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Thursday, February 02, 2017

U.S. judge: Miller, Bush must testify, turn over documents in redistricting case

A federal judge has ordered Maryland’s top two legislative leaders to testify and turn over records for a lawsuit challenging the 2011 redrawing of the state’s congressional districts, which effectively ensured Democratic control of seven out of eight U.S. House seats.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) and House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel) have fought efforts to examine their intentions during the redistricting process, claiming that “legislative privilege” protects them from records requests and litigation related to internal deliberations.

But U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar ruled Tuesday that the ability to discover evidence “lies at the heart of this case” and that the legislature’s direct role in the redistricting process “supports overcoming the legislative privilege.” Bredar wrote that the protections Miller and Busch had claimed do not apply in certain types of federal lawsuits, particularly those that don’t involve financial liability.

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6 comments:

  1. they both need to be locked up

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  2. These turd's have worn out their welcome. Did you see the Busch idiot yesterday when the good governor was speaking? He couldn't or didn't have enough respect to hold his head up. Was he that old and tired or just drunk. Very disrespectful, time to go home son.

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  3. Finally the gangsters are cornered...

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  4. They need to be ousted without any retirement or benefits from the MD tax payer. They have been dictators of MD for to long and need to be punished to the max. Another example of the DumbocRAT crook.

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  5. LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP!!

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