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Commission which is currently drafting proposals for

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submission to a Constitutional Convention to be held next

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year has under consideration a proposal to delete section

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5 from the Constitution. Indeed, a subcommittee has found

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that the leaders of the Maryland State Bar Association

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have already recommended this step.

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"There is thus less reason for a court , especially

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a federal court, to anticipate the people of the state in

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effecting a change in a constitutional policy."

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I suggest to you fellow delegates, although this

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particular provision of the statute of the Constitution has

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been held Constitutional but it has never received the

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full treatment in the Supreme Court, and if it does I suggest

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it will be held unconstitutional.

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DELEGATE JAMES: Does anyone wish to speak

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against?

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Delegate Churchill Murray.

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DELEGATE CHURCHILL MURRAY: Mr. Chairmanand fellow

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delegates: I would like to approach this from an entirely

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different point. I feel obliged to quote delegate Jett

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two or three days ago when he said "For whom are we preparing