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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Legislators’ Attack on Governor’s COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation

On July 1, in Wolf v. Scarnati, a divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected House Resolution 836, in which the Commonwealth’s General Assembly attempted to terminate Governor Tom Wolf’s Proclamation of Disaster...more

7/9/2020 / Constitutional Challenges , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Executive Orders , Governor Wolf , PA Supreme Court , Separation of Powers , State Legislatures , State of Emergency

New Challenges to PA Governor’s COVID-19 Emergency Authority

Private citizens have separately challenged Governor Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 executive orders as unconstitutional takings in federal district court and in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Learn more about those cases here: Friends...more

6/19/2020 / Constitutional Challenges , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Executive Orders , Executive Powers , Natural Disasters , Notice of Emergency Action , Regulatory Takings , Separation of Powers , State Constitutions

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Weighs In: COVID-19 Shutdown Is Not an Unconstitutional Taking

On Monday, in Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order closing non-life sustaining businesses. ...more

4/21/2020 / Business Closures , Constitutional Challenges , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Counsel , Emergency Management Plans , Operators of Essential Services , State and Local Government , Takings Clause

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