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Father of Sex Offender Victim Urges Tougher Maryland ... - WJLA

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The father of a Florida girl who was killed by a convicted sex offender is urging Maryland residents to call for changes to state laws. Mark Lunsford, whose 9-year-old daughter Jessica Lunsford was kidnapped, raped and murdered five ...

In Maryland, intricate laws regulate liquor - Maryland Daily Record

From beer tastings in Washington County and a wine festival in Garrett, from caterer’s licenses in Somerset to micro-breweries around the state, there are 68 bills relating to minute changes in alcohol regulation making their way through the ...

Know your open meetings, open records laws - Carroll County Online

Maryland’s Assistant Attorney General William Varga took time recently to answer some commonly asked questions about Maryland’s open meetings and open records laws. Q: How do I file a complaint with the Open Meetings Compliance Board? A: You may ...

Slain Girl's Dad Backs Tougher Md. Sex Offender Laws - Wbaltv.com

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Victims of child sex abuse and parents of those who were sexually assaulted and killed testified in favor of tougher Maryland laws against sex offenders on Tuesday. One man who could be a vital force in the effort came up from ...

Maryland House to Consider New Sex Offender Laws - WJLA

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Life may soon become a whole lot tougher for people convicted of sex offenses against children in Maryland. The Maryland House of Delegates is expected to consider seven measures Wednesday designed to strengthen the state's sex ...

House approves two changes to sex-offender laws - Baltimore Sun

The Maryland House of Delegates gave early approval Wednesday to two major changes to sex offender laws, eliminating good-time prison credits for the most violent and repeat predators and establishing lifetime supervision for them. Republican ...

Maryland legislators seek to tighten restrictions on ... - Washington Post

... on longer prison terms and "civil commitments" (which allow judges to order predators to be held indefinitely after they are released from prison), Maryland has opted to rely on a web of laws to surround offenders with supervision requirements ...

Dad of sex offender victim urges tougher Md. laws - Washington Examiner

ANNAPOLIS, MD. — The father of a Florida girl who was killed by a convicted sex offender is urging Maryland residents to call for changes to state laws. Mark Lunsford, whose 9-year-old daughter Jessica Lunsford was kidnapped, raped and murdered ...

Tougher sex crime laws gain in House - Baltimore Sun

Maryland legislators moved Friday to toughen the state's sex offender laws with a package of changes that includes a truth-in-sentencing provision for the most violent and repeat offenders, longer supervision after prison and an expansion of the ...

Real Estate : FOR RENT-APARTMENTS - Frederick News-Post

State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. In Maryland, discrimination based on marital status or physical or mental handicap is prohibited.

Open Question: Maryland Law on Video recording people without consent?

i heard from somewhere a while back some states have a 1 party/2 party rule for this sort of thing (meaning everyone involved must agree to it, or 50% must agree). however, what is marylands law for this? more

Open Question: Getting Married Out Of State In Maryland?

My Fiancee and I are getting married in Maryland due to the obstacle in the Marriage laws here in Texas. I know there is a 48 hr waiting period between when you are issued the license and when you can actually get married. Is there any way to apply for the license online or have it sent to us so we do not have to be in Maryland an extra 2 days? more

Resolved Question: what is the law in the state of maryland when an unlicenesed driver is involved in a accident that the other v?

accident in which the other driver is at fault and where can i find the maryland code for this type of offense i read a post somewhere that said by default the unlicenesed driver is at fault how true is this ive read different things can someone help more

Open Question: Can you return cigarettes?

I bought a pack at a grocery store and realized it was $7.68 when I can get the cigarettes for $5-something at the wawa i was passing by on my way home. I tried to return them but the woman said she didn't think it was allowed and I proceeded to ask if it was an actual law and if she had it written down somewhere which she didn't directly answer. I googled for an answer but it was all legislation laws on tobacco. I live in the state of Maryland and I want to know if I can legally return cigarettes within at least 24 hours of purchase. more

Open Question: Who Do Dems Think Are "Real Americans"?

Have you ever wondered what the Democrats consider a "real" American? Neither have I, really, which is why I was surprised when House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer gave us exactly that definition. Real Americans don't care HOW ObamaCare passes, just so it passes. Excerpts: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he does not expect voter backlash should party members use the parlimentary "self-executing" rule to "deem" the Senate health care bill passable without having to actually vote. "Do you think any American is going to make the distinction" between the process and substance of the bill?," Mr. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, asked reporters. "I don't think that any American ... any real American out there will make the distinction between the two." http://m.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/mar/16/hoyer-americans-dont-care-about-process-health-car/ Did he mean real Americans are those who think the ends justify the means on ObamaCare? Break any law you wish, violate any constitutional provision necessary, just pass health care reform? The rest of us don't matter, we're not "real" Americans? more

Open Question: Why am I responsible for a photo enforcement ticket if they cannot prove that I was the one that was driving?

I received a photo enforcement ticket for going 11 mph over the speed limit (40 m.p.h.) on an interstate in Washington D.C. (1). Why in the world in the speed limit on the interstate 40 m.p.h.? (2). What is the rationale for issuing a ticket to the registered owner of a car, rather than the actual person driving? How do they know that someone (say, a valet at a restaurant I was eating at) didn’t take my car for a spin, unbeknownst to me? (3). Are cops required to be college educated? They sure don’t seem to be? [comment unrelated to photo enforcement ticket] (4). Haven’t some states ruled that photo enforcement unconstitutional? (5). Doesn’t it seem like an abuse that, during February 2010, D.C. issued more photo enforcement tickets (the combined fines totaling upwards of $390,000,000) than there are residents of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia combined? (6). Why is justice out of reach of ordinary citizens? We like to talk the big talk about “justice” and “freedom” and “responsibility”…we pay our taxes to dress our police officers up in their cute, spiffy little uniforms and buy them cars with flashy lights on top…we follow, unquestioningly, whatever the black-robed supreme court justices tell us, but when it comes down to fighting a traffic ticket…you have to have hundreds of dollars to hire attorneys…who, in turn, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and years of their lives, studying the law. Isn’t justice is out of reach? Aren’t police officers just hired thugs who parade behind the empty symbolism of badge and the cold metal of a gun? P.S. It does not matter if I was actually speeding or not...my guilt it under scrutiny, but rather the efficiency and justness of photo enforcement ticketing more

Resolved Question: Where can I dispose of an old rifle?

