Comments on Governor Hogan’s Veto of Anne Arundel’s SBNC Legislation
Comments published in the Baltimore Sun, Capital, and Washington Post
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Comments published in the Baltimore Sun, Capital, and Washington Post
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Comment published in the Baltimore Sun
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Reader comments published in the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post
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Op-ed published in the Baltimore Sun
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Dec 17, 2013
Snider, J.H., The public, not the courts, should decide, Baltimore Sun, December 16, 2013. In countries such as Russia and Iran, the public can vote in elections, but the elections are often viewed as less than fully democratic...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 29, 2013
Source: Snider, J.H., The Leopold case: bad behavior, vague crimes, Baltimore Sun, January 29, 2013. This type of conduct is common among elected officials, but the applicable rules are ambiguous and rarely enforced. Circuit...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Sep 23, 2012
Legislature applies different interpretations according to its self-interest. What type of majority is necessary to approve Maryland’s Nov. 6 ballot referendum to expand gambling? Maryland’s Constitution says:...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 18, 2012
Majority voted in favor of con-con in 2010, yet it hasn’t been convened. Many laws aren’t enforced, including requirements that you pay payroll tax for baby sitters and clean your sidewalk after a snowstorm. But...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Sep 22, 2010
Could this be the year when the anti-incumbent mood in Maryland results in legislative term limits? If so, there is only one way it could happen: via the statewide ballot item on Nov. 2 to convene a state constitutional...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 8, 2010
Voters in November will have a rare opportunity to shape the state’s constitution. This November, Marylanders will have a once-in-a-generation chance to shake up the political process. Yet few know about it, and even fewer...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Apr 12, 2001
WASHINGTON – The National Governors Association reported recently that the annual cost to society of traffic gridlock is $72 billion in wasted time and fuel as well as 4.3 billion hours stuck in traffic. And gridlock is...
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