Courts & rulings
Maryland · highest court
Supreme Court of Maryland
Merit + retention
Chief: The Governor designates which sitting justice serves as Chief Justice (the constitutional administrative head of the judiciary)..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Matthew J. Fader
- Shirley M. Watts
- Brynja M. Booth
- Jonathan Biran
- Steven B. Gould
- Angela M. Eaves
- Peter K. Killough
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of Maryland (1867)
Adopted 1867. Its declaration of rights sits in Declaration of Rights (precedes the body of the Constitution; articles numbered 1-47). This court has the final word on what the Maryland constitution means.
Lockstep with the federal Constitution
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).