Colorado Politics: Colorado lawmakers in 2019 created a mechanism to quickly dispose of lawsuits over conduct that implicates a person’s First Amendment rights, specifically the rights to free speech and to petition the government.

Known as the “anti-SLAPP” law, which stands for “strategic lawsuits against public participation,” the legislature provided that when a judge rules on a motion to dismiss, any appeal goes to the Court of Appeals.

But there is a problem with that procedure. The Colorado Constitution does not allow a direct path to the Court of Appeals in every instance.

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