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   {
    "n": 1,
    "claim": "The Appellate Court of Maryland reviews appeals from lower courts.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The court says it considers appeals from almost any case originating in a Maryland circuit court or orphans\u2019 court.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.mdcourts.gov/acm"
   },
   {
    "n": 2,
    "claim": "This is a Yes-or-No retention vote, not a contest between competing candidates.",
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     1,
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article IV, \u00a75A requires the judge\u2019s name to appear without opposition and voters to vote yes or no on retention.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 3,
    "claim": "Dan Friedman has been an at-large appellate judge since September 2014.",
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     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The State Archives lists him as an at-large judge since September 23, 2014.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 4,
    "claim": "Friedman earned his law degree from the University of Maryland in 1994.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His biography lists a University of Maryland School of Law J.D., with honors, in 1994.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 5,
    "claim": "Friedman served as Baltimore City\u2019s chief of litigation from 2000 through 2002.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The biography lists him as associate city solicitor and chief of litigation in the Baltimore City Department of Law from 2000\u201302.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 6,
    "claim": "Friedman served as an assistant attorney general and advised Maryland\u2019s General Assembly from 2008 through 2014.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The biography lists him as assistant attorney general and counsel to the General Assembly from 2008\u201314.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 7,
    "claim": "Friedman has chaired the Equal Justice Committee\u2019s Rules Review Subcommittee since 2020.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The biography lists him as chair of that subcommittee beginning in 2020.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 8,
    "claim": "A Yes vote approves Friedman\u2019s retention for another ten-year term.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article IV, \u00a75A defines approval as retention for a ten-year term.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 9,
    "claim": "An appellate judge must retire at age 70.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article IV, \u00a75A(f) requires an appellate judge to retire upon attaining age 70.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 10,
    "claim": "A No vote rejects Friedman\u2019s retention.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The constitution provides for approval or rejection through a yes-or-no vote.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 11,
    "claim": "If retention is rejected or the vote is tied, the office becomes vacant ten days after certification of the election returns.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article IV, \u00a75A(e) states this rule expressly.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 12,
    "claim": "An appellate-court vacancy is filled by gubernatorial appointment with the advice and consent of the Maryland Senate.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article IV, \u00a75A(b) establishes this appointment process.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 13,
    "claim": "Voters do not choose a replacement judge on this retention ballot.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The incumbent appears without opposition; any resulting vacancy is filled by gubernatorial appointment with Senate consent.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 14,
    "claim": "The election is statewide.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The Board of Elections data lists the contest district as State of Maryland.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 15,
    "claim": "The official candidate list labels Friedman\u2019s political-party field as 'Judicial.'",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The linked official CSV lists 'Judicial' in Friedman\u2019s Office Political Party field.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.csv"
   },
   {
    "n": 16,
    "claim": "This is a nonpartisan judicial-retention decision rather than a party contest.",
    "cited": [
     2,
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The constitution requires an unopposed yes-or-no retention ballot, and the election list labels the entry 'Judicial' rather than assigning a political party.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   }
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  "invented_attribution": [],
  "endorsement": [],
  "equal_treatment_issues": [],
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   "sourcing": 5,
   "balance": 4,
   "usefulness": 3,
   "clarity": 5
  },
  "gate": "pass",
  "gate_reasons": [],
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