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29 Mar 2018, 4:01 pm
The billions in infrastructure money coming from Washington will be a boon to cities like Baltimore and, in our case, the improvement of Penn Station will be high on the priorities list. Certainly, the need for an attractive, accessible and efficient gateway for commerce and tourism is essential to maintain and enhance our position among ... [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 2:02 pm
The Baltimore Police Department is in a time of crisis. Ineptitude and corruption exist at many levels in the department. It is time for systemic change. Crime has soared since the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising, police overtime is out of control and recent testimony in the Gun Trace Task Force trial in federal court has ... [read post]
9 May 2017, 2:39 pm
are summaries of some of the annual reports submitted and of meetings I attended.Canadian Abridgment Editorial [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 3:35 pm
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake wants the Civilian Police Review Board to be “more impactful [read post]
10 Jun 2018, 8:23 pm
Gulliford is an advisor to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Founder of Soryn IP Group, a patent advisory [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 3:34 pm
A recently released report of the Baltimore city grand jury that served from January until May gives the public a window through which to view some Baltimore police officers. The report recounts the presentation of instructors at the police academy who spoke to members of the grand jury about lethal force training, apparently before the ... [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 1:01 pm
The world has condemned the recent killing of a lion named Cecil that lived in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, and American dentist and trophy hunter Dr. Walter Palmer faces extradition charges for illegal poaching. The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of Oxford University had been following Cecil for several years as part of a study ... [read post]
29 Jul 2015, 3:13 pm
Maryland should eliminate the "religious" exemption, which, in practice, is the same as the personal belief exemption abolished in California. Such action would place Maryland in the forefront of states determined to protect the safety and lives of its children. [read post]
13 Jun 2015, 3:01 am
It is time for the Maryland Judiciary to change the current bail culture and embrace adoption of a modern risk assessment tool to evaluate a defendant’s risk of failing to appear in court or threatening public safety as a path to reducing or eliminating reliance on cash bail or corporate surety bonds for low-risk criminal defendants. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 3:21 pm
The framers of the United States Constitution got the formula right for creation of an independent judiciary separate from the political branches of government and insulated from the vagaries of public opinion. [read post]
24 Jan 2017, 2:14 pm
The Maryland General Assembly is planning to consider a provision that, in a copyright infringement case, a demand letter must include a copy of a copyright registration certificate to avoid a presumption of bad faith. (A hearing on the legislation, Senate Bill 65, is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon before the Senate Finance Committee.) Such a ... [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 2:21 pm
The framers of the U.S. Constitution got the formula right for creation of an independent judiciary – a judiciary separate from the political branches of government and insulated from the vagaries of public opinion. Although the process of nomination and confirmation are by no means free of political consideration, Article III judges, once appointed and ... [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 2:20 pm
In November 2012, Question 7 was approved by Maryland voters – after the most costly campaign in the state’s history –allowing for the addition of table games in all casinos. Two years later, the $442 million Horseshoe Casino opened in downtown Baltimore. Together, these two events were championed by gambling proponents, who promised that an ... [read post]
16 Sep 2021, 7:43 pm
In a criminal case, every state in the United States allows the government and defendants to use peremptory strikes to remove undesirable jurors in their attempts to mold a jury of the defendant’s “peers.” Few judges and lawyers who have had interactions with this system of jury selection would say it works perfectly. Statistics show ... [read post]
25 Jul 2021, 9:48 am
Merriam-Webster defines “accountability” as “the quality or state of being accountable especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions.” We fans of good government — a regime marked by integrity, transparency, and efficiency — well understand that without a robust system of accountability, those other virtues will not be ... [read post]
26 Apr 2021, 10:18 am
Many people concerned about gun violence want more restrictions on firearms possession. Recent shootings have some pushing to restrict the ownership of AR-type rifles; some want to require that the transfer of any gun occur only through a federal firearms licensee, a gun dealer, to enable a background check through the FBI-maintained National Instant Criminal ... [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 3:17 pm
Protecting employees and customers from contracting COVID-19 has received a number of shots in the arm recently in how different organizations have mandated vaccinations for SARS-CoV-2. The American Queen Steamboat Company has introduced as part of its health and safety protocols a requirement of COVID-19 vaccination “for all guests and crew for all sailings beginning ... [read post]
10 Mar 2021, 3:37 pm
Amid intense criticism for the chaotic and inequitable way in which vaccines are distributed in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan has committed yet another misstep by naming Dr. Robert Redfield as his new senior adviser to support Maryland’s response to COVID-19. Redfield is the absolute wrong person for the job. Redfield, a retired U.S. Army colonel ... [read post]
30 Sep 2020, 6:15 am
As ordered by Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, the fifth and final phase of reopening the courts to the public will occur on Oct. 5, 2020. Yes, in less than one week, all Maryland courts will be open to the public and jury trials will begin in earnest. Or will they? Jury members are supposed ... [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 3:39 pm
The Baltimore police commissioner, Michael S. Harrison, said that if George Floyd had been killed by Baltimore police he would not have been able to fire them. Although Baltimore’s citizens have an “expectation that when bad police behavior is brought (to Harrison’s) attention (he) will act immediately and hold people accountable,” Harrison says by law ... [read post]
