A move is on to have Connecticut judges adopt ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) which would make harassing or discriminatory behavior an ethics violation. It’s probably long overdue, but those proposing it had better be very cautious, as the line between permissible and prohibited government regulation of speech is as thin as spider’s silk.

The present iteration of the ABA model rule adds the following to rule 8.4, though in Connecticut’s numbering it would be subsection (6) instead of (g):

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