Judge Crushes Maryland Democrats’ Gerrymandering Games
27th August 2026
Annapolis Democrats spent months insisting there was nothing to see here. On Tuesday, a Maryland judge told them otherwise — in writing, and in language sharper than anyone expected.
The bottom line: a circuit court judge just ruled that House Bill 2100, the constitutional amendment Governor Wes Moore and legislative Democrats rammed through a two-day special session to pave the way for wiping out Maryland’s last Republican congressional seat, was placed on the November ballot unlawfully.
This is the story of how we got here.