On prominent display at the Supreme Court is its darkest hour. Encased in glass at the high court is the judicial robe worn by Chief Justice — and former Maryland Attorney General — Roger B. Taney, who wrote the 1857 ...

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The Maryland Attorney General’s office is threatening a Supreme Court fight if the state’s top court does not reconsider its ruling in a recent income tax case.

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Chief Deputy Maryland Attorney General Katherine Winfree will be sharing argument time with the Obama administration when she urges the U.S. Supreme Court later this month to uphold the constitutionality of a state law permitting police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for committing or attempting to commit a violent crime.

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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is hosting a forum on gun violence in Maryland. It’s scheduled for Monday at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School in Baltimore. The forum will bring state and local community leaders together, as ...

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The Maryland Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference, saying its $53 million exit fee for the University of Maryland’s departure to the Big Ten is invalid and unenforceable. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler filed the ...

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Sen. Brian E. Frosh, a Montgomery County Democrat who chairs the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, has a campaign war chest of $390,655.89, about 90 percent of which has been raised since November.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he has $5.2 million in his campaign account. The attorney general, who is weighing a bid for governor in 2014, reported the amount to the Maryland State Board of Elections on Tuesday. ...

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A renewed effort to abolish Maryland’s death penalty and strengthen gun control in the state after a mass slaying at a Connecticut grade school will be among the leading legal issues in the General Assembly this session.

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Sen. Brian E. Frosh will begin his 27th year in the General Assembly this month with his thoughts on statewide office.

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ANNAPOLIS — The head of the Maryland attorney general’s civil rights office has announced he is retiring, a decision that comes in the aftermath of legal problems. The attorney general’s office released a statement on Friday saying Carl Snowden plans ...

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