Karen Lee Torre

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Words From The Wisest

Monday, December 1, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I just returned from Washington, D.C., nourished and re-energized by words from the wisest at the annual convention of the Federalist Society. When it comes to speechmaking, my attention span is so short that I am apt to skip a lecture or debate (or bolt half-way through one), and run over to a museum. This time, it was so cold in D.C. that I stayed close to the hotel and listened more.

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Critic Makes Things Up

Monday, November 24, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

In her October 30 letter to the Law Tribune, Hartford immigration lawyer Kristin Hoffman had some wild and crazy things to say about a couple of my prior columns.

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Gays Win One, Lose Many

Monday, November 10, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I start with a preemptive strike against smear merchants -- those who intimidate critics of judges declaring gay marriage a constitutional right by falsely ascribing our views to bigotry. The dishonesty of that tactic is most evident in gays' conspicuous failure to include Barack Obama among the "bigots" and "homophobes" for his publicly stated opposition to gay marriage.

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The Kerrigan Coup D'Etat - Part I

Monday, October 20, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

"At the establishment of our Constitutions, the judiciary bodies were supposed to be the most helpless and harmless members of the government. Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous . . ."

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O.J. Simpson And Bad Karma

Monday, October 13, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

The conviction of O.J. Simpson by a Nevada jury on a laundry list of counts will lead to a sentence that just might, at long last, put this man away and out of our minds for good.

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Justice For Animals (The Good Ones)

Monday, October 6, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I think most people would do anything to help or save a non-human. What a coincidence that I write this column with ice packs on me and crutches to help me amble about. I threw my back out, not thinking (or caring) that it was not fit to lift two huge Labrador Retrievers.

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Time To Confront A Useless CHRO

Monday, September 8, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I know this will not sit well with some colleagues in the employment bar (and certainly not with some state bureaucrats), but I say it is time to eliminate the state's Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO).

• Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

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Tuning In To Festival Of Freaks

Monday, September 1, 2008 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

As I write this, I'm suffering through the Democratic convention. It's a yawn ? same ole populist rants, fake sob stories ("I'll never forget the [always nameless] single mom who told me?), and the resuscitation of Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry, all still competing for most effete failed liberal.

• Immigration Law