Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Maryland General Election in Maryland.
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Get StartedMaryland has two appellate courts, which resolve appeals from the decisions of the State's trial courts. The lower appellate court is called the Court of Special Appeals, while the State's highest court is called the Court of Appeals. This constitutional amendment would change the names of the appellate courts. The Court of Special Appeals would become the Maryland Appellate Court, and the Court of Appeals would become the Supreme Court of Maryland. In addition, the judges of the Court of Appeals would become known as the justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland. Chapter 82 of 2021 also includes provisions that make the Maryland Appellate Court and the Supreme Court of Maryland the successors to the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals, respectively, ensuring that both courts continue to operate without interruption.
A "yes" vote supports changing the name of Maryland's Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Appellate Court of Maryland, respectively. Judges serving on the Court of Appeals will become justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland.
A "no" vote opposes changing the name of Maryland's Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Appellate Court of Maryland, respectively. Judges serving on the Court of Appeals will continue to be so and referred to as such.
Changes the names of Maryland's appellate courts from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and from the Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. Under the new law, judges serving on the Court of Appeals will be justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals will be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland. (Amending Article II, Section 6, Article III, Sections 5, 30 and 52, Article IV, Sections 1, 3, 3A, 4B, 5A, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, and 41E, Article V, Section 6, and Article XVII, Section 3 to the Maryland Constitution)
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