My cousin was in the Korean war and was allowed to keep his rifle manufactured by Savage Arms Corporation, Stevens, Chicopee Falls, MA. It is a Model 84 C. He has since died a long time ago, and when his mom came to live with us in her old age, we inherited it. I am spring cleaning and want to get rid of it but don't know the proper way. Not sure I should put it out in the trash. I live in Maryland and can't find any laws or disposal method on the websites. more

Open Question: what are the maryland state laws for past time devices in automobiles?

are there a certain amount of time to pay your car note before deactivating? more

Open Question: what is the maryland state law on past time devices in automobiles?

there is suppose to be a x amount of time given for payment before the auto is deactivated more

Open Question: Up-Dated Expunging a Criminal Record - Please Help!?

Open Question: Expunging your personal criminal record - Please HELP?!?

Open Question: Expunging your personal criminal record?

Hello, I have a few questions about getting something off my record. I don't know much about the law, and I am trying to right my wrongs. Can somone please help me out? So my question is can I file for a expunge now ? And how do I go about disputing a charge that is on my record that I didn't commit? I live in the state of Maryland event dates and charges are listed below. I did not get arrested or any jail time from the event just stet docket. Results: DETAILS NAME: XXX RACE: XXX DOB: XXX GENDER: X SSN: FILE DATE: 10/23/2009 LIST ID: MD_AOC6 STATE: MD OFFENSE: BURGLARY-4TH DEGREE/TOOLS DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.6.205.(D) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA SENTENCE MAX YEARS: 4 OFFENSE: THEFT: $500 PLUS VALUE DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.7.104 COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA OFFENSE: FRAUD-PER IDENT INFO THEFT DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.8.301.(C)(2)(I) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA DETAILS NAME: XXX RACE: XXX DOB: XXX GENDER: X SSN: FILE DATE: 10/23/2009 LIST ID: MD_AOC6 STATE: MD OFFENSE: BURGLARY-4TH DEGREE/TOOLS DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.6.205.(D) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA SENTENCE MAX YEARS: 4 OFFENSE: THEFT: $500 PLUS VALUE DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.7.104 COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA OFFENSE: FRAUD-PER IDENT INFO THEFT DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.8.301.(C)(2)(I) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA DETAILS NAME: XXX RACE: XXX DOB: XXX GENDER: X SSN: FILE DATE: 10/23/2009 LIST ID: MD_AOC6 STATE: MD OFFENSE: BURGLARY-4TH DEGREE/TOOLS DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.6.205.(D) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA SENTENCE MAX YEARS: 4 OFFENSE: THEFT: $500 PLUS VALUE DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.7.104 COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA OFFENSE: FRAUD-PER IDENT INFO THEFT DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.8.301.(C)(2)(I) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA DETAILS NAME: XXX RACE: XXX DOB: XXX GENDER: X SSN: FILE DATE: 10/23/2009 LIST ID: MD_AOC6 STATE: MD OFFENSE: BURGLARY-4TH DEGREE/TOOLS DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.6.205.(D) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA SENTENCE MAX YEARS: 4 OFFENSE: THEFT: $500 PLUS VALUE DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.7.104 COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA OFFENSE: FRAUD-PER IDENT INFO THEFT DOCKET NUMBER: XXX OFFENSE DATE: 06/15/2005 OFFENSE CODE: CR.8.301.(C)(2)(I) COURT: DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/2007 OFFENSE STATE: MD PLEA: OTHER PLEA COURT: BALTIMORE CITY CASE NUMBER: XXX TRAFFIC CRIMINAL FILING DATE: 07/18/04 CHARGE(S): 1. PERSON DRIVING MOTOR VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY/PUBLIC USE PROPERTY ON SUSPENDED OUT OF STATE LICENSE (TC) DISPOSITION DATE: 06/12/07 DISPOSITION: 1. GUILTY, SENTENCED TO $257.50 FINES/FEES/COSTS IDENTIFIERS ON RECORD FILE: XXX IDENTIFIERS ON RECORD FILE: XXX COURT: BALTIMORE CITY CASE NUMBER: XXX MISDEMEANOR DATE OF OFFENSE: 06/15/07 FILING DATE: 07/07/05 CHARGE(S): 1. THEFT: $500 PLUS VALUE (MIS) 2. BURGLARY - 4TH DEGREE/TOOLS (MIS) 3. FRAUD - PERSON IDENTITY INFORMATION THEFT (MIS) DISPOSITION DATE: 11/07/07 DISPOSITION: 1-3. STET IDENTIFIERS ON RECORD FILE: XXX COURT: BALTIMORE CITY CASE NUMBER: XXX FELONY DATE OF OFFENSE: 06/18/04 FILING DATE: 06/20/04 CHARGE(S): 1. ASSAULT - 1ST DEGREE (FEL) 2. ASSAULT - 2ND DEGREE (FEL) 3. DEADLY WEAPON - INTENT/INJURE (FEL) DISPOSITION DATE: 07/2 more

Open Question: How do you get your license in Florida?

I'm 17 and transferring my permit from maryland. I've had my permit for a year and have not been pulled over or gotten any type of traffic tickets. I was wondering if I need to take driving school, sessions with an instructor, and what the license test is. Also how do I transfer my permit to florida? What is the test and how to I study the laws? more

Open Question: jobs for 15 year olds in Maryland.?

Not looking on here but just put the state so people might now the laws and store that would hire me. Thanks more

Open Question: im considering moving plz give me your opinions i need some good advice?

I live with my wife and my in-laws... while everything started off great now problems are getting out of hand... First things first im cuban born in new york raised in miami i met my wonderful wife in the navy i love her and dont want to leave her... after the navy we moved to hagerstown maryland for those who aren't familiar with the area it is the most racist place in the milky way galaxy ppl act like if im a martian and have told me that i should go back to my country mind you i was born in new york.... even her family has been offensive at time making fun of my culture obviously i have no problem with theirs considering i married their daughter i wanna move back to miami or at least the south florida area help! also i have the abilty to relocate to another city i work for best buy as a manager and can move to any city in the U.S. We live with the in laws because they cant afford to live on their own more

Open Question: How to get rid of this unwanted situation?

