The Green and Libertarian parties will each need to garner 5,000 signatures – half of the required 10,000 — by Aug. 3 to have their candidate’s names on November’s general election ballot. The revised requirement is part of a settlement ...

Tagged with: free speech green party libertarian party Maryland COVID-19 maryland state board of elections petition drive political association

A dozen states have come out in support of Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a congressional district Republican voters say the state’s Democratic-led General Assembly redrew unconstitutionally to replace a GOP House ...

Tagged with: Benisek v. Lamone First Amemdment Gill v. Whitforf John Delaney partisan gerrymandering political association roscoe bartlett

With the Supreme Court poised to rule on political gerrymandering this year, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh urged the justices to uphold a congressional district Republican voters say the state’s Democratic-led General Assembly redrew unconstitutionally to replace a GOP House ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Brian E. Frosh first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford Larry Hogan political association

Saying political parties cannot be trusted to draw nonpartisan districts, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district the Democrat-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. representative ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Brian E. Frosh Benisek v. Lamone first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford John Delaney Larry Hogan political association roscoe bartlett Supreme Court

With the Supreme Court poised to rule on political gerrymandering this year, a group of Maryland Republicans urged the justices to strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district they say the state’s Democratic-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. ...

Tagged with: Benisek v. Lamone first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford political association Supreme Court

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday said he will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district the Democrat-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one. The ...

Tagged with: first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford John Delaney political association roscoe bartlett Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Maryland’s Democrat-led General Assembly unconstitutionally redrew a congressional district to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one. The justices on Friday agreed to hear the claim by a group of Maryland ...

Tagged with: first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford John Delaney political association roscoe bartlett Supreme Court

The Supreme Court should strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district that Maryland’s Democratic-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one, a group of the state’s Republicans stated Monday in their last filing before ...

Tagged with: first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford John Delaney political association roscoe bartlett Supreme Court

The Supreme Court should reject a challenge by Maryland Republicans that the Democratic-led General Assembly unconstitutionally gerrymandered a congressional district because the GOP cannot show it was redrawn to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one, state Attorney General ...

Tagged with: first amendment gerrymander Gill v. Whitford John Delaney political association roscoe bartlett Supreme Court

A Republican court challenge to a solidly Democratic congressional district in Maryland might have to await a Supreme Court decision on whether GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin drew legislative districts so contrary to the state’s political breakdown that they violated the ...

Tagged with: congressional redistricting first amendment political association