Editorial Board

October 05, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We commend Connecticut's Attorney General George Jepsen for swiftly joining a lawsuit to help Dreamers.

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October 05, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years. Each time there is a mass killing by gunmen in civilian settings,…

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October 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Political gerrymandering, the practice by which a controlling party draws election district lines primarily for the partisan purpose of enhancing its prospects…

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September 29, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The insidious redistricting practices employed during the 2010 redistricting cycle, combined with the advent of methodologies to measure the effect of partisanship on redistricting decisions, should give the court the judicial will to come together on a standard. All eyes will be on Justice Kennedy.

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September 27, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Most of Connecticut is a great place to live and raise children.

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September 26, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Although our governments no longer demand segregation, housing assistance continues to confine low-income people of color to the low opportunity areas of Connecticut.

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September 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

It was humbling to be confronted by the realization that the sophisticated body of law we worked so hard in law school to master, which we were taught was designed to keep social order, was no match for the hysteria of the masses.

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September 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

We agree with those who say that the Waterfront Commission remains a necessary component of crime control in the port district of New York and New Jersey. It continues to play a vital role in the fight against corruption and the regulation of hiring practices in the port.

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September 22, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Not long ago, there was a widely televised meeting of all President Trump's cabinet ministers and the highest-ranking staff of the White House. One by one they each heaped lavish praise and adulation on him as if he were some sort of "Supreme Leader." Some went so far as to express profound gratitude for the "blessings" associated with serving him. While an attitude of sheepish subservience might be expected in dictatorial regimes such as North Korea, it was disturbing at best to watch it on display within the upper echelons of the leadership in this country. Perhaps most troublesome is the total lack of regard for the importance of dissent.

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September 15, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Passing on poor professional values and practices from generation to generation will not grow our profession. Make new lawyers proud that they are professionals, and not simply ordinary marketplace merchants.

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