Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

January 20, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

English speakers have been proposing alternatives to "he," "she," and the singular "they" for at least 250 years.

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January 19, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Posthumous pardons such as the one issued by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to Homer Plessy allow society to learn from past wrongs

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January 19, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Modeling legislation on internet laws enacted in the European Union, Argentina and the Phillipines would be a step in the right direction

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December 22, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We should all consider our own biases in all our interactions, including how we select our jurors for cases and how we engage with opposing counsel or the court during trials.

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December 15, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The cap on state and local tax deductions, which disproportionately impacted 'blue' states as it funded a regressive tax overhaul, has hit Connecticut especially hard

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December 01, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Parentage Act provides streamlined pathways to establishing legal recognition of parents in multiple situations for all children, including those with unmarried, same-sex or non-biological parents.

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November 24, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the wake of federal inaction, it is now the duty of individual states to protect local democracy.

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November 23, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Why not use footnotes for what they were traditionally used for: to give a citation for the assertion in the text?

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November 22, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

If the courts persist in subjugating the rights of term-contract employees, we urge the Legislature to step in to clearly prohibit all forms of retaliation against protected constitutional rights—not just those that the courts find rise to the level of a "discipline or discharge."

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November 18, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

It was very encouraging that the Justice Department presented the Bannon contempt case to a grand jury, which returned a two-count indictment on November 12

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