The Editorial Board

January 05, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The collective wishes from the editorial board of the Connecticut Law Tribune for all our readers in 2018.

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December 01, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Abandonment of the political wisdom underlying the separation of powers should give us pause.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

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October 12, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A month ago, President Donald Trump declared he is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program, instituted by President Barack…

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August 04, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Last spring when the president and vice president met with members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative male lawmakers, to determine the fate of maternity coverage in health care plans, as photos made abundantly clear, women were not at the table.

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July 28, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Swatting" has a new meaning, which made its way into the Oxford Dictionaries a few years ago: "The action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address."

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July 27, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

By obstructing access to funding for anyone living in a "redlined" area, choices for health care, education, retail, banking and groceries are severely limited, stifling the livelihoods and pursuits of an entire group of people.

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July 27, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

An unfortunate kerfuffle has risen between those wanting to preserve prime agricultural land — some of it lying fallow in Connecticut's moribund farming economy — and another constituency also on the green side of things seeking more renewable energy through photovoltaics.

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5 minute read

July 22, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Substitute House Bill 6880 is the product of raw politics and communities that are willing to lobby heavily to keep out people of even modest means and instead allow only expensive homes that pay more in taxes.

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7 minute read

July 21, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Fifty years ago on May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark decision of In Re: Gault. Connecticut's commitment to juvenile justice has given us hope that the legacy of Gault will continue to be honored for another 50 years.

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July 14, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Our judges are underpaid in terms of their peers across the country. The General Assembly voted these raises four years ago. It is right that the promise should be kept, and the judicial unions should support it.

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