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Congratulations to Maryland’s new speaker
Congratulations are in order for the new Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk. Peña-Melnyk was made speaker on December 16, 2025 in a special session. The special session […]
MD Senate president should give up redistricting opposition
Maryland federal congressional districts should be judged the same way federal congressional districts across the country are being judged.
First Amendment protection must apply to broadcast media
The Supreme Court has struggled with new media. Broadcast outlets deserve full First Amendment protection, free from government control.
Trump’s violent rhetoric endangers democracy
Incredibly, the President of the United States accused six Democratic members of Congress of “seditious behavior punishable by death.” Their so-called crime in his eyes was to advise United States […]
Federal public defenders deserve their pay
Panel attorneys in federal criminal cases remain unpaid, risking defendants’ rights and access to experts. Congress must fund legal defense.
It’s time to abolish the Orphans’ Court
The Orphans’ Courts in Maryland were first established in Maryland in 1777 and in 1851 the judges of those courts became constitutional judges under Article IV, Section 40. The constitutional […]
Emission testing has become obsolete
Big kudos to the Delegate from Carol County, Eric Bouchat. Del. Bouchat says he intends to introduce a bill to eliminate vehicle emission testing in Maryland. We’ve all been through […]
The Insurrection Act needs an overhaul
President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the federal Insurrection Act so he can send armed forces to several states and American cities and use those troops to confront American […]
Vindictive prosecution – a Hail Mary defense now front and center
Before the indictments by Donald Trump’s chosen criminal prosecutor Lindsey Halligan stole the spotlight in the New World of Vindictive prosecutions, a hardy perennial was first in the parade of […]
A questionable prosecutor pursuing questionable prosecutions
Lawyers are required to adhere to the Rules of Professional Conduct enacted by the highest court in each state and in the District of Columbia. The rules of most jurisdictions […]
Universities should not have to pledge to political powers
No doubt universities have failings. But the cure is not to prevent the marketplaces for ideas and students from functioning.
Congress, not the president, has right to levy tariffs
It is Congress, not the president, that is given the power by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution “to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.”
