Pennsylvania
Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt
A statewide coalition of nonpartisan community organizations sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt and election officials in Philadelphia and Allegheny County state court, demanding an end to the disqualification of mail-in ballots for inconsequential date errors. This practice violates the fundamental right to vote in free and equal elections guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Status: Ongoing
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25 Pennsylvania Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023
Ritter v. Migliori
Pennsylvania mail ballot voters successfully challenged a rule that would have invalidated their votes because of a meaningless paperwork error on the return envelope.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Voting Rights
Ritter v. Migliori
Pennsylvania mail ballot voters successfully challenged a rule that would have invalidated their votes because of a meaningless paperwork error on the return envelope.
May 2023
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Pennsylvania
Mar 2023
The Satanic Temple v. Saucon Valley School District
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Saucon Valley School District (SVSD) in March 2023 for violating the First Amendment by prohibiting the After School Satan Club (ASSC) from meeting in district facilities. Although school officials initially approved the club鈥檚 application 鈥 explaining in an email to parents that the district 鈥渃annot discriminate among groups wishing to use the SVSD facilities鈥 鈥 they quickly bowed to the ensuing public outcry. The case seeks to allow the ASSC to meet in district facilities.
Status: Ongoing
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Pennsylvania
Religious Liberty
The Satanic Temple v. Saucon Valley School District
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Saucon Valley School District (SVSD) in March 2023 for violating the First Amendment by prohibiting the After School Satan Club (ASSC) from meeting in district facilities. Although school officials initially approved the club鈥檚 application 鈥 explaining in an email to parents that the district 鈥渃annot discriminate among groups wishing to use the SVSD facilities鈥 鈥 they quickly bowed to the ensuing public outcry. The case seeks to allow the ASSC to meet in district facilities.
Mar 2023
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Birt v. United States
Whether all individuals sentenced for crack cocaine offenses under a now-amended federal statute that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the treatment of cocaine in its crack and powder forms are eligible for resentencing under amendments made by the First Step Act of 2018.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Criminal Law Reform
Birt v. United States
Whether all individuals sentenced for crack cocaine offenses under a now-amended federal statute that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the treatment of cocaine in its crack and powder forms are eligible for resentencing under amendments made by the First Step Act of 2018.
Dec 2021
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On November 4, the Supreme Court heard a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services 鈥 such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more 鈥 to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
LGBTQ Rights
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On November 4, the Supreme Court heard a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services 鈥 such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more 鈥 to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon.
Nov 2021
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Pennsylvania
Nov 2020
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Pennsylvania
Voting Rights
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."
Nov 2020
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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