Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Trump Tests Power With Supreme Court

Supreme Court refuses Trump’s request to block Friday’s criminal sentencing

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Thursday refused President-elect Trump’s request to halt his criminal sentencing, now just hours away, closing off Trump’s last remaining pathway to avoid

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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

Trump’s attorneys went to the justices after New York courts refused to postpone sentencing, including the state’s highest court on Thursday.

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Divided Supreme Court clears way for Trump's criminal sentencing in NY hush money case

In the first test of how receptive the court may be to Trump, 4 of the court's 6 conservative members said they would have granted his emergency request.

Phila. Court System Pushed to Adapt as Justices Greenlight Changes to Pa.'s Civil Jury Selection Rules

The rule upends a longstanding practice in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas of conducting civil jury selection under ...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention could be the next ugly political fight

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2024. From left to right: Justice P. Kevin Brobson, Justice David N. Wecht, Justice Christine Donohue, Chief Justice Debra Todd, Justice Kevin M. Dougherty ...

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Biden commutes sentence of former Pennsylvania judge involved in kids-for-cash scandal

Many of them were first-time offenders deemed delinquent for petty theft, jaywalking, truancy, smoking on school grounds and other minor infractions.The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some ...

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Pa. Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Pa. Statutes Restricting the Ability of Municipalities to Regulate Firearms

In Crawford v. Commonwealth, No. 19-EAP-2022 (Pa. Nov. 20, 2024), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of state preemptive firearm laws that prohibit ...

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Abuse of 1,000 Children Detailed in Report on Pennsylvania Churches

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court released a damning grand jury report Tuesday that details 70 years of sexual abuse and cover-ups in six of the state’s eight Roman Catholic dioceses. HARRISBURG, Pa.

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Court sides with state over Pennsylvania county’s handling of voting machines after 2020 election

A Pennsylvania court says the secretary of state has the authority to direct counties not to allow “unauthorized third party ...

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Pennsylvania sees new laws, changes go into effect in 2025

The year 2025 brings with it new laws and other changes for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Among the new laws going into ...

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Life sentences drop in Pennsylvania but are still among highest in nation

More than 5,000 people are serving life sentences without parole (LWOP) in Pennsylvania today — one of the largest ...

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