Open Question: Why do the "red states" have more liberal pot laws than the so-called liberal "blue states"?

Nebraska, Colorado, Alaska, Mississippi have some of the most liberal pot laws in the nation, while Massachusetts, Maryland, New York and Connecticut have some of the most strict. Why so many uptight "liberals" when it comes to pot?? more

Resolved Question: Question about music/art/health in high school homeschooling?

Does the state (Maryland in my case) require health, art, and music (considered electives in high school) to be EACH taken EVERY year, like in middle school? If so, that would seem really dumb, since in public high school, don't kids usually do ONE of these per year to satisfy elective requirements? I hope I don't have to do them every year in high school as a homeschooler. Teens are supposed to be able to choose their own courses in high school. Please don't refer me to HSLDA laws, I already know about them.I'm not worried about graduation. I just don't want the state (MD) to say that my curriculum is inadequate and force me into a public school. more

Resolved Question: Was the Stimulus Bill the biggest waste of money or did we need to know how fast it takes fish to get drunk?

45: Testing how to control private home appliances in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts from an off-site computer ($800,000) 44: Repainting a rarely-used bridge in North Carolina ($3.1 million) 43: Renovating a desolate Wisconsin bridge that averages 10 cars a day ($426,000) 42: 4 new buses for New Hampshire ($2 million) 41: Repaving a 1-mile stretch of Atlanta road that had parts of it already repaved in 2007 ($490,000) 40: Florida beauty school tuition ($2.3 million) 39: Extending a bike path to the Minnesota Twins stadium ($500,000) 38: Beautification of Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard ($1.1 million) 37: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival ($10,000) 36: Developing the next generation of supersonic corporate jets in Maryland that could cost $80 million dollars each ($4.7 million) 35: New spring training facilities for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies ($30 million) 34: Demolishing 35 old laboratories in New Mexico ($212 million) 33: Putting free WiFi, Internet kiosks and interactive history lessons in 2 Texas rest stops ($13.8 million) 32: Replacing a single boat motor on a government boat in D.C. ($10,500) 31: Developing the next generation of football gloves in Pennsylvania ($150,000) 30: Pedestrian bridge to nowhere in West Virginia ($80,000) 29: Replacing all signage on 5 miles of road in Rhode Island ($4,403,205) 28: Installing a geothermal energy system to heat the "incredible shrinking mall" in Tennessee ($5 million) 27: University in Minnesota studying how to get the homeless to stop smoking ($230,000) 26: Large woody habitat rehabilitation project in Wisconsin ($16,800) 25: Replacing escalators in the parking garage of one D.C. metro station ($4.3 million) 24: Building an airstrip in a community most Alaskans have never even heard of ($14,707,949) 23: Bike and pedestrian paths connecting Camden, N.J. to Philadelphia, Penn. when there's already a bridge that connects them ($23 million) 22: Sending 10 university undergrads each year from North Carolina to Costa Rica to study the rainforests ($564,000) 21: Road signs touting stimulus funds at work in Ohio ($1 million) 20: Researching how paying attention improves performance of difficult tasks in Connecticut ($850,000) 19: Kentucky Transportation Department awarding contracts to companies associated with a road contractor accused of bribing the previous state transportation secretary ($24 million) 18: Amtrak losing $32 per passenger nationally but rewarded with windfall ($1.3 billion) 17: Widening an Arizona interstate even though the company that won the contract has a history of tax fraud and pollution ($21.8 million) 16: Replace existing dumbwaiters in New York ($351,807) 15: Deer underpass in Wyoming ($1,239,693) 14: Arizona universities examining the division of labor in ant colonies (combined $950,000) 13: Fire station without firefighters in Nevada ($2 million) 12: "Clown" theatrical production in Pennsylvania ($25,000) 11: Maryland town gets money but doesn't know what to do with it ($25,000) 10: Investing in nation-wide wind power (but majority of money has gone to foreign companies) ($2 billion) 9: Resurfacing a tennis court in Montana ($50,000) 8: University in Indiana studying why young men do not like to wear condoms ($221,355) 7: Funds for Massachusetts roadway construction to companies that have defrauded taxpayers, polluted the environment and have paid tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violating workplace safety laws (millions) 6: Sending 11 students and 4 teachers from an Arkansas university to the U.N. climate change convention in Copenhagen, using almost 54,000 lbs of carbon dioxide from air travel alone ($50,000) 5: Storytelling festival in Utah ($15,000) 4: Door mats to the Department of the Army in Texas ($14,675) 3: University in New York researching young adults who drink malt liquor and smoke pot ($389,357) 2: Solar panels for climbing gym in Colorado ($157,800) 1: Grant for one Massachusetts university for "robobees" (miniature flying robot bees) ($2 million)http://a11news.com/1404/stimulus-waste-list/ http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/After-a-flurry-of-stimulus-spending_-questionable-projects-pile-up-8474249-68709732.html http://hannity.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/12/waste-102-the-final-list/ http://projects.propublica.org/tables/stimulus-investigationsThe Iraq War has not cost 3 trillion, The Iraq War and Afghanistan War combined has cost 1.05 trillion and Im not sure where you get your information but funding for the War was not under the Stimulus bill. http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home more

Resolved Question: Can you goto jail for having unathorized friends living in your apartment?

