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Feb 14, 2019

Barbera backs measure to end judicial elections

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland should stop permitting the election of circuit court judges because the practice politicizes the judicial process, which must be free of even the appearance of being tainted by special interests or well-heeled donors, the state’s top jurist told a Senate committee Thursday. “We can get decent judges by election, but what you […]

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