NEWS
April 3, 2010
T here never was much likelihood that the House of Delegates would impeach Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler for his opinion recommending that Maryland can recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where such unions are legal. As the state's top legal officer, it's part of the attorney general's job to advise the governor and lawmakers on what the law requires. It would be perverse indeed if the lawful performance of that duty were then to become a cause for removing him from office.
NEWS
April 2, 2010
The dismissal by the House of Delegates' Democratic leadership of Del. Don Dwyer's motion for a full floor vote on the impeachment of Attorney General Douglas Gansler marks a monumental departure from the law of the land: the Maryland Constitution ("Impeachment effort rejected, April 1). The events that transpired undermine the Maryland Constitution, which the delegates have taken an oath to uphold. The subversive tactics employed by the elected officials are unprecedented and, more to the point, unconstitutional.
NEWS
By Julie Bykowicz | julie.bykowicz@baltsun.com | April 1, 2010
A House of Delegates committee rejected Wednesday a Republican lawmaker's attempt to impeach Maryland's attorney general over an opinion he issued recently on same-sex marriage. Del. Don H. Dwyer Jr. of Anne Arundel County had asked fellow delegates to initiate the impeachment process for Douglas F. Gansler, a Democrat, who said Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Dwyer says Gansler's opinion wrongly overturned state policy on such unions. The House Judiciary Committee rejected Dwyer's effort, voting 15-5 that Gansler's conduct did not merit impeachment proceedings.
NEWS
By Julie Bykowicz and Annie Linskey and Baltimore Sun reporters | March 31, 2010
A Maryland House of Delegates committee on Wednesday rejected a Republican lawmaker's attempt to impeach the Maryland attorney general over a controversial opinion he recently issued on same-sex marriage. Del. Don H. Dwyer Jr. of Anne Arundel County had asked his fellow delegates to initiate the impeachment process for Douglas F. Gansler, a Democrat, who said Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state. Dwyer believed Gansler wrongly overturned state policy on such unions.
NEWS
By Annie Linskey | annie.linskey@baltsun.com | March 3, 2010
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler was threatened with impeachment by a legislator for his recent opinion on same-sex marriages, and now his office has offered another opinion: The legislature doesn't have the authority to do that. "This is simply ludicrous," Del. Don H. Dwyer said yesterday. The Anne Arundel County Republican had threatened impeachment last week after Gansler issued an opinion that same-sex marriages performed elsewhere should be recognized in Maryland.
NEWS
December 10, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina lawmakers voted down a measure to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford on Wednesday, but recommended a formal rebuke that said his travels and trysts with an Argentine mistress brought the state "ridicule, dishonor, disgrace, and shame not only upon Governor Sanford but upon this state and its citizens." Most of the seven legislative panel members said the Republican should resign, though his affair, use of state planes and a 2008 taxpayer-funded trip to Argentina were not serious misconduct that merited removal from office.