By Chris Powell Even the most firmly established constitutional rights often seem to be hanging on by a thread. That may be the lesson of the case of William Maisano of Guilford, a retired police officer and former school board candidate who, according to Connecticut’s Hearst newspapers and the Yankee Institute’s journalism project, Connecticut Inside Investigator, could beContinue reading “If free speech is criminal, there really will be ‘hell to pay’”
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Despite fawning lawyers, courts can be corrupt
By Chris Powell According to the Connecticut Bar Association, criticism of the courts has gone too far, particularly criticism of the New York State court that convicted former President Donald J. Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. In a letter sent this month to the association’s members, its top three officers, includingContinue reading “Despite fawning lawyers, courts can be corrupt”
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