SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 17, 2025
Share The Supreme Court will decide whether a group of Maryland parents can opt to have their children exempted from LGBTQ-themed storybooks. They had asked the court also to decide whether the law violates the rights of parents to make decisions about their childrens medical care, but the justices declined to take up that question.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down part of Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013 , which the Maryland General Assembly passed in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. This decision partially reverses a decision from the US District Court for the District of Maryland at Baltimore.
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JURIST
JULY 5, 2022
Governor Larry Hogan on Tuesday directed the Maryland State police to suspend the state’s “good and substantial reason” standard for permits to carry handguns after the US Supreme Court struck down a similar New York law last month. ” This move is among several arising out of the ongoing gun-control debate in the US.
JURIST
MARCH 28, 2023
The Appellate Court of Maryland Tuesday reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and remanded the case. Under the Maryland law, “before a hearing on a motion filed under this section, the victim or victim’s representative shall be notified.”
HowAppealing
APRIL 5, 2025
“Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador must be returned to US, judge rules; The judge issued the order requiring the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia following an extraordinary hearing during which the government admitted that hed been deported in violation of federal law”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report. (..)
JURIST
JULY 16, 2022
The US Department of Justice Friday opened an investigation of the Maryland Department of State Police’s (MDSP) hiring and promotion practices. US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. percent of Maryland troopers were Black, with more than 80 percent being white. As of December 31, 2020, only 12.6
JURIST
AUGUST 25, 2024
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Maryland’s handgun licensing law requiring that gun owners first go through firearms training and pass a background check. ” He pointed out that nearly every state in the country has such a law in place. Additionally, applicants must be at least 21 years old to qualify.
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