Robert Mitchell

October 30, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Renunciation is a necessary prerequisite to having one's position on the larger question of Israeli-Palestinian rights seriously considered.

By Robert Mitchell

3 minute read

February 28, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Over the last few days Connecticut has been subjected to a disreputable effort by some Republicans and so-called conservatives to transplant the vicious, unreasoning politics of Washington, D.C., to Hartford.

By Robert Mitchell

4 minute read

July 27, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, No. 14-915, 2015 WL 407687, portending possible significant revisions in public sector collective bargaining around the country, not excepting Connecticut. If the court accepts the petitioners' arguments, public sector unions will face a potential decrease in funding that could diminish their economic and political power.

By Robert Mitchell

8 minute read

July 27, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in , No. 14-915, 2015 WL 407687, portending possible significant revisions in public sector collective bargaining around the country, not excepting Connecticut. If the court accepts the petitioners' arguments, public sector unions will face a potential decrease in funding that could diminish their economic and political power.

By Robert Mitchell

8 minute read

January 23, 2014 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Everyone is familiar with the famous quote from Shakespeare's "Henry VI": "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." While killing lawyers may not be literally necessary, the first step in destroying liberty and crushing opposition is to take away the right to legal counsel.

By ROBERT MITCHELL

7 minute read

September 01, 2005 | Law.com

By Robert Mitchell and Joshua L. Becker

9 minute read