Rickey Nelson Jones v. Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland
Was the United States Constitution violated
when the highest court in Maryland supported the
lower courts' decisions to [i] apply federal statutory
discrimination law without considering its language
and legislative history, [ii] rely on federal courts that
overlooked the federal statute's language and
legislative history, and [iii] not address the only
question in Petitioner's case, namely, "Is it
unconstitutional for the State of Maryland, via its
Judicial Branch (commingling with the Executive
Branch), to sponsor a process that has [i] historically
and statistically excluded qualified non-Caucasians
from the circuit court for Anne Arundel County at
99.97% and [ii] engaged in a race-focused evaluation
of Petitioner in order to exclude him from
recommendation to the Governor when he was
imminently more objectively qualified than the
Caucasians recommended and appointed to the
bench?"
Was the United States Constitution violated when the highest court in Maryland supported the lower courts' decisions to apply federal statutory discrimination law without considering its language and legislative history, rely on federal courts that overlooked the federal statute's language and legislative history, and not address the only question in Petitioner's case