The official portrait of retired Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera is the first of 24 such drawings of the state’s top jurists going back to 1778 to feature a woman.

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Portraits of the Hogans reflect how they want to be recalled; the collection shows earlier styles, snubs, legacy-burnishing.

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Judge Robert N. McDonald’s constitutionally compelled retirement last Wednesday will not end his service on Maryland’s top court.

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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 ...

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A panel of three federal judges appears poised to side with Republican voters who claim partisan gerrymandering of their western Maryland congressional district was so severe it violated their constitutional right to political association.

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A county executive running against eight other candidates in the Democratic gubernatorial primary received the endorsement of former Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday.

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An hour of Supreme Court arguments Wednesday shed little light on whether partisan gerrymandering can be so severe as to violate the minority party’s constitutional right to political association. But, if it can, the justices made clear Maryland’s 6th Congressional District would be the textbook case.

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Glendening joins the Carey Business School as a visiting professor focusing on smart growth.

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ANNAPOLIS — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley testified that part of his intent was to shift a congressional district long held by a Republican to a Democrat when the state redrew its eight districts in 2011. O’Malley, a Democrat whose ...

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Quattrocki will leave the office September 27 top return to the Office of the Attorney General where she will fill the deputy position created by the departure of Thiru Vignarajah.

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