Calvert Institute Publications

Counterpoint - 'Civil Gideon': An idea whose time has passed
George Liebmann
A lawsuit seeks to accord civil litigants a constitutional right to state-paid lawyers like that guaranteed criminal defendants by the famous case of Gideon v. Wainwright. The test case is Frase v. Barnhart, a child custody matter which the Court of Appeals is to hear this October.

The Baltimore Criminal Justice System: The Judges Speak
Calvert Institute for Policy Research
The Baltimore Criminal Justice System: The Judges Speak, a symposium on the Criminal Justice System in Baltimore City, was held on April 30, 2003, at the World Trade Center in Baltimore.

Baltimore’s Jarndyce v. Jarndyce
Calvert Institute for Policy Research
Your editor had a look at the federal case file in that most macabre of all cases, Vaughn G. v. Board of Commissioners, involving special education in Baltimore City.(84 Civ.1911 (D.Md.)),which has lasted for 18 years, created two new bureaucracies, cost an estimated $50 million,and provided a Special Master with a $200,000+ salary (To assuage readers’ disbelief, pleading numbers are included).