Justice Sullivan Quashes Subpoena, Impeachment Hearings Possible

The Hartford Courant has a "must read" article on the current situation plaguing our high court. As I predicted in my April 26 post (see below), a Connecticut judge cannot be subpoenaed to testify before a legislative committee short of an impeachment proceeding. Having lost that battle, it appears highly likely that the senate judiciary committee, lead by Sen. Andrew McDonald (D-Stamford) and Rep. Michael Lawlor (D-East Haven) will proceed with impeachment hearings. Should the senate judiciary committee proceed with such hearings, its confirmation of controversial sitting judges in the past should definitely come under scrutiny. In the next few days I will try and post some articles concerning the extremely low standard for confirmation set to date by the judiciary committee. Stay tuned....

Chief Justice Sullivan Served with Subpoena

The Hartford Courant is reporting that former Chief Justice Sullivan was today subpoenaed to testify before the senate judiciary committee. Stay tuned for more details on this, as it's clearly a developing story.....

Kevin Rennie: "State's Top Prosecutor Stepped on Wrong Toes"

Today's Hartford Courant has a very interesting piece written by Kevin Rennie on the upcoming battle to be Connecticut's Chief State's Attorney. I think the logical point to be learned from the piece is that there's an inherent problem in selecting your chief law enforcement officer by committee, versus statewide election. To those who feel selections of this sort remove politics from the equation, the piece makes it clear that this is not so! An interesting read, for sure.

Battle for Top Prosecutor Post

Today the Hartford Courant has a very interesting article on the applicants for the post of Chief State's Attorney. One of the more interesting comments comes from applicant John Connelly, currently Waterbury state's attorney, who takes a shot at current chief state's attorney Chris Morano. It's also interesting to note that the two state's attorneys applying for the job (the other is New London State's Attorney Kevin Kane) have strong records on effectuating the death penalty, although that is not mentioned in the article.