Let me explain the situation. I've recently angered a former friend and this former friend is very close to the landlord manager of the apartment complex I live in. I live in a 2 bedroom, and I am the only person legally on the lease. I have 4 other people living with me, and they aren't on the lease. 2 of them have prior criminal records, and are having trouble finding a place to stay, so as a good friend I gave them a place to stay. 1 person has been living with me illegally for 2 years. The last person is my girlfriend, whom is legally being added to the lease, but has been living there for 6 weeks without being on the lease. With the exception of my GF, non of the people I have let share my apartment can pass a credit background check. There is also a fee for having other tenants live with you (100 per person). There's also a max occupancy of 4 people for a 2 bedroom. Now getting back to the friend I've angered, she is going to turn me into the landlord, whom I already have a bad relationship with. Can I goto jail for my violations or can I simply get evicted and maybe a simple fine. If I goto jail my life is over. I work for the government and I'll lose my job over a conviction. I can't just throw out the people living with me. They all have good circumstances and need a home. That's what friends do, they give to those less fortunate. I'm already on PBJ for 1 year for a violation concerning my license (driving on a suspended, although I seriously had no idea it was suspended). I live in Maryland and am trying to look up the law. From what I've seen so far, it looks like the can be a criminal investigation. Can anyone give me some insight, as shit is going to hit the fan. This former friend already stated she's 100 percent turning me in. more

Resolved Question: How do Democrats expect to get away with passing the Senate HC Bill without even voting on it? Are they crazy?

http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/12/house-democrats-appear-set-to-pass-senate-bill-without-voting-on-it/ Republicans now expect Democrats to pass health care through the House with a trick only Capitol Hill could dream up: approving the Senate bill without voting on it. Democrats will vote on a separate bill that includes language stating that the original Senate bill is “deemed passed.” So by voting for the first bill — a reconciliation measure to fix certain things in the Senate bill — that will automatically pass the second bill — the original Senate bill — without a separate roll call taking place. It’s called the “Slaughter Solution” (prepare for a weekend of endless TV gabbing about it). And after debating House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on the chamber floor, Minority Whip Eric Cantor emerged convinced that Democrats are going to use the tactic, and that they won’t allow Republicans, and the public, to see the text of any legislation for 72 hours before a vote. “I can infer that we’re going to see a rule that will deem the Senate bill as having passed, and at the same time not even have 72 hours to even look at what they are passing,” Cantor, a Virginia Republican, said in an interview outside his office at the Capitol. “The outrage to me on the part of the public is going to be focused on the fact that there is not even an up or down vote, a clean up or down vote,” Cantor said. Here’s the reason Democrats are using such a complicated procedure: many in the House completely do not trust the Senate to pass fixes to the bill passed by the Senate in December. But according to the rules of reconciliation, the House must go first in passing the Senate bill and passing a reconciliation fix. So House Democrats have been searching for a way to alleviate members’ concerns that if they vote for the Senate bill and the Senate does nothing to fix it, they will be hung out to dry as having supported a piece of legislation that many across the country dislike, either for spending reasons, or because of special provisions like the extra money for Nebraska’s Medicaid population (the “Cornhusker kickback”). Technically, using the “Slaughter solution,” they’ll never have voted for the bill they find odious, even if their vote on the reconciliation legislation will have been the vote that passed the Senate bill into law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, alluded to all this at her weekly press conference Friday. “There are certain assurances that they want and that we will get for them before I ask them to take a vote,” Pelosi said. The “Slaughter solution” is named for House Rules Committee Chairman Louise Slaughter, the New York Democrat who came up with the idea. She told the Daily Caller on Thursday that the chances of her procedure being used were “pretty good.” Despite doubt among some on Capitol Hill on whether the “Slaughter solution” was feasible, Cantor expressed no doubt that the tactic could be used. “It’s a self-executing rule. It is akin to passage but hidden in a rule as a side-note, passing the 2,700-page, $1 trillion bill, oh by the way,” he said. Hoyer rejected the idea that Republicans have not had enough time to review the legislation. “You have had months to review the substance of that bill. You don’t like it. We understand. You’re going to oppose it. We understand that as well. The fact of the matter is you cannot say you have had no notice of each and every provision for over two months,” said Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat. Cantor said he wanted 72 hours to review the final text of the reconciliation bill. “The reconciliation bill is new text. He claims it’s old hat, but this is clearly where they’re reconciling differences,” Cantor said, expressing concern that Democrats would rush the final text to the House floor for a vote to keep “sweeteners” used to buy off votes from being discovered. Democrats are coalescing around a schedule for the bill’s route to the House floor for a vote. They are expecting a final score from the Congressional Budget Office later today. On Monday, the House Budget Committee will mark the bill up, leading to an expected vote in the Rules Committee on Wednesday, with a final vote by the full House possible next weekend. The question remains, however, whether Pelosi will even be able to round up enough votes to pass a bill. Momentum continued to go the wrong direction for her on Friday, as two more Democrats said they are opposed to the bill. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/12/house-democrats-appear-set-to-pass-senate-bill-without-voting-on-it/#ixzz0i08U0A1S more

Resolved Question: How Long Can Maryland detain a person awaiting extridition for a fugative from justice warrant ?

My fiance is being held on a "fugative from justice" warrant here in Maryland. The warrant originated out of Florida for a VOP. We were originally told that if Florida doesnt come to get him within 30 days that they would release him. In court today the judge indicated that if Florida does not come, that they would give them 30 extra days... what is the law?? If Florida doesnt want him back for the VOP, when will they let him go?? Will FLorida Come for a VOP ??? Any valuable advice regarding this issue, will win best answer!!VOP is a violation of probation according to the documents.. && I would like a little of both- I want good news that says maybe they will release him (* and he does plan on taking care of it, however we hoped ot have a lawyer when it came time & turn himself in , it will be better so that they would reinstate his probabation but allow him to do it up here... ) but as opposed to "this COULD happen", I would really like to hear what normally happens. I wont leave him, I love him. This is something that happend long ago ( over a stupid stolen four wheeler!) We have a beautiful daughter and this warrant is the only reason we arent married, so yes I want it taken care of ! I would howver like to avoid the $2000 in extradition fees we will have to pay should they come for him, as that will be added to his restitution... I want this done && I am plenty mad at him for dragging us through this, but I wont give up on him (this time!- one shot! we come first or goodbye!) more

Resolved Question: Why do supporters of illegals believe illegals should not be arrested in raids when found breaking the law?

