforcement pledge just to do their jobs. Starting March 30, 2026, every private attorney logging into Colorado’s official Courts E-Filing system (CCE) must certify – under penalty of perjury – that they will never use or share non-public personal information from court records to assist federal immigration authorities. Refuse? You’re shut out of the system entirely. No filing lawsuits, no checking case files, no representing clients in state court. Period. The certification reads in part: “I certify under penalty of perjury that I will not use personal identifying information obtained from the database… for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, including enforcement of civil immigration laws and 8 U.S.C. sec. 1325 or 1326, unless required by federal or state law or to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order.” Colorado is now requiring lawyers in the State, as a condition of logging into its court e-filing system, to promise not to …

Moss helped nab notorious grave-robbers

Moss helped nab notorious grave-robbers

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It may always be beneath our feet, but moss has intertwined with human history for thousands of years. Indigenous cultures often harvested the plants for bedding material and structural insulation. Europe’s oldest natural mummy, Ötzi the Iceman, died with moss packed into his boots for warmth. Meanwhile, scotch whisky wouldn’t even exist without the decaying power of peat—a terrifying thought, if there ever was one. More recently, botanists have begun to stress one of the plant’s most underutilized uses: its ability to solve crimes. Take the case laid out in a study published today in the journal Forensic Sciences Research. According to botanists at the Field Museum in Chicago, moss helped close a 17-year-old grave robbing case that rocked the town of Alsip, Illinois. In 2009, employees Burr Oak Cemetery employees were accused of digging up old graves, emptying their remains in various locations around the grounds, then reselling the burial plots to newly grieving families. National attention quickly …