[Wneighbor]

Even more ironic is Connecticut is more commonly known as the *Constitution* State. That’s the joke.

That's the one I've always heard! And it is funny, I didn't make the connection last night :)

[Daffynition]

We’ve drifted about as far away from our state Constitution as we have from the Federal one.

I believe the nick came from the Fundamental Orders which provided the framework for the first formal Connecticut gov’t.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut#Constitutional_history