Niles Plan aims to improve Maryland judge selection
The Niles Plan advocates a Nominating Commission in each jurisdiction to ensure well qualified judges. It contrasts the constitution’s elected judge ideal with actual practice where governors appoint most judges after vacancies. Bar lists are voluntary and not binding, allowing political influence and personal factors to sway selections over legal merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Bar Association
Baltimore City
Maryland Judges: A Missouri Plan for Selection
A Maryland plan favors a small, carefully chosen nominating commission to screen judicial candidates. It would use a governor appointed short list, aiming for nonpartisan, merit based judge selections as proven by Missouri 24 years of experience and adoption in multiple states. The article cites benefits, costs, and calls for testing the plan in Maryland.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Missouri
Kansas
California
Iowa
Alabama
Alaska
Florida
Colorado
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Michigan
Nevada
Pennsylvania
New York
Robert Martineau
Maryland State Bar Association
Martinau
Hillsboro Notes Brighten Week With Visits and Illness
A clipped Hillsboro column notes multiple local social visits and omissions due to illness. Mrs. Harold Hiester and daughters in Washington DC hosted relatives, while Chestertown visitors stayed with the Allen and Watson families. Coastal travellers and Academy students are mentioned, with Memorial Hospital in Easton cited for George Moore's illness and Meadow Bank area residents hosting guests amid a flu outbreak.
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Skip” Towers
Oil City
Harold Hiester
Washington, D. C
Ross Allen
James Watson
Andrew Perry
Chestertown
Milton Beaven
Jack Eveland
Cordova
Fred Baker
Darlington
Peter D. Bricker
Haddonfield
N. J
Helen Sparklin
Bricker
Sparklin
College
George Moore
Queen Anne
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Lions Club trip pictures shown at Marydel meeting
At the regular Lions Club gathering on Monday evening January 10 James Hadaway displayed photos from a West trip featuring Kansas Grand Canyon and Painted Desert scenes. Attendance enjoyed the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
James Hadaway
West
Kansas
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Otto Meyers
Paul List
Camden
Four Countians Held spellbound by R and A Furniture Mart
Ridgely ad promotes R and A FURNITURE MART offering beautiful economical furnishings and appliances. Shoppers are urged to visit today and see practical value and direct deals with GREEN STAMPS offered on purchases.
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R & A Furniture Mart
Ridgely
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Niles
Snow
Yorke
Hillsboro
Helen H. Sparklin
Thomas Lockerman
Denton
Carl Parker
Chester
Milford Kline
Effie Tarburton
Our
Roy Hopkins
Buddy” Palmatory
Don Langley
Bratford
Buddy
Walford Palmatory
Blue Mountain Academy
Hamburg
Carlton Pratt
Friendship Airport
Fred Stone
Melrose Park
Ill
Ily
Sonny” Todd and Daughters
Sonny
Mrs
Oliver Todd
Marydel
H. R .Butts
Whiteoaks
Amos Wyatt
Louis Collison
T. Olin Ford
Eddie Harman
Gerald Harman
Joanne Walls
Francis Thomas
Isaac Thomas
Kennard Shults
Harvey
Thomas
Harrisburg Fair
Eldad Wright, Jr
Veterans Hospital
Philadelphia
Annie Maske
Trader Funeral Home
Dover
Jean Jackson
Pearson’s Corner
Theresa Kosch
Cub
Pack 338
George Luff
Luff
Luther Townsend
School of Missions
Goldsboro
Carmen Petrone
Kent General Hospital
Civic Club
Webster
Collegiate Dictionary
Boston
Sharpener
the Journal Printing Office
Market St
Raaeghive
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