In this June 12, 2017 file photo, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh speaks during a news conference in Washington. BALTIMORE — The attorney general of the State of Maryland filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed May 2 against Gov. Larry Hogan and several other state officials alleging a variety of constitutional violations stemming from Hogan’s stay-at-home executive orders Friday On May 2, delegates Warren Miller (R- Carroll, Howard), Dan Cox (R- Carroll, Frederick) and Neil Parrott (R-Washington) as well as 10 pastors and other church representatives, two former members of the U.S. military, two businesses and the group Reopen Maryland, LLC, alleging a number of U.S. and Maryland constitutional violations against Hogan and his administration and requesting a temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of a number of executive orders issued by Hogan in response to COVID-19. The motion to dismiss, filed by the attorney general’s office, makes several assertions, first that the plaintiff’s claim fails because the plaintiffs have failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits. Specifically the attorney general argues that the constitutional rights the plaintiffs assert in their motion must yield to the state’s paramount interest in combating a “once-in-a-century” public health […]
