Connecticut Editorial Board

April 12, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

For decades, applicants to the Connecticut bar were required to answer questions about and provide documentation regarding mental health diagnosis as well as drug and alcohol use.

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March 29, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Universal background checks are overwhelming supported by Americans and they pose no threat to the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

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March 22, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

If Trump's congressional adversaries cannot collect the votes necessary to override his emergency declaration, his decision should stand as an expression of the popular will.

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March 15, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Whatever purpose may have been served by return days in earlier times, they are not adapted to today's times. They should be given a decent burial.

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March 08, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's legal process for protecting victims of domestic violence has evolved to a point where one particular aspect of that process impermissibly violates the constitutional rights of the alleged offender.

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February 28, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Given the inherent differences between juveniles and adults and the differences between an adjudication of delinquency and a criminal conviction, basic fairness dictates that there should be an additional warning when juvenile suspects are interrogated.

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February 22, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut needs to take a hard look at developing a statewide statutory and regulatory scheme that appropriately enables short-term rentals while protecting the interests of all the stakeholders.

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February 08, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Before the Legislature embraces Gov. Ned Lamont's invitation to legalize marijuana, we hope it does its homework to assess if indeed marijuana has both short- and long-term effects on the body and the brain.

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February 01, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Our new governor, Edward Miner “Ned” Lamont Jr., inherits a challenging financial environment. Years of governmental mismanagement, failure to…

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January 25, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

It is time for Congress to consider its role in our tripartite government and recognize what it has given away.

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