Remembering the Vision of Chief Judge Robert F. Sweeney
The month of June 2010 brings with it for many of us events that will create a lasting memory and…
Author: Steven Platt
2008 Not 1968
“The Economist” magazine, a British based publication, comments on U.S. economics and politics at their intersection from an international perspective reflecting…
The Great Risk Shift
My last column ended by asking, “What are the big issues?” and “more importantly ….how should they be framed?” One…
Lobbying – An Honorable Profession
Barack Obama campaigned on a pledge to “Change Washington” vowing to “upend the K Street Lobbying Culture.” In Annapolis Martin O’Malley…
Judicial Performance Evaluations Needed in Maryland
The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of…
Judicial Evaluations and Retention Elections- The Key to Judicial Accountability
Well, not withstanding almost unanimous editorial endorsements, the leadership of Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, the high profile visit…
Abolish Circuit Court Contested Judicial Election
The “fundamental tension between the ideal character of the judicial office and the real world of electoral politics” has been…
Contested Circuit Court Judge Elections Must Go
The Attorney General of Maryland, Douglas F. Gansler announced this month that he will urge the 2010 Maryland General Assembly…
Judicial Hierarchy Must Adapt to Flattened World
Columnist and author, Thomas L. Friedman explains what he means when he says that “the world has been flattened” by…
Justice in a 21st Century Flattened World
“The World Is Flat” announced columnist and author Thomas L. Friedman in his book of the same name described on…