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Connecticut Law Tribune

Civil War II(?) and the Preservation of Society

There's no end of commentary on the state of our democracy these days, which is called both perilous and strong, sometimes by the same person in the same sentence.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Incest Inevitably Involves Sexual Grooming: Implications for Attorneys

Disturbing details in a Connecticut case provide insight into the horror faced by victims
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

This is a Teachable Moment, But Pattis Suspension is Unwarranted

The sum of the case is that these highly sensitive records were sent to two lawyers who might not have had to right to see them; one who had applied to represent Jones here but never did, and one who was representing other plaintiffs against Jones.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Alex Jones Verdict is a Welcome One, But Is it Correct?

The case avoided a necessary examination of the nature and scope of permissible public speech in an age when all of us are publishers.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Constitutionally Senile? Connecticut Law and Judicial Tenure

Does it make sense to have an arbitrary time by which judges can only serve in limited capacity?
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Stupid Laws: CT Legislature 'Unintentionally' Guts the Protections of Connecticut's Free Speech Statute

The net outcome of P.A. 22-24, "An Act Protecting Employee Freedom of Speech and Conscience," is a disaster.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Sentencing Day for Judges is a Difficult Balancing Act, and Thankfully There's a Net

When sentencing convicted defendants to what probably seemed like life sentences to younger defendants, the opportunity for redemption factored prominently. The Board of Pardons and Parole helped me to sleep at night.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Recent SCOTUS Decisions Appear Light on Historical Analysis

An inability or unwillingness to do thorough historical analysis may open the nation's highest court to ridicule for being misinformed, or serve as a ruse to allow the court to pick and choose justifications for majority decisions.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Which of Our Constitutional Rights May Be Next on the Chopping Block?

The danger may not be that more individual rights will be overturned, but that there will be more tolerance of things that interfere with or hinder access to those rights.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

If a Bee Can Be a Fish, Can an Elephant Be Human?

The Nonhuman Rights Project has not yet been able to convince courts to extend the protection the law provides animals from paternalistic anti-cruelty statutes and regulations to legal rights protectable by judicial remedy such as habeas corpus.
5 minute read

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