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Editorial Advisory Board: The professionalism of Rod Rosenstein
President Donald Trump’s flacks are out in force to criticize U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. But we have yet to hear a single complaint that sets forth facts that […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Time to rethink judicial discipline
On March 22, the Court of Appeals dismissed judicial disciplinary proceedings against Howard County District Judge Mary C. Reese. (The court’s reasons are to be stated in an opinion to […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The hurt dance
We call upon the legislature and the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to recommend enhanced sentencing guidelines for white-collar crimes committed by public officials acting within the scope of their duties.
Editorial Advisory Board: The Baltoona Flash is on track
The billions in infrastructure money coming from Washington will be a boon to cities like Baltimore and, in our case, the improvement of Penn Station will be high on the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Md. still needs a business and technology court
In June, we wrote about the problems with the state’s Business and Technology Track Courts. The headline said it was “time to get serious.” Perhaps we should have said, “Is anyone listening?”
EAB: A competitive medical marijuana market is an affordable one
House Bill 2 was touted as a bill to ensure access to affordable, safe medical cannabis products, while providing an opportunity for minority and female entrepreneurs to compete for grower […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Time to reform solitary confinement
There’s an effort for reform of solitary confinement ( also known as “restrictive housing” or “administrative segregation”) in Maryland jails and prisons in the General Assembly. Senate Bill 539 (cross-filed […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Time for change at BPD
The Baltimore Police Department is in a time of crisis. Ineptitude and corruption exist at many levels in the department. It is time for systemic change. Crime has soared since […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Guns and the dangerously troubled
From the misery that follows school shootings, the latest one in Florida, rise clamors that something should have been done to stop the killing before it began. Often there are […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Maryland should not be the Fleeced State
Perhaps Richard P. Feynman, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and celebrated author and wit, said it best: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest […]
Waiving estate fees for low-income homeowners
Maryland’s probate procedure is likely uncharted territory for most of us. For low-income people with little knowledge of the legal requirements for transfer of inherited real property, the process of […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The right to counsel in housing cases
Baltimore struggles with appalling levels of crime and poverty, huge problems requiring multi-pronged solutions, through both civil and criminal law. Because wrongful eviction can cascade into other social ills – […]
