Federal Government

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    The Importance of Dissent

    By EDITORIAL BOARD | September 22, 2017

    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.

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    Fatal Shooting of Law Student by Cop Warrants Federal Inquiry, Say Profs and Classmates

    By KAREN SLOAN | September 19, 2017

    Classmates of an LL.M. student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law who was fatally shot by a police officer are calling for a federal inquiry into his death.

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    Brief for Lieberman Skewers PACER Overcharges

    By Robert Storace | September 7, 2017

    Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman--the prime sponsor of the E-Government Act of 2002 -- filed an amicus brief supporting a summary judgment motion against the U.S. Department of Justice over fees it charges to access electronic court records.

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    Connecticut Joins DACA Lawsuit

    By Michael Marciano, Josefa Velasquez and B. Colby Hamilton | September 7, 2017

    Attorney General George Jepsen announced Wednesday that Connecticut is joining 14 other states and the District of Columbia in suing to invalidate President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to prohibit information gathered through the program to be used for immigration enforcement.

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    Illegal Immigrants, by Definition, Are Not Law-Abiding US Citizens

    By CHRIS POWELL | August 18, 2017

    Both sides in the immigration controversy are destroying the law in their own way.

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    2nd Circuit Temporarily Stays Deportation of Father

    By MICHAEL BOOTH | August 17, 2017

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday awarded an 11th-hour deportation reprieve to a Guatemalan native and married father of two young children living in Connecticut, who was less two hours from being deported.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump Lawyer John Dowd Forwards Email Equating Confederate Leader With George Washington

    By David Bario | August 16, 2017

    After President Donald Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of the violent clashes in Charlottesville, one of his top lawyers circulated an email equating Confederate general Robert E. Lee with George Washington and saying Black Lives Matter had been “totally infiltrated” by terrorists, The New York Times reported.

  • The American Lawyer

    Big Law Responds to Trump's Charlottesville Protest Remarks

    By Meghan Tribe | August 15, 2017

    In the days following the violent clashes between rival groups of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, that killed a 32-year-old legal assistant, some corporate executives have openly criticized President Donald Trump for his delay in condemning white supremacists. Some Big Law leaders have reacted to the president's response.

  • Connecticut Law Tribune

    Who's Bringing Women's Health to the Table?

    By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | August 4, 2017

    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.

  • New York Law Journal

    Lawyer in Seth Rich Suit Insists Politics Played No Part in Fox, Trump Claims

    By Miriam Rozen | August 2, 2017

    New York lawyer Douglas Wigdor, a backer of President Donald Trump in last year's election, said Wednesday he didn't let politics affect his decision to file a headline-grabbing lawsuit this week on behalf of Fox News commentator and private investigator Rod Wheeler.

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