Maryland clearly has not yet thrown off The Crown.
Well, that's because it fits so well. Comfortable, even! Keeps the rain and the rural constituents from wrecking the legislative dry cleaning.
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Maryland clearly has not yet thrown off The Crown.
From the brief on page 11: "Third, with respect to Kevin Hulbert’s claims, the right to record law enforcement officers is not a clearly established First Amendment right."
This thinking strikes at the very core of why Maryland is not, in fact, "The Free State". Are things permitted if they are not explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, or are they forbidden unless explicitly permitted by the Constitution? Freedom and Liberty demand the first interpretation; tyrants demand the second. Maryland clearly has not yet thrown off The Crown.
In Jeff's memory i hope this goes in a way where some things can be exposed. I pray the legal can is not kicked down the road for multiple years because the state works with our tax money and have an unlimited resource.
From the brief on page 11: "Third, with respect to Kevin Hulbert’s claims, the right to record law enforcement officers is not a clearly established First Amendment right."
This thinking strikes at the very core of why Maryland is not, in fact, "The Free State". Are things permitted if they are not explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, or are they forbidden unless explicitly permitted by the Constitution? Freedom and Liberty demand the first interpretation; tyrants demand the second. Maryland clearly has not yet thrown off The Crown.
From the brief on page 11: "Third, with respect to Kevin Hulbert’s claims, the right to record law enforcement officers is not a clearly established First Amendment right."
This thinking strikes at the very core of why Maryland is not, in fact, "The Free State". Are things permitted if they are not explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, or are they forbidden unless explicitly permitted by the Constitution? Freedom and Liberty demand the first interpretation; tyrants demand the second. Maryland clearly has not yet thrown off The Crown.
From the state's brief:
"Groups can obtain a permit for
demonstrations in Lawyers’ Mall; a permit is optional and not required, but
possession of a permit will give priority to the permitted group if another, nonpermitted
group shows up at the same time."
How many people from disfavored organizations have been ticketed for being in Lawyers Mask without a permit over the years?
Here's the call, btw: https://apps.oag.state.md.us/Recorded_05-Feb-2018.mp3
Apparently the AG has forgotten the outcome of Maryland v Graber(2010) about public video recording of LE.
Or an opinion, by then AG Dougie Gansler, advising a state legislator that, contrary to the claims of Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly, a traffic stop is not an instance where a police officer can claim a reasonable expectation of privacy. (Rosenberg was the legislator asking for clarification).
I'm dying to know who made that call as well.Has anyone actually listened to this?
"....the Lieutenant Governor is at the Miller Senate office building and is going to walk back to the State House at some point. Don't want them to give him a bunch of stuff for whatever reason."
I'm not sure which I am more shocked by, the fact that someone thought that the PP would harass Boyd Rutherford or the cavalier way that the Capitol Police dispatch knew exactly what this guy meant for them to do when he made the call.
So who made the call? Someone in the Mansion who handles these types of things? Someone on Rutherford's security detail?
I'm dying to know who made that call as well.
The answers for which y’all seek are on the case page
From the District Court’s opinion:
https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/documents?task=download.send&id=249&catid=4&m=0
Wasn't that the case about the motorcyclist and the plain clothes/ unmarked car state trooper who didn't identify himself despite having his gun out when he grabbed the bike's bars? Then more Troopers swatted the motorcyclist when he posted the video on YouTube?
Yep, that's the one.