Barrett’s dissent in a Wisconsin gun case is under assault by gun control advocates.
First Amendment
CT schools defend policies as Trump threatens funding over free speech
The Trump administration did not say what would prompt a school to lose its funding under the new “free speech” policy.
CT vaccination issue: Should public health trump religious beliefs?
Advocates call it a reasonable and necessary tightening of a law that is the most important public health achievement of the 20th Century. Opponents call it a bullying tactic and infringement of their Constitutional rights. In any event, by a margin of 86 to 56, the Connecticut House has approved and sent to the state senate a bill that would require parents to attest annually if they are, for religious reasons, declining to vaccinate their children who attend public school. Testimony on HB 6949 at a public hearing earlier this year, both for and against, was spirited and passionate. Here, in excerpt form, are some of the public comments.