The Judiciary Act of 1789 was a United States federal statute enacted on September 24,1789,during the first session of the First United States Congress. It established the federal judiciary of the United States. Article III,Section 1 of the Constitution prescribed that the "judicial power of the United States,shall be vested in one Supreme Court,and such inferior Courts" as Congress saw fit to establish. It made no provision for the composition or procedures of any of the courts,leaving this to Congress to decide.
The Supreme Court of Maryland is the highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. The court,which is composed of one chief justice and six associate justices,meets in the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in the state capital,Annapolis. The term of the Court begins the second Monday of September. The Court is unique among American courts in that the justices wear red robes.
The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution. The United States is a federation;consequently,the government of Maryland,like the other 49 state governments,has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders,except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.
The American University Washington College of Law is the law school of American University,a private research university in Washington,D.C. It is located on the western side of Tenley Circle in the Tenleytown section of northwest Washington,D.C. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and a member of the AALS.
Catherine Curran O'Malley is an American jurist who served as a Baltimore City District Court judge. She is married to Martin O'Malley,a former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore,and a 2016 presidential candidate. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Maryland Attorney General in the 2022 election.
Richard Johns Bowie was an American slave owner,politician and jurist.
Sven Erik Holmes is an American attorney and jurist who served as United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Thomas Edward Perez is an American politician and attorney currently serving as senior advisor to the president of the United States and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,holding both positions since June 2023. Perez previously served as the United States secretary of labor (2013–2017),the chair of the Democratic National Committee (2017–2021),and United States assistant attorney general for civil rights (2009–2013).
Peter Jo Messitte is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Charles Bernard Day is a former United States magistrate judge and former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. His nomination to a life-tenure,federal district court judgeship during 2010 and 2011 ran aground amid opposition from Republican senators,who objected to moving forward with a United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on his nomination after what were reported to be "insurmountable concerns" by Republicans over matters raised during Day's background investigation.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
Mary Ellen Barbera is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore,Maryland.
Anita Earls is an American civil rights attorney,educator and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. She previously served as the executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice,as well as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration. On November 6,2018,Earls defeated Republican incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson in a three-candidate election to win a seat on the state's highest court.
The Maryland Attorney General election of 2022 was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh was eligible to seek a third term in office,but announced that he would retire at the end of his term in early 2023.
Bernice D. Mireku-North is an American politician. She is currently a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates,appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to fill the term of Eric Luedtke,who resigned on January 2,2023,to serve as the chief legislative officer of governor-elect Wes Moore. She was previously a candidate for Montgomery County State's Attorney in 2022.
