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Jan 27, 2023

Md. senator, judge reignite debate over contested judicial elections

A debate over whether Maryland should end contested judicial elections reignites when a judge and a senator squared off during a legislative briefing.

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Sep 12, 2022

Alabama seeks new method of execution

Today is Monday, the 95th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of “My Maryland.” Here are some other news items. — Alabama moves toward new method of execution — nitrogen hypoxia. […]

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May 10, 2019

Biographer recounts O’Connor’s cancer battle, care for husband’s dementia

In his compelling biography of the U.S. Supreme Court’s first female justice, Evan Thomas pierces the steely demeanor Sandra Day O’Connor displayed on the bench for nearly a quarter-century to […]

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Apr 16, 2019

Weich advised Democratic senators on O’Connor succession, new book says

University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich assisted Senate Democrats as they prepared in July 2005 to advise President George W. Bush on whom he should name to […]

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Oct 25, 2018

Gansler, Raskin recall O’Connor’s opposition to judicial elections

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s farewell announcement from public life this week quiets the voice of perhaps the most eloquent opponent of judicial elections to ever speak out […]

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Aug 30, 2018

The least-diverse Supreme Court ever

What the court has gained in ethnic and gender diversity over the past generation it has lost in other types of diversity.