police swooped down on two Maryland restaurants, taking into custody dozens of employees. Suzanne Collins reports their documentation is being checked to see if they are in this country legally. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Timbuktu Restaurant near BWI Airport around 10 a.m. Thursday. Records were removed from the offices, and employees were arrested. Anne Arundel County police helped. "In this case, a number of warrants were issued to the owner of the restaurant, who may have hired illegal immigrants, also the harboring of illegal immigrants in houses nearby," said John Leopold, Anne Arundel County Executive. Police activity also occurred at two homes right next to Timbuktu, but ICE wouldn't confirm what was going on there. WJZ also learned a restaurant in Middle River, By The Docks, was also the location of a search and seizure Thursday. Twenty-nine people of different nationalities were taken into custody and driven in vans to Baltimore ICE offices. CASA de Maryland, an advocacy group for Latino immigrants, says these raids are wrong. It's their belief this should be solved with national immigration reform. "I think by arresting people, they will terrorize the community, and the community would be even scared to answer a census form," said Tarsila Talarico, CASA de Maryland. ICE says it's committed to stopping illegal employment schemes utilizing illegal labor, and that businesses that do that have an unfair advantage. "There are many small businesses in this county, state, nation that play by the rules, follow labor laws. They pay taxes, and they're seriously undercut by those employers who hire illegal immigrants," said Leopold. ICE says it did not take the restaurant owners into custody, but the investigation is continuing. http://wjz.com/local/immigration.customs.enforcement.2.1554621.html Are they saying by arresting lawbreakers this will terrorize the community,is this the same as saying nobody should be arrested for any crimes , if it will terrorize the community per CASA de Maryland that even dangerous illegals should not be arrested if it will terrorize the community and dangerous illegals are free to committ and do any crime they want under the guise of if it will terrorize the community the police must not arrest the dangerous illegals but allow them to go free ? more

Resolved Question: Work permit? Child labor laws in Maryland?

Ok, so I'm 14 now, 15 on June 5th, and I want to get a summer job after school lets out; I live in the state of Maryland. How do you get a work permit? What kind of jobs can I get at the age of 15? What kind cant I get? How do you apply for a job? Etc.. Thanks more

Resolved Question: In the state of Maryland when does a person stop paying child support?

If the child is 18 years old, but still in high school does the other parent still pay child support? Do they pay untill graduation? What is the Marland Law Code for this, or how do I find it? Thanks in advance! more

Resolved Question: Which schools better? spelman or college park?

I want to be a lawyer. I also want to go to a top 10 law school, which school is more likely to help me get there given that I have good grades and lsat? Spelman or University of Maryland-College Park? I tried looking on the national ranking list but spelman isn't on it. Oh and yes, I am a minority. (black, mexican, and chinese) more

Voting Question: I have small claims case on former roommate. She's counter claiming for Article 11 Sanctions? What is that?

This is long, but please read. I need help with this!!! Much appreciated if you read and respond! My former roommate only paid 2 months of rent when we signed together a lease agreement to rent this house for 1 year. The fourth month into it she stopped paying rent and utilities. I've paid the security deposit in full (she did not pay), the first month rent to move in (she did not pay,), and 2 other months she did not pay. She only paid for May and June. We moved in the month of April. The landlord threatened eviction, but I was allowed to stay because I was paying my share of the lease every time. We had an agreement she pay half of rent and half of utilities I put in a separate contract we both signed. She was forced to leave voluntarily to avoid us eviction granted I was able to stay living on premises and not her. I'm taking her to court for collection of the months she did not pay as agreed and it's on 3/19. I have all the proof to prove the case. She sent me a letter that I received yesterday stating if I do not drop the case today, she is counter claiming a law suit against me for Article 11 Sanctions that could potentially cause criminal prosecution against me. She's also suing me for lost wages attempting to collect two round trips up to the court for our trial date, employer lost wages that day, hotel lodging fees, her money she spent on her certified letters to me, and court fees. She said her counter claim suit will cause delay in our set trial date on 3/19. She has not processed this yet, but I thought you cannot change trial dates? She just cannot make up trial dates scheduled and change them right? Court house does right? Well, I went through channels of the court house yesterday and spoke to a state attorney. He said after he did digging, Article 11 Sanctions means someone acting in bad faith by making untrue court proceedings on someone, that is what she is suing me for. Is this right? He also said this does not at all include criminal prosecution. It would be just a fine if I was found guilty and more than likely it would not pass the judge in her favor. If it helps, I live in state of Maryland.I would not bother with this trial and waste the courts time if I did not have the proof! more

Resolved Question: Is it OK from the health perspective if a dentist in Maryland starts and finishes 4 RCT's on one patient in th?

4 Root canals therapies performed on one patient in the same day. The starting and the finishing treatment on 2 bicuspits and 2 enterior teeth. How does OSHA and dental insurances view the quality/ethics/law of that kind of treatment? What about the patient's rights? more

Voting Question: Must employer (in Maryland state) inform his employees if there is listening device in the office?

My both employers (I have 2 part time jobs and both employers are best friends to each others) have video cameras (there are signs around the office to inform patients of the cameras), but they did not inform employees on the record about their listening devices set up around the office. From the legal perspective, what are the rights/obligations of the employer and employee? How can employee protect himself? And what does the community thinks of employers who listen to employees conversation instead treating them accordingly to the labor law?Can someone find the exact law (paragraph etc.) where this is stated? more

Resolved Question: My father-in-law just passed away in Maryland & so far no will has been located.?

My husband & I are going to step up to try to handle things, but I was wondering what would happen if NO ONE stepped up.Thank you for your answer. We have already started the process, but wanted to tell the other siblings what would happen since they were all sitting around. Ya know? Sometime those that step up end up the bad guys. LOL more

Resolved Question: What do you think about my cumulative GPA?

University of Maryland College Park University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Maryland University College I have a 3.4 gpa! Which Universities would accept me? Is my GPA too low!? I take 3 AP classes and I want to get into law or engineering. more

Resolved Question: CDL Pre-trip inspections in Maryland and Virginia?

Is it required by either State law to keep a log of pre-trip inspections for CDL vehicles?Thanks "a mom". I see that a post-trip inspection report is required, but all I see regarding pre-trip inspection is that it must be performed. Not necessarily a report to be kept on file. more

Resolved Question: How would I organize a flash mob? Is it legal too?

