Two Colorado cases head toward the U.S. Supreme Court: Tina Peters appeal and a Catholic funding dispute

Attorney Peter Ticktin said he is preparing to take Tina Peters' case to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping to overturn her criminal convictions, which Colorado courts have upheld. Ticktin made the statement to FOX31. The convictions stem from a 2021 breach of Mesa County's election equipment. Separately, a Colorado case involving the First Amendment rights of Catholics is before the Supreme Court. It has been described as an example of how reliance on taxpayer funding can lead to religious discrimination. The available material gives no filing or hearing dates, no names of the parties in the Catholic case, and no timeline for the Peters appeal.

Right-leaning coverage, represented by National Review, does not address the Peters matter. Its headline and summary focus on a Colorado case in which Catholics' First Amendment rights are before the Supreme Court. It frames the case as a lesson about religious discrimination that can follow when groups depend on taxpayer funding. The excerpt names no individuals and quotes no sources. Alternative/independent coverage, represented by The Hill, instead leads with Ticktin's remarks to FOX31 and the planned Supreme Court bid over Peters' convictions. It stresses the 2021 election-equipment breach in Mesa County. The two sides do not overlap on a single event. They share only a Colorado setting and a Supreme Court connection. Left-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. Those outlets are focused on a possible Supreme Court appeal by Peters and on a religious-liberty case involving Catholics.