I fully endorse the opinion piece of Steven Delco regarding recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Opinion: “We in CT Must Understand Impact U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Have On US”, 1/1/25) I was pleasantly surprised to see that Mr. Delco was not an attorney. Because decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court affect all of us — and need to be understood by all of us — not only by attorneys.
Yes, there may arcane principles of constitutional law and cases cited as precedent that are not known to the general public. But belief in the integrity of the court is vital to our Democratic processes. I was a law student in the 1970s and read many opinions of the Warren Court. My favorite justices, William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, must be rolling over in their graves at the recent decisions of the court. Whether by increasing the number of justices, or imposing term limits, we need to restore balance on the court and reverse the unhealthy ideological trend of the past decade.
John Montalbano, of Middletown is a former judicial law clerk for the trial and the appellate sessions of the Superior Court, and has practiced trial law for the past 45 years.
