JURIST

MAY 31, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday issued an order temporarily blocking the counting of some Pennsylvania mail-in ballots that do not have a handwritten date on their declaration forms. While the immediate impact of the Court’s order is unknown, it could affect each ballot’s individual validity.

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MARCH 27, 2025

“Superior Court Gives Cold Reception to Popular Argument Against Pa.’s

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2023

A Pennsylvania state court rejected Tuesday a challenge to Act 77 , a law that amended the state’s Election Code to expand mail-in voting options. However, the Commonwealth Court was unconvinced by the challenge. In 2022, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected an argument attacking the constitutionality of the law.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Supreme Court rules; In a scathing opinion, one justice chastised Commonwealth Court for elevating the issue so close to Election Day”: Jeremy Roebuck and Katie Bernard of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report. “Undated mail ballots won’t be counted in next week’s election, Pa.

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday rejected an emergency appeal that would have prevented the counting of 257 mail-in votes in an election for a Pennsylvania judgeship. Ritter, however, challenged their decision in state court where an appeals court ruled that the undated ballots could not be counted.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2023

The US Supreme Court Tuesday released a unanimous opinion holding that certain abandoned financial instruments that are similar to money orders may be recovered by the state in which they were purchased. The court disagreed. In Delaware v. Unclaimed property represents a large source of revenue for states.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Minnesota law requiring handgun carry permit applicants to be at least 21 years of age is unconstitutional. Regarding US history, the court rejected the state’s argument that 18 to 20-year-olds were denied the right to bear arms under common law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a unanimous slip opinion, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) waives sovereign immunity and that the federal government can be liable for incorrect debt reporting that damages credit scores. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the opinion of the court.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. PennEast Pipeline obtained a certificate to build a 116-mile pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and sought to exercise its federal eminent domain authority by taking public land in New Jersey. I urge the feds to take another look at this harmful proposal.”.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that Pennsylvania public school officials violated the First Amendment when they suspended a high school cheerleader for posting offensive images on Snapchat. The district court agreed, finding that under Tinker , Levy’s post “had not caused substantial disruption at school.”

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Supreme Court to stay ruling allowing provisional voting in ‘naked ballots’ case”: Peter Hall of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report. Supreme Court Raising Independent State Legislature Theory to Seek to Block Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Requiring Counting of Certain Provisional Ballots.”

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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects non-violent offenders from federal firearm bans. The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

“Undated and misdated Pennsylvania ballots may not be counted in November after court ruling; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling that required such ballots to be counted during November’s presidential election”: Katie Bernard and Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

“Pennsylvania cannot bar adults under 21 from carrying guns, court rules”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. ” You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2024

A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that the date requirement for mail-in ballots for Pennsylvania voters did not violate the Civil Right Act’s Materiality Provision, reversing a lower court’s decision. Act 77 requires Pennsylvania voters to put the date on the return envelopes of mail-in ballots.

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JULY 21, 2021

“Amazon must pay Pennsylvania warehouse workers for time spent waiting for security screening, state Supreme Court rules”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report. ” Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , on certified questions from the U.S. .”

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JURIST

JANUARY 8, 2021

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania found on Thursday that the Victims’ Rights Amendment— passed by voters in November 2019—violated Article XI , Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit Tuesday ruled against Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Hearing Board’s jurisdiction to hear challenges to Adelphia’s planned natural gas compressor project.

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JUNE 23, 2021

“Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader Punished for Vulgar Snapchat Message; A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment by disciplining a student for off-campus speech, the court ruled”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Supreme Court sides with a cussing Pa.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 9, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a Pennsylvania county to count mail-in ballots that do not comply with a state law requiring voters to write the date on the ballot’s envelope. Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the ruling, in a five-page opinion that was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.

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MARCH 27, 2024

“Undated Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should not be counted, appeals court rules; The decision sets up a potential Supreme Court showdown over the swing state’s ballots ahead of the November presidential election”: Kim Lyons of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Wolf appeals court ruling voiding school mask mandate”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report. You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link. “Gov.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“Pennsylvania Tied Vote Decided By Drawing of Lots after Court Ruling that Undated But Timely-Arriving Mail Ballots Had to Be Counted under the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block orders by courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts. 23, the state supreme court refused to put the expert’s map on hold.

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JUNE 9, 2022

“Supreme Court Allows Undated Ballots in Pennsylvania Election; A state law required mailed ballots to be accompanied by a signed and dated declaration, but a federal appeals court ruled that undated declarations sufficed”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

“Court rules against victims’ rights measure voters supported”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today. The ruling consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

“Pennsylvania Court, on 4-1 Vote, Holds That Failing to Count Timely But Undated (or Misdated) Mail-In Ballots Violates the State Constitution; Case Likely Headed to State Supreme Court and Potentially SCOTUS on Federal Cases”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Trial courts may allow comfort dogs for witnesses at criminal trials in appropriate circumstances, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. The court on Wednesday affirmed…

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2021

Share A Pennsylvania school district on Wednesday may have won the war over regulating off-campus student speech, but it lost the battle over a cheerleader’s profanity-laden complaint on Snapchat. The justices ruled that the First Amendment allows schools to regulate at least some student speech that occurs off campus.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Friday that three Georgia citizens under 21 years old have standing to sue county probate judges over the state law that disallows issuing carry licenses to people under 21. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Dublin Division.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Supreme Court rules companies can be sued in a given forum, no matter the percentage of its business done there”: Nicholas Malfitano of Pennsylvania Record has this report. The post “Pa.

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APRIL 13, 2021

’s Supreme Court ruled on election law. ” Sam Dunklau of NPR affiliate WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report. “Some in power are still mad that Pa.’s Here’s why it matters now.”

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JUNE 8, 2022

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that Allegheny County DA Stephen Zappala violated his duty when he failed to review private criminal complaints against Pittsburgh’s assault weapons ban and compelled Zappala to do so.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Supreme Court rejected Philly’s latest attempt to pass its own gun laws; In a unanimous decision, the high court ruled that the city’s arguments had fallen ‘woefully short’ of the standard needed for a legal victory”: Chris Palmer and Gillian McGoldrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court (..)

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JANUARY 12, 2021

“Philadelphia Can’t Open Drug Safe-Injection Site, Federal Appeals Court Rules; Nonprofit can seek review from full court after three-judge decision”: Jon Kamp of The Wall Street Journal has this report. court says.” court says.”

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The post “Box around Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia must be removed, Commonwealth Court rules; It’s the latest development in the lengthy battle over the statue, which became a flash point and was covered with plywood amid racial justice protests in June 2020” appeared first on How Appealing.

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ABA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

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