I flunked Civil Procedure.
My law school professor called me into his office to discuss how I could overcome my failing grade. He all but gave me a subway token so that I could get to Penn Station and take the train home from New York.
But before he reached into his pocket, he asked a question, “How did you do in your other classes?”
I replied, “In Professor Telford Taylor’s Constitutional Law class, I got an A.”
Brigadier General Telford Taylor was Chief Counsel for 12 cases during the Nuremberg trials of the Nazis.
I thought of him often as I worked on the bill this session to require the French national railroad company to make available online the records of its deportation of Jews and others to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps.
Today, Governor O’Malley signed that legislation into law.
At a reception afterwards, I thanked all of those who helped get the bill passed: the survivors and their descendants, our lobbyists, the Maryland State Archivist, and my legislative colleagues.
I told the story about my grades in Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law.
“This past session,” I concluded, “we all got an A.”
Normally, the last bill signing means that the next legislative session is eight months away but not this year.
We must meet this fall to adopt new boundaries for Maryland’s
eight Congressional districts, consistent with the one person, one vote
principle.
We may also consider legislation addressing the state’s ongoing
revenue needs. In the next two weeks, I’ll be meeting with advocates
to discuss how that can be done in a way that is fair and environmentally sound.
eight Congressional districts, consistent with the one person, one vote
principle.
We may also consider legislation addressing the state’s ongoing
revenue needs. In the next two weeks, I’ll be meeting with advocates
to discuss how that can be done in a way that is fair and environmentally sound.
