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Just-released opinion reveals Md. high court approved redistricting by single vote
Maryland’s top court approved the General Assembly’s redrawn legislative districts last spring by just a single vote.
Md. high court upholds constitutionality of student school board members
Maryland jurisdictions may continue having a high school student serve as a voting member on their school boards, the state’s top court unanimously ruled.
Md. high court to weigh if fleeing Black man gives police reasonable suspicion
Maryland’s top court will weigh whether a Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area gives officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop him.
Editorial Advisory Board: Let’s not forget the Maryland Constitution
The final days of the Supreme Court’s recently concluded term brought several significant constitutional decisions, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which overturned Roe v. Wade, and Kennedy v. […]
High court upholds Barbera’s statute-of-limitations suspension
Maryland’s then top judge acted within her constitutional authority in suspending the deadline for filing civil claims as she closed the clerks’ offices to stanch the spread of the COVID-19 […]
Retired Judge McDonald will miss collegiality, plans to pinch sit
Judge Robert N. McDonald’s constitutionally compelled retirement last Wednesday will not end his service on Maryland’s top court.
Md. high court weighs if judges must list maturity factors in sentencing juveniles
Judges sentencing juveniles convicted of first-degree felony murder must state on the record that they considered the convicts’ youth, lack of maturity, impulsiveness and susceptibility to peer pressure before handing […]
Md. high court weighs juvenile lifers’ right to counsel at parole hearing
Convicts sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as juveniles have a constitutional right to counsel at parole hearings to ensure they have a “meaningful opportunity” to make their […]
Challenge to statute-of-limitations suspension appears doomed at Md. high court
Maryland’s top court appears poised to uphold the constitutionality of its then-chief judge’s order suspending the deadline for filing civil claims when she closed the clerks’ offices last year to […]
Maryland high court weighs constitutionality of student school board members
Attorneys for public school parents and the Howard County Board of Education battled before Maryland’s top court Tuesday over the constitutionality of having high school students serve as voting members […]
Barbera’s statute-of-limitations suspension was unconstitutional, attorney says
Maryland’s then top judge violated the state Constitution by suspending the deadline for filing civil claims when she closed the clerks’ offices to stanch the spread of the COVID-19 virus, […]
Md. high court opens term, will hear sniper, student school board member cases
Maryland’s top court opened its 2021-2022 session Wednesday, a term in which it will take up the appeal of a Beltway sniper in considering whether the state constitution permits violent […]
