A special magistrate is recommending that the state's highest court deny four challenges to a new state legislative map.
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Read More »April 4, 2022 Comments Off on Special magistrate urges Md. high court to reject legislative redistricting challenges
A special magistrate is recommending that the state's highest court deny four challenges to a new state legislative map.
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Read More »April 4, 2022 Comments Off on With Hogan’s signature, congressional redistricting fight over — for now
The end of a legal battle over a congressional redistricting plan may only kick Maryland's gerrymandering fight down the road about 10 years.
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Read More »April 1, 2022 Comments Off on Judge defers ruling on Md.’s revised congressional maps
An Anne Arundel Circuit Court judge will not rule on the legal sufficiency of new congressional maps hastily drawn by the General Assembly.
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Read More »March 30, 2022 Comments Off on Md. lawmakers pass revised congressional reapportionment as appeal is filed
The General Assembly's attempt to draw a constitutional congressional redistricting plan now heads to the governor and ultimately an Anne Arundel County courtroom.
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Read More »March 29, 2022 Comments Off on Democrats put new Md. congressional reapportionment plan on a fast track
A fast-tracked bill redrawing the state's eight congressional districts heads to the House of Delegates as lawmakers attempt to comply with a Wednesday judicial deadline.
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Read More »March 28, 2022 Comments Off on Lawmakers unveil new proposal for Maryland congressional districts
A new proposal to reapportion Maryland's eight congressional districts is expected to be introduced as soon as Monday.
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Read More »December 7, 2021 Comments Off on House rejects effort to use independent commission’s redistricting proposal
ANNAPOLIS — An effort to resurrect an independent commission’s proposal to redraw Maryland’s eight congressional districts failed in the House of Delegates Tuesday. The largely party-line vote came after more than an hour of debate. Republicans unsuccessfully implored their Democratic ...
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Read More »September 21, 2020 Comments Off on Md. lawyers recall Ginsburg as sharp, intellectual, respectful
Douglas F. Gansler on Monday recalled as bittersweet Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s interjection while he was arguing before the Supreme Court that the prohibition on police officers questioning suspects who have invoked their right to counsel expires after a period ...
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Read More »November 26, 2018 Comments Off on Hogan creates panel to redraw congressional map
Maryland's governor says a "nonpartisan" emergency commission will be created to draw new boundaries for a congressional district.
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Read More »October 26, 2018 Comments Off on Hogan says he’d make congressional districts more contiguous
While Gov. Larry Hogan says a second term would look a lot like his first, he also says Maryland voters can expect to see some significant changes — notably in how the state's congressional map is drawn.
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