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Editorial Advisory Board: News organizations need to get involved in rule discussion
On Jan. 6, 2023, the Supreme Court of Maryland unanimously referred a proposed rule on the distribution and broadcast of official criminal trial audio recordings back to the Maryland Judiciary Rules Committee for further consideration. We applaud that decision, which reflected the recommendation of the committee chair, Alan Wilner, and we urge the news media […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Allow citation of unreported opinions
On Dec. 14, 2022, the names of Maryland’s appellate courts changed pursuant to a constitutional amendment approved by Maryland’s voters in the 2022 General Election. However, one vestige of the past that should be changed remains with respect to Maryland’s appellate courts — the citation of unreported opinions. Maryland Rule 1-104 prohibits the citation of […]
Editorial Advisory Board: When guns harm democracy
The Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller considered the Second Amendment to be an offshoot of Anglo-American common law. And as such, Heller made clear that the government had the authority to regulate weapons; the right to keep and bear arms was subject to what it referred to as longstanding prohibitions, holding, “like […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Mayor Scott did the right thing
We’d like to put our faith in a government that is doing what’s best for us, or in our best interest; public administrators — politicians — are ethically bound to protect the public interest. We like to think that our elected representatives serve the people and not themselves, that they bring morality to our government. […]
Editorial Advisory Board: It’s time to advance leaf-blower bill
Maryland House Bill 934, phasing out the sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Maryland, was pulled by its sponsors in the last legislative session. There was opposition to the bill from neighborhood associations and trade associations, who agreed to meet with the bill’s sponsors over the summer to talk about a rebate program […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The NextGen bar exam
It’s coming. Beginning next fall, every student entering Maryland law schools is likely to take a Next Generation Bar Examination following graduation. In fact, there are some students already in law school whose future licensure may be determined by their performance on the NextGen exam. Deans and faculty at both law schools have already begun […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Supporting the public defender’s office
Recently, the Association for the Public Defender of Maryland, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender gathered to celebrate the MOPD’s first 50 years. The Daily Record Editorial Board joins in this important acknowledgement of the critical role the MOPD plays in an equitable justice system, and congratulates Natasha […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The Brittney Griner case
On Oct. 25, 2022, a Russian court rejected Brittney Griner’s appeal for an unwarranted 9½ year sentence after she pled guilty to attempting to enter Russia while possessing vape cartridges containing approximately 0.7 grams of cannabis oil. The sentence handed down is not only excessive, but also, according to her attorneys “contradicts the existing court […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Let’s reconsider ranked-choice voting for Maryland
Nearly four years ago, this board took the position that a proposed bill to allow Baltimore City “to establish open primary elections or ‘ranked choice’ voting for primary and general elections” was a poor idea. We still believe that open primaries in local elections are a bad idea, but we have reconsidered our position on […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore police should make full use of new technologies
We are in a transition phase regarding policing in America. Throughout the history of policing, much of the citizen and officer contact has been by way of face-to-face interactions requiring both a citizen willing to concede to the authority of an officer and a police officer who is willing to engage. Due to public sentiments […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Questions for Md. GOP nominees
Dan Cox, the Republican nominee for governor of Maryland, not only is an acolyte of former President Donald Trump, but chartered buses to take protesters to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Michael Peroutka, the Republican nominee for attorney general, was a member of the League of the South, an organization that the Southern Poverty […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Alito’s comments undermine the court
Speaking at Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty initiative in Rome, Justice Samuel Alito, the author of Dobbs v. Jackson, used the event to attack foreign leaders who criticized his decision. He did so by mocking them and cracking jokes. Specifically, he said he had the honor of writing a decision that had been lambasted […]
