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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced Tuesday the creation of a redistricting commission to recommend redrawing the state’s congressional map, signaling his support for a plan to counter President Donald Trump’s gerrymanders in GOP-controlled states.
Maryland appears unlikely to help Democrats counter the GOP’s nationwide gerrymander, after top lawmakers said Tuesday that the Senate would not be moving forward with a plan to eliminate the state’s one Republican congressional seat.
The ruling slammed the Trump administration for an “unprecedented” effort to “smear and impugn” judges who rule against it.
The DOJ reportedly alluded to the possibility of a federal investigation in Maryland over the accuracy of its voter rolls.
The Department of Justice Tuesday sued every federal district judge in Maryland to challenge a standing court order that temporarily bars the government from deporting people after they have filed a challenge.
In an interview with Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias, Van Hollen described the extreme threat that Trump and his administration pose to constitutional rights, and encouraged people to “speak up and stand up” in the face of tyranny.
A federal judge denied the city of Baltimore’s request to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s effort to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Maryland State Board of Elections’ (MDSBE) administration of voter rolls and voting machines.
Though a woman of color will not be heading to the White House this year, history was still made with the election of Angela Alsobrooks (D) in Maryland and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) in Delaware – marking the first time ever that two Black women will serve together in the U.S. Senate.
Maryland’s 2024 elections will continue as planned despite a long-shot right-wing challenge seeking to upend election administration in the state.