Ramona Moore Baker

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Ramona Moore Baker was elected judge of the Orphans Court of Baltimore City, Maryland on November 2, 2010.

New constitutional amendment at odds with vote

Though Moore Baker was elected judge on the Orphans Court after running unopposed, her commission, as of January 4, 2011, still has not been received. As Maryland's voters were voting her into office, they were also approving a constitutional amendment that bars non-lawyers from serving in that position, effectively barring her from taking office. Though the situation is unprecedented, Governor O'Malley's spokesperson stated, "The governor will follow the guidance of the attorney general, which is not to issue a commission for this appointment."

In response to the situation, Moore Baker said, "I never even heard from the governor's office about that possibility of it not happening. … I haven't heard anything from his office, period." Then, speaking about the voters in Maryland who passed the amendment, Baker stated that the voters didn't understand the effects of it when they passed it.

2010 election

Baker was elected, along with Joyce Baylor-Thompson and Lewyn Scott Garrett, in the general election on November 2, 2010. She received 33.96% of the vote.

Main article: Maryland judicial elections, 2010

See also

• Maryland judicial elections, 2010
• Maryland Question 3 approval presents problem for winner at polls

External links

• Baltimore City Orphans' Court web page

Footnotes

Maryland courts

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Federal courts:

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Maryland • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Maryland

State courts:

Maryland Supreme Court • Appellate Court of Maryland • Maryland District Courts • Maryland Circuit Courts • Maryland Orphans' Court

State resources:

Courts in Maryland • Maryland judicial elections • Judicial selection in Maryland