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Editorial Advisory Board: End judgement debtor body attachments
Although body attachments are identified with the Dickensian concept of debtors’ prisons, the process to obtain them is still legal. In Maryland, creditors can use the body attachment process to […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Judicial appointments, off the menu
A judicial vacancy was created earlier this year when Washington County Circuit Judge Kenneth Long Jr. reached the mandatory retirement age. Gov. Larry Hogan recently appointed Del. Brett Wilson, R-Washington, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Raymond Chandler vs. the Rules of Professional Conduct
David Boies has had an illustrious legal career, representing, unsuccessfully, Al Gore before the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore and, on the winning side in the high court, the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: No longer sheep ready to be sheared
Baltimore is a very dangerous city. Mayor Catherine Pugh recently said homicides and violent crimes against people are out of control. There is no sense blaming the police, the Judiciary, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: In Suiter case, why not an independent investigation?
Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter has just been laid to rest after being shot in the head by his own service weapon. The vicious killing of the 18-year veteran occurred […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Strengthening background checks for guns
By now, almost everyone has learned the Texas church shooter was not allowed, under federal law, to possess a firearm. Despite the prohibition found in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) that […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Let’s put a little steel in saying we want better access to justice
For the last five years, former Court of Appeals Judge Glenn Harrell and others have advocated before the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate for the enactment of legislation that […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Maryland should adopt the UBE – and a policy of reciprocity
Recently, a special advisory committee appointed by the Judiciary recommended Maryland adopt the Uniform Bar Examination. We agree. Last year, we urged adoption of the UBE. In view of the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Government secrecy and the last bastion of liberty
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter once wrote “there is not under our Constitution a judicial remedy for every political mischief, for every undesirable exercise of legislative power.” U.S. District Judge […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Nance should not be sitting while fate up in the air
Two years ago, we asked: “Why is Judge Nance allowed to continue sitting on the bench?” Finally, the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities has come to a conclusion, based in […]
Editorial Advisory Board: A welcome expansion of Maryland’s pro bono rules
Every October since 2009, the American Bar Association recognizes the vital role pro bono lawyers play in the legal services delivery system during the National Celebration of Pro Bono week, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: How Maryland can better help human trafficking victims
More than 20 million people worldwide are victims of forced labor, nearly 5 million of whom are sex workers. Traffickers recruit their victims by preying on societal and individual vulnerabilities. […]