Okay so a little back story... I lived in Maryland until June of last year when I moved. Prior to moving I had several people in and out of my home repairing and cleaning things. We also ate out a lot so there is many ways a person could have had access to our credit card. On the 8th of February someone started making small mail charges here and there. They said "Royal Mail" which I now know is the Great Brittan mail system, but with my husband in Iraq, working in a Palace I assumed he was sending our kids gifts. - It turns out these were "tester charges" and they ranged from $2 - $11 and there were about 15 of them. Finally I asked my husband about them and he said they weren't from him so we disputed them. His credit card was turned off but as it turns out, a day too late. The very next day a charge posted to our account for nearly $500 from a dot com company. The scam artist had done it again and gotten away with it. When I contacted the company I found out that they'd already sent out the merchandise but they gave me the address and name it was sent to. It was sent to my husband, and also confirmed through a fake e-mail address with my husband's name in it, but to an address in Maryland, the same town we lived in until June of last year! The local (to MD) law enforcement is blowing it off and the bank has bigger fish to fry. This person is not going to see an ounce of justice. I imagine we're not the only ones they've taken advantage of and gotten away with it.. They are stealing from people and not seeing any consequences.. So my idea is a Justice/Flash Mob... I was thinking we could try and get 50 people (if not more) to show up next Monday at 7pm. Chant "Justice will be served, 3 times at 7:02 and then drop hand written notes that say "The person in apartment 104 steals credit card information and money" "You've been outed" "Justice will be served" - Which might leave a hint of a threat lingering in the air but the real meaning of "justice will be served" would be because of the embarrassment if neighbors heard it and saw the notes. What do you think? I'm trying to figure out how to do it. - I don't know where to post it and I really don't know how to get a bunch of people to actually show up and do it. Any ideas? Is there not a website somewhere for listing Flash Mobs? more

Voting Question: Where do I post my idea for a flash mob? How to find people to attend?

Resolved Question: Which of these states would be the best for me, I am deciding where to live after I finish college, help plz?

So currently I am a college student with a respectable GPA. I have heard from Georgetown and they said I shouldn't worry because I will be getting in as a transfer to the class of 2012. I am waiting decisions from some other top colleges as well. Currently I am 19. I will be going to either law school or med school so by the age of 25 I will have to make a decision on the places, I just want to make sure they are not in the deep south. Now the college I am in right now is in the deep south, the same place where I spent my high school years and I would love to get out of here and not come back to this place. Not to be racist but it is mostly Black and White with little diversity and people here are very rude (wasn't like this in other places I lived in). Here are the states I have started out with, which should I take off the list? 1. New York 2. California 3. Massachusetts 4. Connecticut 5. Illinois 6. Washington 7. Oregon 8. New Jersey 9. Wisconsin 10. Nevada 11. Pennsylvania 12. Maryland more

Resolved Question: Government Accountability in Healthcare - Who would you sue if denied care?

BACKGROUND: Before dawn on March 16, 1975, two men broke down the back door of a three-story home in Washington, D.C. shared by three women. Upon the first call to police, officers arrived at the house, got no answer to their knocks on the door, did a quick check around, and left. When the women frantically called the police a second time, no officers were even dispatched. The attackers kidnapped, robbed, raped, and beat all three women over 14 hours. When these women later sued the city and its police for negligently failing to protect them or even to answer their second call, the court held that GOVERNMENT HAD NO DUTY to respond to their call or to protect them. (See below for case references and citations) This case is not unique, every year in the US, hundreds of civil suits are denied, dismissed, or overturned based on Stare Decisis that the government has "no affirmative duty" to protect citizens. This is due to the fact that the US Constitution does not explicitly state that protection as a Right JUST LIKE it does not name healthcare as a Right. This COMPLETELY applies to healthcare, because the same courts and same judges will handle healthcare claims citing Stare Decisis regarding government services. QUESTIONS: 1) Under a single-payer system, or even under a Government subsidized plan, when your claim is mishandled, wronfully denied, or ignored, how would you ever sue for compensation if it was needed? 2) Knowing this, do you still trust the government to be as accountable as private industry, who you almost certainly would be denied the right to sue? 3) Mhy is NO ONE asking these questions in this healthcare debate??????? These questions aren't about lawsuits or money, they are merely about accountability. Referenced Case Law: South v. Maryland, 59 U.S. 396, 15 L.Ed.433 (1856) (the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that local law-enforcement had no duty to protect individuals, but only a general duty to enforce the laws.) DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189, 109 S.Ct. 998, 1989 (1989) Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307 Bowers v. Devito, 686 F.2d 616 (7th Cir. 1982) Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d 1, 1981) Hartzler v. City of San Jose, 46 Cal.App.3d 6, 120 Cal.Rptr. 5 (1975) Davidson v. City of Westminister, 32 Cal.3d 197, 185 Cal.Rptr. 252 (1982) Westbrooks v. State, 173 Cal.App.3d 1203, 219 Cal.Rtr. 674 (1985) Ne Casek v. City of Los Angeles, 233 Cal.App.2d 131, 43 Cal.Rptr. 294 (1965) Susman v. City of Los Angeles, et al., 269 Cal.App.2d 803, 75 Cal.Rptr. 240 (1969) Antique Arts Corp. v. City of Torrence, 39 Cal.App.3d 588, 114 Cal.Rptr. 332 (1974) more

Resolved Question: Article 1, section 2, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution limits the number of Representatives at...?

... no more than one for every 30,000 Americans. Calculated with today's population, the Constitution would allow for up to 10,000 Representatives. That being the case, why do we only have 435? Why don't we have 10,000 Representatives, or 5,000, or 1,000, or at least some number closer to 10,000 than 435? "...The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse [sic] three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_ConstitutionMany of you are pointing out the obvious fact that 30,000/1 is the maximum. My question is why do we arbitrarily have 435 and not 650 or 1200 or 3800 or 8500? Wouldn't more representatives more effectively reflect the populace? more

Resolved Question: Help with breeders licensing?

