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  "claims": [
   {
    "n": 1,
    "claim": "Dan Friedman is an at-large judge on the Appellate Court of Maryland.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The Maryland State Archives identifies Daniel A. Friedman as an at-large judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 2,
    "claim": "Voters decide Yes or No on Friedman's continuance rather than choosing between candidates.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article IV, Section 5A requires an uncontested yes-or-no retention vote.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 3,
    "claim": "The Appellate Court hears appeals from Maryland circuit courts and orphans' courts.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The court says it considers appeals from almost any case originating in those courts.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.mdcourts.gov/acm"
   },
   {
    "n": 4,
    "claim": "A Yes vote keeps Friedman in office.",
    "cited": [
     1,
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The constitution defines Yes as approval of the judge's retention.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 5,
    "claim": "If enough voters vote Yes, Friedman stays until he reaches age 70.",
    "cited": [
     1,
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "contradicted",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "A successful retention vote grants a ten-year term, subject to mandatory retirement at 70. The page incorrectly presents age 70 as the sole endpoint and elsewhere admits it does not know his age.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 6,
    "claim": "A No vote removes Friedman from office.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "If voters reject retention, the office becomes vacant ten days after certification of the election returns.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 7,
    "claim": "The governor would appoint a replacement with the advice and consent of the Maryland Senate.",
    "cited": [
     1,
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "cited_wrong",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The claim is true, but source 2 does not establish the replacement procedure. Article IV, Section 5A does.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/04art4.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 8,
    "claim": "Friedman has served on the court at large since September 23, 2014.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The Maryland State Archives gives that exact date and designation.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 9,
    "claim": "Friedman is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law.",
    "cited": [
     2,
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The archives lists him as an adjunct professor from 1998 onward.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 10,
    "claim": "Friedman teaches constitutional interpretation.",
    "cited": [
     2,
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His 2023 article says he was teaching a seminar in federal constitutional interpretation theory.",
    "evidence_url": "https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/applying-federal-constitutional-theories-state-constitutions"
   },
   {
    "n": 11,
    "claim": "Friedman has written about interpreting Maryland's constitution.",
    "cited": [
     2,
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Both his official biography and his published article document this work.",
    "evidence_url": "https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/applying-federal-constitutional-theories-state-constitutions"
   },
   {
    "n": 12,
    "claim": "In 2023 Friedman argued that judges should use multiple interpretive tools rather than one exclusive method.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The article expressly rejects selecting one theory and says available interpretive tools should be used together.",
    "evidence_url": "https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/applying-federal-constitutional-theories-state-constitutions"
   },
   {
    "n": 13,
    "claim": "Before joining the court, Friedman served as an assistant attorney general and worked in litigation practice.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His official biography lists service as Assistant Attorney General, litigation associate, special counsel, and chief of litigation.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/html/msa16938.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 14,
    "claim": "No organization or named critic opposing Friedman's retention appears in the cited source packet.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "None of the five cited sources names a retention opponent.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.mdcourts.gov/acm"
   },
   {
    "n": 15,
    "claim": "Friedman wrote a 2026 opinion or explanation denying Baltimore's procedural request while acknowledging the City's concerns.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "FOX45 reports that he agreed the stay should be denied, offered a different explanation, and called the City's concerns legitimate.",
    "evidence_url": "https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/maryland-appeals-court-rejects-baltimore-bid-to-pause-inspector-general-lawsuit"
   }
  ],
  "dead_or_fake_urls": [],
  "invented_attribution": [],
  "endorsement": [
   "Long record of service -> FOR fits, because Judge Friedman has been on the court since 2014 and also has a teaching role in law [2][5].",
   "How judges interpret the constitution -> FOR fits if you value his published view that multiple interpretive tools should be used together [5].",
   "A fresh perspective on the bench -> AGAINST fits, because voting No leads to a new governor's appointee; the packet does not document specific cases a new judge would decide differently.",
   "Judicial accountability on recent rulings -> AGAINST fits if you disagree with recent Appellate Court outcomes; one source notes Judge Friedman wrote a 2026 order denying a procedural request while acknowledging the City's concerns [6]."
  ],
  "equal_treatment_issues": [],
  "rubric": {
   "accuracy": 3,
   "sourcing": 4,
   "balance": 2,
   "usefulness": 2,
   "clarity": 4
  },
  "gate": "fail",
  "gate_reasons": [
   "The page materially misstates the duration produced by a Yes vote: retention is for a ten-year term subject to retirement at 70, not unconditionally until age 70.",
   "The priority matcher explicitly recommends FOR or AGAINST choices and therefore constitutes endorsement under the rubric."
  ],
  "summary": "Most biographical and court-related claims are accurate, but the page misstates the term produced by a Yes vote. A Yes vote retains Friedman for ten years subject to mandatory retirement at age 70; a No vote creates a vacancy after certification."
 },
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}