Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s ROBE Act is Trash Unconstitutional Legislation
Congressman Johnny Olszewski, Jr. just dropped the ROBE Act proposal to slap 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices. The former Baltimore County Executive wants to grab national headlines while he sits in a Washington, D.C. fully controlled by the Trump administration. He bills this dead-on-arrival legislation as a magic bullet for a broken judicial system. I ran a campaign against Olszewski for the top County seat in 2022 and I can tell you firsthand this is a flat-out bullshit publicity stunt. He knows a fractured Congress will never touch this bill…not even with a 10 feet long rolled up parchment copy of the U.S. Constitution!
Representative Johnny O is ignoring the Constitution in the same way the major Baltimore media outlets are ignoring Clint Spellman Jr. and Scott Collier. It’s morally and ethically wrong, but calculated and it’s paying dividends as more and more people see his name and not Spellman’s.
The legislation blatantly violates the plain text of Article III of the Constitution. That specific section guarantees federal judges life tenure during “good behavior.” You absolutely cannot override the foundational law of the land with a simple congressional statute. Olszewski spent years at UMBC earning a PhD in public policy. He fully understands this fake maneuver requires a massive constitutional amendment process and ratification from 38 individual states. He chooses to waste taxpayer-funded staff hours drafting unconstitutional scripts for social media likes.
While Johnny O plays constitutional scholar in DC, Baltimore County families struggle against a brutal local housing crisis. Ruthless private equity firms buy up local starter homes and squeeze working-class buyers entirely out of the market. Corporate landlords currently hike fees on vulnerable mobile home parks across the Second District. He should draft hard-hitting federal laws to block these out-of-state monopolies from treating our local neighborhoods like a giant ATM. State lawmakers actively push bills like SB 998 to cap mobile home rent hikes at 4% while our congressman writes high-court fucking fan fiction.
The law would look something likes this:
Section 1. Excise Tax on Concentrated Residential Holdings. There is hereby imposed on any “Institutional Investor” (defined as any entity or affiliated group owning more than 50 single-family residential units) an annual excise tax equal to 100% of the fair market value of each residential unit held in excess of the threshold.
Section 2. Removal of Federal Backing. No mortgage loan for a single-family residential property shall be eligible for purchase, securitization, or guarantee by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) if the borrower is a corporate entity or has an ownership interest in more than 10 existing residential dwellings.
For the purposes of this Act, the total number of residential units held by any person shall include all units owned by any entity in which such person, or any affiliate of such person, holds a beneficial interest of 10% or more. All entities under ‘common control’—regardless of corporate layering—shall be treated as a single taxpayer.
For the first 60 days following the listing of any single-family residential property on a public exchange, bids from institutional investors (entities owning more than 10 units) are strictly prohibited. Sellers are barred from accepting any corporate offer until the 60-day ‘Family First’ period has expired.
An annual ‘Housing Diversion Surcharge’ of $50,000 per unit shall be levied against any entity owning more than 50 single-family units within the United States. This surcharge is non-deductible and shall be adjusted annually for inflation. Revenue shall be diverted to a federal grant program for first-time homebuyer down-payment assistance.
The simultaneous transfer of more than five single-family residential units to a single purchaser or affiliated group is hereby prohibited. Each residential unit must be sold as an individual, arms-length transaction.
The local infrastructure back home crumbles rapidly under his watch. The Baltimore County Council just introduced Bill 42-26 to borrow millions for emergency refuse disposal because the current system is breaking down completely. The Baltimore County Department of Public Works now restricts residents to a measly 10 bulk trash drop-offs a year at the Central Acceptance Facility in Cockeysville to cut costs. The Eastern Sanitary Landfill in White Marsh desperately needs a massive vertical expansion just to handle the daily overflow. Residents work grueling hours to earn money for rising property taxes while their representative obsesses over the Supreme Court!
Johnny O Junior pulls these pathetic stunts because he faces a legitimate primary fight this year. Clint Spellman Jr. stepped up as his only opponent in the upcoming race. FOX 45 gave Olszewski a free televised megaphone to push his doomed court bill while completely ignoring the Marine veteran actively challenging his record. Spellman talks directly about crippling utility shutoffs and rampant food insecurity. Olszewski focuses on a ridiculous Washington ego trip.
The Baltimore Informer officially put FOX 45 on notice today regarding federal election law. We laid out the reality in our January 2026 op-ed about the new FCC equal airtime regulations. The federal government fundamentally changed the rules to stop local broadcasters from rigging elections for incumbents. Broadcasters legally owe Clint Spellman Jr. the exact same airtime they just handed to Johnny O. The Informer team plans to ring the station directly and force them into compliance. Local voters deserve to hear Spellman talk about crippling utility shutoffs and rampant food insecurity. We refuse to let corporate media executives in Hunt Valley decide the outcome of a Baltimore County election.
