Trueman had led a militia in a failed siege of a fortress belonging to Susquehannock natives, and ordered five sachems that were held as hostages to be executed.
The Council requested for the Assembly to pass a bill of attainder to impose criminal punishment on Trueman,[1][2] proposing an execution.
[1][2] Peter Hoffer and N. E. H. Hull wrote that, The indictment of James on May 27, 1676 for falsely swearing before a justice of the peace, inducting two other witnesses to follow his lead, and then assaulting another settler, Edward Pinne, may have arisen from a police officer's overzealousness or from an obscure political struggle.
In 1682, Jacob Young, a Delaware resident that worked for Maryland's prominent Calvert family as an Indian (Native American) interpreter, was impeached.
[1][2] Hoffer and Hull write that, From September 1681 to November 1683, the executive and both houses of the colonial assembly wrestled with the problem of bringing Young to justice.
The issues raised in that long controversy suggest that the case against Young was no mere partisan squabble.
The quasi-diplomatic role of the Indian interpreters and traders, with their powerful influence upon the tribes, affected the security of the colony.
The survival of Maryland, at least in the eyes of its government, depended upon the loyalty of these men, and Young was a would-be warlord of the frontier counties.
Hearings before special courts of oder and terminal was a regular practice in Colonial America for quickly addressing important cases.
These charges were well within the scope of a "constructive treason" under the statute of 25 Edward III, but the lower house did not choose to accuse him of that offense.
In addition, the Maryland books were filled with statutes regulating commerce with the Indians; Young seems to have ignored these laws.
On November 14, 1682, Young submitted what Hull and Hoffer characterize as having been a "rambling, highly personal, defense plea.
"[1][2] Young wanted Northern Indians witnesses to be permitted to testify in his defense in the impeachment trial.
Furthermore, Bland was only permitted by the council to speak on behalf of Young if a "matter of law should arise upon trial."
The opinion was written at the prompting of Marvin Mandel in response to a scandal involving a sheriff of Frederick County.
The resolution alleged that Hogan had infringed the individual liberties of Maryland residents with safety measures he imposed in the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, closures for non-essential businesses, and restrictions on in-person religious gatherings.
The resolution also alleged that Hogan had, "awarded procurement contracts based on political relationships, misspent Marylanders’ tax dollars on unusable COVID-19 test kits, and intentionally misled the legislature and the public on the status of the inadequate test kits.
[9] On March 3, 2023, the House Rules Committee, without holding any debate, unanimously voted to reject the resolution.