U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TED TAUPIER CASE!

According to Michelle Tuccitto Sullo of "The CT Law Tribune":

"A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the justices threw out a man's conviction for making threatening comments about his wife on Facebook is already having an impact in Connecticut.

Closing arguments in the trial of a man accused of threatening a family court judge via email had been scheduled for June 2. However, in light of the June 1 ruling in Elonis v. United States, Middletown Superior Court Judge David Gold granted a continuance in the Connecticut case to June 23. Torrington attorney Rachel Baird, who represents Edward Taupier, of Cromwell, said the continuance will give her an opportunity to file a brief on how the national ruling impacts her client's case. Taupier, 50, faces charges of threatening, disorderly conduct and breach of peace in connection with comments he allegedly made in an August 2014 email about Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto, the state's chief administrative judge for family matters.

"It is my position that the Elonis case will have a tremendous impact on Taupier's case," Baird said. The high court ruling states that "there must be a showing that a person intentionally made a statement to threaten, not that they made a statement and a person felt threatened."

"Otherwise, people will have to be very careful about what they say, because someone might take it the wrong way," Baird said.

Baird said her brief will cover the issue of what the prosecution must prove about her clients mental state in order to convict him of threatening. She said the prosecution must show that Taupier intended to threaten the judge and wasn't just being reckless with his words..."

Read more: 

http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202728420037/Man-Accused-of-Threatening-Conn-Judge-Cites-New-Supreme-Court-Ruling-in-Defense#ixzz3cRitFw1v

ADOPTION OF REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT CODE OF EVIDENCE!

For information on the 2015 revisions to the Connecticut Code of Evidence published in "The Connecticut Law Journal", please click on the link below:

http://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/PracticeBook/Code_Evidence_060215.pdf

Commentary on these changes is available also in The CT Law Tribune.  See the link below:

http://www.ctlawtribune.com/top-stories/id=1202728702473/Conn-Evidence-Rules-Updated-To-Include-Texts-Computer-Files-and-Other-Digital-Data?mcode=1202615402746&curindex=2

HARTFORD COURANT CONDUCTS PANEL ON LIVABILITY IN CONNECTICUT!

According to "The Hartford Courant",

"EAST HARTFORD [May 12, 2015] — Although Connecticut has room for improvement, it's rich in culture, thick with intellectual capital and offers tremendous opportunity for residents and businesses alike, panelists said at a Key Issues Forum at Goodwin College Tuesday night.

"There are some issues. There are some budget woes, income inequality … and things to be changed, but I love living here and it's the place I want to be," said Alissa DeJonge, a panelist and vice president of research at the Connecticut Economic Resource Center..."

For more on this topic, please click on the link below:

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-key-issues-forum-connecticut-2015-20150512-story.html

WALLY LAMB: KID'S VIEW OF WHY WE LIVE IN CONNECTICUT!

SALON WRITER BROOKE ARNOLD TALKS ABOUT OPPRESSION OF WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN CHURCH; IT'S A STANDARD PRACTICE!

Brooke Arnold of "Salon" writes as follows:

"I think if I had known the amount of attention and the intensity of response that my last article for Salon, “I could’ve been a Duggar wife: I grew up in the same church, and the abuse scandal doesn’t shock me,” was going to receive, I would not have had the courage to press “send” on the pitch. I assumed that it would be just one more article; one more pebble thrown into the giant ocean of online media. I didn’t imagine that it would cause anything more than a very short-lived ripple. I was very wrong.

Since the article was published, I have received thousands of messages from people who have said: “I thought I was the only one.”

Many of those messages came from people like me who grew up in and around ATI, a fundamentalist Christian organization— some even from people that I had grown up with and not spoken to in a very long time. Sadly, many of those messages also included stories of horrors that far exceeded anything that I experienced..."

For more on this topic, please click on the link below:

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/04/the_duggar_wives_of_the_world_have_spoken_i_thought_i_was_the_only_one/

NBC CT REPORTING: FATHER OF TWO EAST HAVEN CHILDREN FOUND DEAD SPEAKS OUT!

NBC CT reports as follows:


"The father of two children found dead in an East Haven, Connecticut, home on Tuesday afternoon spoke out for the first time publicly Thursday about the tragedy.

Michael Moore, of Bridgeport, said that whenever his children, Aleisha, 6, and Daaron, 8, were with him they were smiling..."


For more information on this topic, please click on the link below:

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Father-of-Children-Found-Dead-in-East-Haven-Speaks-Out-306181021.html?_osource=outbrain_recirc=obinsite

News 8 reports mother had previously committed domestic violence against the father.  See the link below:

http://wtnh.com/2015/06/03/mother-of-east-haven-children-found-dead-has-criminal-past/

HUFF POST REPORTS ON MAJOR WAGE GAP BETWEEN MOTHERS AND FATHERS!

The wage gap between men and women in the U.S. has been the subject of many articles and speeches of late. Less frequently discussed is the difference in pay for mothers and fathers. 

Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the National Women’s Law Center put together this map, which breaks down the wage gap from state to state.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/05/wage-gap-moms_n_7516152.html?ir=Politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016