WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court isn’t given to offering advice to people who are breaking the law, even in a minor way. But some justices on Wednesday effectively told those who might be sitting at home smoking pot when the ...

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It was all over the news in October —  Mississippi Chancery Judge Talmadge Littlejohn jailed an attorney who refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in his courtroom. I was nothing short of baffled to hear that an officer of ...

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NASHVILLE — Don’t expect a Facebook friend request from Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer any time soon. The 72-year-old justice said in a speech at Vanderbilt Law School on Tuesday that he was perplexed when he recently saw the film ...

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Well, we have 20 years to think about it. In the election last week, the Maryland State Board of Elections reported that, for Statewide Ballot Question No. 1, the total votes were 868,220 (54 percent) for and 725,534 (46 percent) ...

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Just when it appeared a full-scale review of Maryland’s constitution had been approved by voters, it hadn’t. And just when it appeared a Baltimore interior designer had won a seat on Baltimore’s Orphans’ Court, it turned out she hadn’t. And, ...

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It appears Maryland will not engage in a full-scale review of the state’s constitution, even though 55 percent of voters Tuesday supported a statewide ballot calling for a constitutional convention. That’s because when it comes to reviewing Maryland’s constitution a ...

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