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School facilities bill grew from grass roots
Michael Dresser got it right in describing the trajectory of the Baltimore school facilities bill as going from "non-starter to law," but the story goes far beyond the elected and appointed officials who worked hard to make the deals and shepherd the...
Tags: Elections, Separation of Church and State, Public Officials, Annapolis, Government
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Did that really happen? In America?
My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...
Tags: Minority Groups, Prosecution, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Anwar al-Awlaki, Fiscal Cliff
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ACLU alleges former AA police chief involved in Leopold dossiers
While former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold works in a food bank to satisfy the community service requirement of his sentence for misconduct in office, accusations stemming from his legal troubles are reaching another former county...
Tags: Judges, Civil Rights, Lawyers, Punishment, Prosecution
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Killings in Md. prisons defy efforts to improve security
Phyllis Scott was waiting for the day her son would be released from prison to return to East Baltimore, and she hoped he could steer clear of trouble in the future. But that day never came. Malcolm Jerrod "Rod" Pridget, who was just shy of his 20th...
Tags: Prisons, Civil Rights, Punishment, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Gang Activity
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ACLU questions constitutionality of cyber-harassment bill
A 2013 Maryland General Assembly bill bearing the name of a Howard County teenager who killed herself last year is expected to be signed into law, but it stands on shaky constitutional ground, an official of the Maryland ACLU said. The "Misuse of...Tags: Easter, Judges, Lawyers, Maryland General Assembly, Baltimore County
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Anti-abortion group stirs speech debate at Hopkins
A group of students at the Johns Hopkins University is reviving a campus anti-abortion group that members say will perform "sidewalk counseling" — attempting to discourage pregnant women entering clinics from going through with the procedure....
Tags: Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Students, Demonstration, Values
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Maynard praised as tough, capable prison administrator
In a career that's spanned more than four decades in four states, Gary D. Maynard has dealt with inmate sex scandals, prison riots, suicides and shrinking public safety budgets. Last week, the Maryland corrections secretary faced a bank of TV cameras...
Tags: Prisons, Prosecution, Safety of Citizens, Sociology, Suicide
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Medical Specialization, Herring, U.S. Supreme Court, Science, Technology
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When liberals and libertarians unite
We can't tell the real Americans who love and defend our country from the liberals who hate America anymore ("Paul's victory," March 8). When Barack Obama became president liberals thought that he would close Guantanamo and stop drone strikes. President...
Tags: Barack Obama, Severna Park
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Leopold sentenced to jail, $100,000 fine
Former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold was led out of a courtroom Thursday with his wrists handcuffed behind his back and his head lowered, bound for the county jail after being sentenced for his misconduct in office conviction and...
Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Prosecution, Values, Public Officials
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Two federal cases against Anne Arundel can head toward trial, judge says
A federal judge ruled Monday that claims by two former Anne Arundel County employees, who allege they lost their jobs because of retaliation by the administration of former County Executive John R. Leopold, can advance to trial. U.S. District Judge...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Punishment, Labor Legislation, Trials
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Anne Arundel county executive shuts down in-house surveillance operation
On her first full day on the job, the new Anne Arundel County executive shut down a surveillance operation inside the county office building that included 500 cameras recording minute-by-minute activity in and around numerous county government facilities....
Tags: Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Parties and Movements, Local Government, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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