December 15, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: State judges deserve increased protection
On July 19, 2020, a deranged lawyer wearing a delivery uniform appeared at the New Jersey residence of Esther Salas, a United States District Court judge. He killed her 20-year-old son and severely wounded her husband. The judge, however, was ...
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November 15, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore’s spy planes aren’t effective
The aerial surveillance aircraft – the spy planes flying over Baltimore — were recently back in the news. Late in October, the Baltimore Police Department announced that the spy plane operations would end on the last day of that month. ...
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November 12, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Lawyers and election fraud lawsuits
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 — like Maryland Rule 1-311 — requires attorneys to sign pleadings. Those signatures certify that the pleading has been filed in good faith, that there are legal grounds and evidentiary support for the pleading, ...
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November 3, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Digital data and the legal system
In today’s world, data reigns supreme. Almost everything involved with communication, transportation and computation is stored in some form or fashion in the digital data netherworld, and as a result it is becoming commonplace for the government and private entities ...
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October 16, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore County and police reforms
On October 5, 2020, the SMART Policing Act was passed during Baltimore County Council’s legislative session. The SMART Policing Act, which stands for Strengthening, Modernization, Accountability, Reform and Transparency, was first introduced by Councilman Todd Crandall and was passed by ...
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September 30, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: The final phase of reopening the courts
As ordered by Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, the fifth and final phase of reopening the courts to the public will occur on Oct. 5, 2020. Yes, in less than one week, all Maryland courts will be open to the ...
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September 25, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Hold off on replacing Ginsburg
The vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg six weeks before the presidential election could allow Donald Trump to shape the Supreme Court to his will, or that of his base, for decades. The nomination of a ...
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August 28, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Making Baltimore ‘The Monumental City’
Most people going about their daily lives in downtown Baltimore have no idea that the entertainment venue now known as Market Place or Power Plant Live Plaza was once a small corner of hell. There, in the 18th and 19th ...
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August 20, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: The police union and police reform
The Baltimore police commissioner, Michael S. Harrison, said that if George Floyd had been killed by Baltimore police he would not have been able to fire them. Although Baltimore’s citizens have an “expectation that when bad police behavior is brought ...
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August 6, 2020
Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Hogan should reconsider ill-advised election plan
On July 8, Gov. Larry Hogan directed the State Board of Elections to open every precinct and early voting center in Maryland for the November General Election. The Governor also directed the state board to send an absentee ballot application ...
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