Does the Speaker of the House really speak for the House? The answer to that question could decide how Carroll County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Stansfield rules in a Republican lawsuit seeking to overturn $1.3 billion in tax increases adopted in a special session of the Maryland General Assembly.
The lawsuit backed by five GOP lawmakers claims the tax increases should be nullified because of a constitutional provision that prevents one chamber from adjourning for more than three days during the session without permission from the other chamber.
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