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Editorial Advisory Board: Administering justice
Recently, Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera released a “Statement on Equal Justice Under Law” urging “members of the system of justice” to “assure that our courts do not suffer bias, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Bad legal writing – the gendered contract
One of The Daily Record Editorial Advisory Board members was recently reviewing a contract to renew employee retirement benefits. The member was surprised that in 2020 a large national company […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The folly of ‘Protection Court’
On May 6, the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission charged Judge Carroll Kelly of the 11th Judicial Circuit with “len[ding] the prestige of your judicial office to advance the private interests […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Protecting the child, obeying the Constitution
Family court judges in Maryland follow the frequent practice of sua sponte adding a nondisparagement provision to divorce decrees, simply announcing that fact to the parties. While parties to a divorce can always […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Sullivan made the right move in Flynn case
Judge Emmett Sullivan is not letting self-convicted Gen. Michael Flynn off the hook Flynn hung himself on, at least not yet. The Department of Justice seeks to erase Flynn’s prosecution, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Affidavit judgments, due process, and emergency proceedings
While we recognize the tremendous challenges facing the Maryland courts during the pandemic and court closure, we raise a troubling issue regarding some district courts that are issuing affidavit judgments […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Wise ruling on city first responders
We write to compliment and thank all the judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals for recognizing the challenges regularly confronted by Baltimore City firefighters and police officers. They did […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Incarceration under COVID-19
Gov. Larry Hogan has been widely praised for his proactive response to COVID-19. In one area, though, the governor has been less quick to act. Arguing that incarcerated people are […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The limits of executive authority
President Donald Trump recently proclaimed that he intended to order states to reopen their economies and lift stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders issued by governors to protect the health and safety […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Front-line workers and child custody issues
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of child custody issues are arising among parents who share custody of their minor children. The most looming is whether parents who are […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore courts need MDEC now
The courts in Baltimore city suffer from decades of neglect – we have written several editorials over the past decade regarding the dire state of Baltimore city’s courthouses. A letter […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Stop aerial surveillance program
It has been reported that Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison agreed to support surveillance flights over Baltimore only to allow the resulting data to inform us whether the program will […]
