Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

March 18, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Pending before the General Assembly is a bill, Raised H.B. No. 5242, An Act Concerning The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records on Housing Opportunities,…

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March 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The practical effects of the current law are to delay compensation for the majority of exonerees. To the extent language in the statute was intended to reduce the liability of municipalities or local police officers, in practice it is having the opposite effect.

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March 07, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Simply put, there is no good argument for a contract clause that entitles a prevailing plaintiff to their fees but not a prevailing defendant to theirs.

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February 28, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Our test should make sense to both liberals and conservatives no matter who is running the executive branch, even if they are unhappy about the result in a specific case.

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February 21, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Expanding Medicaid coverage to older brothers and sisters is not only the right thing to do, but it would be an economically sound decision.

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February 20, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

While the number of extensions a judge has received per year, or since appointment, can be gleaned from an exhaustive review of the docket, those tallies are not maintained by the judicial branch.

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February 20, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The court will soon have to decide whether former President Trump has engaged in crimes sufficient to disqualify him from running for federal office.

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February 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Under current law, foreign oligarchs are capable of impacting state and local referenda in the United States.

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February 13, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We agree that clear, readable text matters in slip opinions.

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February 05, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Discernment is missing from our national conversation on immigration.

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