Boulder Daily Camera: Boulder political activist Eric Budd has petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to review a defamation lawsuit that former city council candidate Steven Rosenblum filed against Budd and other organizers.

The petition frames the case against Budd as a threat to his First Amendment rights of free speech. It also challenges the Colorado Court of Appeals’ finding that some of the claims against Budd might succeed in trial and that key questions of the case, such as whether Rosenblum had sufficient evidence supporting defamation or whether Budd’s First Amendment privilege could be supported by the facts, should be left to a jury to decide.

Rosenblum, who ran unsuccessfully for Boulder City Council in the fall of 2021, originally filed his lawsuit in Boulder District Court two years ago, claiming that Budd and several other local political organizers had colluded to defame him during his campaign.

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