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Editorial Advisory Board: No place for gag orders or acrimony
Most readers of this newspaper are aware of the continuing controversy over the rights of those who allege in lawsuits that they have been wronged by the misconduct of Baltimore […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Keep the ‘eye in the sky’ closed
We have written before about the “spy plane” that has flown over Baltimore. In an editorial published two years ago, we noted several recommendations about the aerial surveillance program from […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Op-ed urging judicial review was unfair
David Plymyer’s Sept. 19 op-ed in The Daily Record is unfair and misleading. Plymyer cites a single decision of the Court of Special Appeals, reversing a trial judge with over […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Criminals let out on the streets? Thank the GTTF.
During the last legislative session, Del. Erek Barron of Prince George’s County sponsored a bill allowing prosecutors to move to vacate a conviction if newly discovered information calls into question […]
Editorial Advisory Board: No easy fix on background checks for gun owners
As there should be, there is a lot of uproar over the two recent mass shootings and it seems like for the first time in a long time change may […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Saying Baltimore is safe does not make it so
Years ago, Rolling Stone magazine ran the iconic ad campaign “Perception vs. Reality.” The magazine suffered a severe identity crisis: Was its audience dope-smoking hippies or affluent professionals? Baltimore suffers […]
Editorial Advisory Board: No NDA can stop participant from dropping a dime
Over the past few years, this board has opined on Baltimore City‘s abuse of the settlement process in dealing with cases of alleged police misconduct. By entering into settlements that included nondisclosure agreement terms (NDA), […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Peace Cross decision overlooks today’s reality
In American Legion v. American Humanist Association, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the 4th Circuit’s decision that the Bladensburg Peace Cross, a 40-foot-high granite cross in the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Kellyanne Conway should be fired for violating Hatch Act
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, was recently accused by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel of multiple violations of the Hatch Act, a law passed in 1939. The Hatch Act […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Helping Maryland’s future lawyers
Lawyers in the Maryland bar — and probably throughout the country– have regularly and for a long time been calling for law schools to teach their students practical skills important […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Revisiting eyewitness identification
Malik Small was convicted of attempted robbery and second-degree assault after being identified by the victim, who told police his assailant had a tattoo on his neck that included the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Business community needs better access to justice
Maryland has taken great strides to improve access to courts to many classes of litigants perceived to be denied justice. Strides have included speedy trials for criminal defendants, expedited resolution […]
