The Supreme Court was correct in Dobbs when they returned that decision to the people and their legislatures.
By Howard Lurie
Inside the PA Department of Health’s latest public access battle
A Right to Know request for pandemic lockdown-related emails could change the precedent for how specificity requirements are handled in PA courts.
By Leslie Sattler
Andy Bloom: Good law, bad politics
Overturning Roe makes sense as a legal matter, but the political effects will be serious.
By Andy Bloom
Ben Mannes: Krasner lets criminals loose to offend again
Records show arrestees for numerous felonies while on bail, parole, or probation for other crimes.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Pa. Supreme Court justice excoriates Krasner, alleges abuse of grand jury process
The Democratic justice concurred separately to express his distaste for Krasner’s misuse of the legal system.
By Todd Shepherd
George Hofmann: My personal fight over abortion
Pro-life? Pro-choice? Either way, the abortion fight does not belong in the Supreme Court. It belongs in the legislature.
By George Hofmann
Court ruling throws out more than 250 mail-in votes in Lehigh County
A Pennsylvania appeals court has reversed a lower court’s ruling to count hundreds of mail-in ballots in Lehigh County that did not include a date on the return envelope, as required by law.
By Victor Skinner
Attorney accuses Mayor Kenney of severe rule of law breach over Columbus statue
An attorney in support of the Columbus statue says he was threatened with arrest when he attempted to carry out the instructions of a legal court order.
By Todd Shepherd
Howard Lurie: On “pregnant persons” and Descartes
Courts are beginning to recognize an individual’s ability to choose his or her own gender identity. What could this mean for our concept of “identity” going forward — both legally and culturally?
By Howard Lurie
Pennsylvania court strikes down school mask mandate
Pennsylvania’s school mask mandate has recently been struck down by a Commonwealth Court.
By Christen Smith