Federal Court Tosses Challenge to Maryland Ban on Bump Stocks
A federal judge has tossed a class action by a gun rights advocacy group that sought to overturn Maryland’s ban on the sale and possession of bump stocks.
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Maryland Appeals Gerrymandering Case to Supreme Court
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that voided the state’s congressional voting map and ordered officials to redraw the lines prior to the 2020 election.
Read moreMaryland Challenges Legitimacy of Acting AG Appointment
President Donald Trump sidestepped the Constitution and the Justice Department’s own succession plan by appointing of Matthew Whitaker as the new U.S. acting attorney general, the state of Maryland says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Read moreMaryland Ordered to Draw New Congressional District Map for 2020
Maryland officials must draw up a new congressional district map that isn’t tainted by partisan gerrymandering, a three-judge panel has ruled.
Read moreBoating Groups Fight Trump Impasse on Potomac
Kayakers and canoe enthusiasts brought a federal complaint Thursday to protest security measures that close off a stretch of the Potomac River whenever President Donald Trump is golfing nearby.
Read moreNewspapers Sue Over Electioneering Disclosure Law
The Washington Post and seven other newspapers sued Maryland Friday over the state’s implementation of a law requiring greater disclosure about the buyers of online political ads.
Read moreFour Blue States Take on Tax-Deduction Cap
A coalition of East Coast states led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions to shoulder corporate tax cuts under the Trump administration’s new code.
Read moreDispatches From Home: The Annapolis Shooting
A little more than a month ago, the Navy Blue Angels streaked over Spa Creek in Annapolis to celebrate another commissioning week for the U.S. Naval Academy. This week, bullets smashed through the glass doors of the Capital Gazette’s newsroom, and a lone gunman killed five and gravely injured many more.
Read moreMaryland Suspect Denied Bail on Newspaper Murders
A judge denied bail Friday to the 38-year-old Maryland man charged with murdering five the afternoon before at the Annapolis newsroom of the The Capital Gazette.
Read moreFive People Dead in Maryland Newspaper Office Shooting
Five people were killed and several others were gravely injured Thursday in a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. The alleged shooter has been taken into custody, police said.
Read morePolitical Gerrymandering Cases Flatline at Supreme Court
Two political gerrymandering cases that stoked voter passions across the United States fizzled on procedural grounds Monday at the Supreme Court.
Read moreFederal Judge Orders EPA to Address Concerns of Polluted Air
The time for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to begin regulating downwind pollution drifting into Maryland from over 30 electric plants in the surrounding region has come, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreStates Sue EPA for Ditching Pesticide-Training Rules
Three blue states filed suit filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration, saying the suspension of pesticide rules designed to protect agricultural workers was illegal.
Read moreMaryland Gubernatorial Candidate, County Exec Dies at 60
Kevin Kamenetz, a Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland and longtime leader in local politics, died early Thursday at age 60.
Read moreFired After Blowing the Whistle, Veteran Broadcaster Says
Fired last year from Morgan State University, the school’s former director of broadcast operations claims in court that the school has been misreporting its operating expenses for years to pad its funding.
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Fourth Circuit Overturns Maryland Drug Pricing Law
The Fourth Circuit on Friday struck down a Maryland law intended to prevent price gouging in the sale of prescription drugs, holding the regulation violates the Commerce Clause.
Read moreMaryland Appeals Court Vacates Conviction, Orders New Trial of ‘Serial’ Star
A Maryland appeals court on Thursday vacated the murder and related convictions of the man at the center of popular “Serial” podcast, saying he’s entitled to a new trial due to the ineffective assistance he received from his lawyer when the case was first tried 18 years ago.
Read morePredicting Census Fiasco, Marylanders Head to Court
A largely black county of Maryland county that is routinely undercounted by the government brought a federal complaint Wednesday to compel greater attention from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read moreMaryland Judge Advances Emoluments Suit Against Trump
One of several emoluments clause challenges faced by President Donald Trump received lift-off Wednesday with a federal judge finding that Maryland and Washington, D.C., have standing to sue.
Read moreIn Maryland, Scientists Make Final Preparations on Solar Mission
NASA’s mission to touch the sun – or come as close as humanity has ever come before – is scheduled to launch on July 31, but on Wednesday at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, the craft at the heart of the mission got its last going over before being shipped to Florida.
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