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States may impose upon their counties stormwater pollution-prevention standards more stringent than those called for under the federal Clean Water Act, the Maryland Department of the Environment stated Thursday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to turn aside Carroll County’s ...

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The Maryland Attorney General’s Office on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a convicted armed robber’s argument that his conviction should be overturned because his defense attorney failed to exclude from the jury a juror who acknowledged ...

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Medical companies that develop tests to diagnose neurological disorders, heart disease risk and fetal abnormalities have been in legal limbo since a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that limited the patenting of such tests, finding they occurred in nature and were ...

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In a final plea that the Supreme Court hear their Second Amendment appeal, Maryland gun-rights advocates stated Wednesday that law-abiding citizens have the same constitutional right to carry handguns outside their homes for protection as the justices said they do ...

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The estate of a pregnant woman stabbed to death by her husband in front of a Baltimore courthouse is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a ruling that police officers cannot be sued under federal civil rights ...

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When Bethany Austin learned that her fiancé had been unfaithful in late May 2016, she ended the seven-year relationship and called off their upcoming wedding. He told the couple’s friends that Austin was “crazy.” To set the record straight, Austin ...

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WASHINGTON — America’s last prolonged look at Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. came 14 years ago, when he told senators during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing that judges should be like baseball umpires, impartially calling balls and strikes. “Nobody ...

The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider expanding protections for churches against job-discrimination claims.

The Maryland attorney general’s office urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let stand a decision upholding the state’s requirement that handgun-permit applicants provide a “good and substantial reason” for carrying the weapon outside the home. In papers filed ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign. Arguments ...