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¦ From HARTFORD on PAGE 15 the system. The system should
former state’s attorney for the Judi- critically self-evaluate on a timely
cial District of Stamford/Norwalk. basis.”
Several experts said the current Hardy, whose term expires Bill Dunlap, a professor of law
at the end of this month,
national climate of rallies and pro- at Quinnipiac University School
tests almost daily since the May will appear before the of Law echoed Dubois’ comments,
25 killing of unarmed black man state’s Criminal Justice and said the unpaid suspension “is

George Floyd at the hands of po- Commission June 26 for a a way the public does not lose faith
lice could have been a factor in the reappointment hearing. in the criminal justice system.”

commission’s decision. “It could have been easier to
“You have to consider the just let her term run out later this
context. There is a national re- month, but instead they suspend-
evaluation of police and prosecutorial conduct,” ed her,” Dunlap. “The caveat there, I think, is they
said Mark Dubois, the state’s first chief disciplinary wanted to make a point that police-involved shoot-
counsel who now practices with Geragthy & Bon- ings are very serious and need to be dealt with.”
nano in New London. Dunlap said the timing of the suspension in the
The Minneapolis incident in which Floyd was wake of massive protests on police brutality and
killed is the latest of several. reform the past three weeks in this country and
“The Black Lives Matter movement has been globally “could very well be related to Minneapolis,
pushing for years for police reform,” Dubois said. but it could also be coincidental.”
“I don’t think the Criminal Justice Commission ¦

was saying that attorney Hardy should have found Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
one way or the other in her reports, but justice analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
delayed is justice denied. She was late in her find- him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
ings, which doesn’t promote police confidence in 203-437-5950.

After Landmark LGBT Rights Ruling,
Unresolved Questions Await Supreme Court

By Marcia Coyle
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic deci- Philadelphia. That dispute centers on the city’s anti-
sion barring employers from firing workers discrimination rules regarding foster care services.
based on their sexual orientation or gender The two disputes, and others, including one where
identity, a series of cases pending before the justices a court clerk refused to grant a marriage certificate
asks them again to confront discrimination against for a same-sex couple, raise questions involving the
LGBT individuals. intersection of religion and anti-discrimination
On Monday, the justices formally requested the laws, an issue left unresolved by the justices’ deci-
views of the U.S. solicitor general in a case brought by sion in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, and their
Texas against what it calls California’s “blacklisting” application of Title VII’s anti-discrimination bar to
of states with certain laws allowing discrimination protect gay, lesbian and transsexual workers.
against LGBT persons. The court also has set oral “If the question in the workplace discrimination
arguments for next term in the case Fulton v. City of cases brought by Aimee Stephens, Donald Zarda,

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