Ferguson: Legal Earthquake Prompted Special Session

The Maryland General Assembly opened its special session on Monday with specific directions on being respectful from House Speaker Joseline Pena-Melnyk and a press conference ahead of the day by Senate President Bill Ferguson.  Ferguson said the session was prompted by Supreme Court actions on voting rights…

“A legal earthquake changed the landscape this spring when the Supreme Court of the United States under Callais eviscerated the very purpose and function of our voting rights act. We saw states like Tennessee, Louisiana, and South Carolina act with haste to attempt to eliminate majority/minority congressional districts. These acts changed the calculus.”