We have a dog that had puppies and I was told today that we have to get a licence to sell the puppies. I also am looking into breeding cats and would like to know how to get a licence for them. I also breed rabbits and I guess I need a licence for that too? Can some one help me find the laws on this? I have been trying to find out about it online with out sucess and I am frustrated. I live in Maryland USA and need the current laws for my area...please some one point me in the right direction. Our dogs puppies are an oops...she was a resque dog and we just found out she is going to have puppies. So do not tell me about how horrible breeders are I don't want your openions on the subject I only am interested in the laws for my area..if you do not know the answer please do not respond to my question. ThanksWe do have 2 dogs that are pregnant by our neighbors dogs..I expect them each to have 1 to 4 puppies they hardly even look pregnant but are producing milk which they have never done beforeAlso I just heard today that a new law passed and is requireing any one that is selling any animal or even just has them as pets has to get licensed its just a different price I think on if you just have pets or are selling them and they have to inspect your home?? I just heard about it today and am trying to find out about this new law..thanks more

Resolved Question: Help with breeders licencing for:Cats, Dogs and rabbits?

Resolved Question: what is the penalties for attempted second degree assault IN MARYLAND(common law offence)?

i was found guilty of this.Will this be the same penalties as second degree assault and if so why ?(thank you for all your answers. more

Resolved Question: What is your opinion on this Another Illegal Alien Sues Over Arrest?

In the latest of several lawsuits filed by illegal immigrants against U.S. law enforcement agencies, a Mexican woman claims that an Arizona sheriff’s department mistreated her during a workplace raid that led to the arrest of dozens of undocumented workers. For three years Celia Alvarez used a fake identity to work at a Phoenix landscaping company that was raided last fall by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department. Alvarez, who has four U.S.-born anchor babies, was among the 60 illegal immigrants arrested in the operation. In a federal complaint she accuses Maricopa Sheriff’s deputies of negligence and mistreatment for arresting and interrogating her. Alvarez also claims that deputies violently struck her and denied her medical care for several weeks during her two-month detention. She is seeking damages for illegal search and seizure as well as assault. The arrest also traumatized her children, Alvarez says, especially her youngest because he was still breastfeeding at the time and his mother was not available to properly nourish him. She asserts that the incident has marked her for a lifetime and hurt her kids, who as U.S.-born citizens collect public assistance. The struggling, unemployed illegal immigrant with four young children assures she’s not interested in the money she “could get out of this,” but rather in denouncing the “abuse, cruelty and inhumanity” of how she was treated by the local sheriff, which she worries will “go after more people.” This seems to be part of a growing trend among illegal immigrants and their advocate pro bono attorneys to sue law enforcement officials for doing their job and local governments for enforcing their measures. In the last few months alone legal action has been taken against an Ohio sheriff deputy who helped deport a Mexican with false identification cards, a Maryland officer who arrested an illegal Salvadoran woman and federal agents who apprehended a group of illegal aliens in a Connecticut immigration raid. A few weeks ago a group of undocumented day laborers sued a southern California city (Costa Mesa) for banning them from seeking work on public streets. The lawsuit actually stems from the arrest by local police of a dozen illegal alien day laborers who violated the city’s anti-solicitation ordinance. On a positive note, a Rhode Island state trooper sued for racial profiling after detaining a group of illegal aliens during a traffic stop was recently exonerated by a federal appeals court that determined the officer acted appropriately. http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/feb/another-illegal-alien-sues-over-arrest more

Resolved Question: What college should I go to if I want to be a Lawyer?

My parents want me staying somewhat close to home, otherwise there not paying for my education so I have to choose a school somewhere around the md/dc area. I'm interested in being an environmental or international Lawyer. Im very smart, being african american, mexican, and Chinese makes me a minority which gives me alot of scholarship opportunities, but not enough to pay for college alone. Which school, given that I get great grades and do good on the lsat, will help me get in a top 10 law school? -Howard university -University of Maryland-Baltimore County -Towson -Salisbury -Frostburg Although ive been making straight A's my junior and senior year my freshmen year I was really sick, missed 20 days, and had a 2.0, messing up my chances at College Park and Johns Hopkins. Should I try transferring to another school after my associates? more

Resolved Question: please i really need help with my government quiz?

1- why a senator's term in office different in length than that of a representative's? a) Senator's term are longer because they require nless experiance than representativ's do b)Senators terms are longer so they can be staggered, therefore a mojority of senator's is always experiambed. c) Senators terms are limmitedto only one term in office, therfore thier term in office is longer d) Senator's terms are shorter in order to make sure they accuretly represent thier constituents. 1)congress shares powers with the president in the filed of foreign affairs. what other powers do congress and the president share a) Judicial powers b) Postal powers c)territorial powers d) war powers 3) what is the implied powers expressed by the Necessary and Proper Clause in the Constitution? a) Congress's ability to make laws is severely limited by the Constitution b) Congress is given limited authority tointerpret reserved powers c) congress must follow a concrete interpretation of the constitution d) congress can make any law that is deems appropriate 4) what non legislative action has senate performed only doing the president of Andrew Jackson dand Bill Clinton? a) votted to acquit b) votted to impeach c) withdrew deficit financing d) declared bankruptcy 5) The constitution makses no mention of them, yet these bodises play an essential role in the lawmaking process. Thier job is to shift through and decide the fate of bills. what are they? a) quorums b) commitiees of the whole c) standing committees d) conference commitie 6) The purpose of a filibuster is to a) invoke the rule of clotures b) overrule a President veto c) allow quoreum cells d) prevent action on a bill 7) strict constructionest:------------------; liberal constructionest: Alexander Hamilton a) James Madison b) John Admas c) Thomas Jefferson d) Gerorge Washington 8) The event brought McCulloch v. Merryland before the supreme Court? a) The state of Meryland based it's Congresional district on race b) The satet of Maryland attempted to tax federal bank notes c) The state od Meryland governor disagreed with the power of Congress to regular interstate commerece d) The state Maryland refused to follow the federal standars of weights and measures 9) which of the following determine who holds the position of Speaker of the House? a) THe president b) The house c) The senate d) the joint houses of Congress more

Voting Question: What is the law of limitation on filing a small claims in Maryland?

