By Marc Korman. About seven years ago I was sitting at a College Democrats meeting listening to a speaker from the California Governor’s office. She was explaining all of the…
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Fixing Senate Vacancies, Part Three
By Marc Korman. In Parts 1 and 2 we reviewed previous Senate appointments and the current efforts to reform the process. Ending uninhibited gubernatorial appointments is a good idea. But…
Fixing Senate Vacancies, Part Two
By Marc Korman. In Part 1, we reviewed some historical Senate vacancy appointments, including the recent appointments that have stirred interest in the topic of reform. In Part 2, we…
Fixing Senate Vacancies, Part One
By Marc Korman. The four US Senate vacancies as a result of the election of President Obama have created lots of headlines. As a result, there are federal and state…
By Marc Korman. In Part One we talked about Maryland’s participation in the National Popular Vote effort. But Maryland is also heavily involved with another effort to legislate around the…
By Marc Korman. Maryland is at the forefront of two pieces of legislation, one state and one federal, which creatively use statutes to deal with issues that are arguably constitutional….
Flawed Transportation Policies Hit Home
By Marc Korman. I have spent the past year and a half riding the DC Metro and MARC Train from Bethesda to Baltimore for school each day. I always knew…
By Marc Korman. My last entry examined the committee assignments of four of Maryland’s Congressmembers and what issues they might deal with in the coming year. Today we will take…
By Marc Korman. The new Congress convened earlier this month and they have their work cut out for them: the economy, healthcare costs, global warming, two wars, and the conflict…
What To Watch for in 2009
By Marc Korman. With many end of the year articles and blogs focusing on the best of, most influential, and so on of 2008, I thought it might be more…