Resolved Question: Why are illegals attacking our children 11 year old girl was attacked is it time to start deporting illegals?

Two Silver Spring men are being held on a $1 million bond Thursday after being arrested on charges that they raped an 11-year-old girl who, shortly after leaving the scene of the crime, helped police arrest the two men by identifying items she saw in their residence, police say. Melquicide H. Sorto, 31, and Marcos R. Torres-Enriquez, 20, both of the 8700 block of Carroll Avenue in Silver Spring, were arrested Tuesday night by Montgomery County Police and charged with second-degree rape. Montgomery County District Court Judge William Simmons set the bond for both men at $1 million Thursday. They will continue to be held at the Montgomery County Detention Center. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have placed a detainer on both men, because it is suspected they are illegal immigrants, said a spokeswoman for ICE, a federal agency. Once the suspects have completed their legal and criminal processes, they will be handed over to ICE and could possibly be deported. Police allege the two men first approached the girl, who is from the Quebec Terrace neighborhood of Silver Spring, at a gas station near Piney Branch Road and Carroll Avenue Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement of charges filed in District Court in Rockville. The men spoke to the victim in Spanish, which she did not understand, and she then walked to her nearby home, according to the statement. At around 8 p.m. that evening, the victim went to a park in the 1000 block of Quebec Terrace in Silver Spring by herself and saw the suspects again, charging documents state. They again spoke to the victim, and she again walked away, but this time the men grabbed her arm and took her to their home nearby, where they allegedly raped her, charging documents state. After the assault, the men allowed the girl to leave their home, according to charging documents. As the girl walked home, she saw her mother, who had been out looking for her, and the girl told her mother that she had been raped, charging documents state. The mother then called police. When police responded at around 8:37 p.m. Tuesday, the victim pointed out the residence where she was allegedly raped and described the inside of the residence so police could better identify the suspects, according to charging documents. When officers entered the residence, they saw Sorto and Torres-Enriquez, as well as some of the items the girl described, charging documents said. The men were placed in custody and brought outside of their home so a police cruiser with the victim in the back seat could drive by, said Cpl. Dan Friz, a police spokesman. The girl identified the two men as the same men who allegedly raped her, Friz said. As part of law-enforcement techniques enacted in 2009 by Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas J. Manger, police notified federal immigration officials of the suspects because they were charged with a violent crime. Manger and Leggett's decision, a stricter stance than the county's previously hands-off approach to immigration enforcement, came partially in response to the shooting death of 14-year-old Tai Lam, who was killed by gang members Nov. 1, 2008, at a bus stop just blocks from Sorto and Torres-Enriquez's residence. Just months before he shot and killed Lam, the shooter, Hector Hernandez, was arrested on concealed-weapons charges and quickly released. http://www.gazette.net/stories/02252010/montnew162822_32567.php Will ice quickly release these guys or will Casa de Maryland make bail for them ? more

Voting Question: is there a law against unnecessary bank charges?

if so where can i find evdience of this law? i am writing a dispute letter on $400 worth of bank charges. (overdraft and late fees) And i live in Maryland if this applies to state laws. Thank You! more

Voting Question: I was in a work related accident in maryland but my company was based out of nj?

I drove a truck for living, I supported a family and made close to 70 a year. In 2008 my neck was broken in a truck accident and because it happened in maryland my lawyer tells me i have to use their laws. I have lost everything, 7 doctors have me 180% disabled . They tell me that i wont be getting any lump sum payment,they wont pay for me to be treated by any doctors, the only help i'm getting is 800 a month and i have to wait possibly another year for them to pay me my 70% which will bring me to 536 a week, my problem is that i'm not ready to just give up and spend my life being poor. I'm still a human being, i still have ambition,i don't want a free ride i just want to be retrained. There is a doctor out there that told me within 2 years he could have me back to where i could work but they wont pay for him they wont pay for shit, i just want the same opportunities that are available to every american. Is there any lawyer who can help me the one i got told me that my life is over and i should just learn to live with less, i want my life back. I committed no crime but yet i'm being treated as if i did. I just want to be treated by the Doctor and the insurance company to pay me my 70% until i get rehabilitated medically and vocationally more

Voting Question: 10 points...plz can u help me revise this pargraph~!! THNK YOU! 1st par.?

Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. Awkwardly he was born into a middle class family where his dad worked as a waiter in the country club steward and his mother worked as a elementary teacher. Every time Marshall would get into trouble in school he was to memorize a section in the constitution and this punishment would serve him good later in his future. He graduated from high school in 1925 and wanted to follow in his brothers footsteps on going to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1930 from Lincoln and he wanted to further his carrer into law so he applied at university of Maryland law school but was denied because he was black. Marshall would go on to win very important Supreme Court cases such as Brown v. Board of education Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents. more

Resolved Question: Getting my license soon, can I get one in a different state from where I live (i have a special situation)?

I'm 15 and I live in Maryland. By Maryland laws you have to be 15 and 9 months to get your learners permit, keep it for 6 months and then you get your license. Additionally it's another 6 months until I can drive with people who aren't my family. I just moved here from Texas, where you can get your permit sooner (as soon as you turn 15) and can get your license when you are 16(if you have had your permit for 6 months). After you get your license there are still restrictions about who you can drive but I would have a full, real license a lot sooner. My parents are in the military, assigned to Maryland because of there jobs so they aren't citizens of Maryland. My father claimed Texas as his state and my mother claimed California as hers. This special privalage they have doesn't just affect them , it changes a lot of stuff for me as well(for example I would pay in-state college tuition in California and Texas schools etc). OK so finally here is my question: Do my circumstances, being a dependent of my parents who aren't citizens of Maryland, mean that I can get my license in Texas or California? more

Resolved Question: I have a handicapped parking placard. Is it illegal to use my tag if I am part of a carpool?

I am trying to find a carpool space and mentioned that I have a handicapped parking placard. People are reacting like I announced I drown kittens. My understanding was there was no legal requirement to drop me off, and then find a space. Am I wrong? All the people calling me tell me that the law says if I am with someone able bodied, we can't put the placard on their car. I live in Maryland, if that helps. more