Contents tagged with Pennsylvania
Filed in: US Constitution | by Matthew Clark | 5:31 PM Aug. 16, 2012
Court Upholds State Voter ID Law
A judge has refused to prevent a state voter ID law from going into effect. Opponents of the voter ID law filed a lawsuit claiming that the law – which was enacted to combat voter fraud – violates the Constitution. In an extensive and thorough legal opinion, the judge refused to grant a preliminary injunction against the law, thus allowing the law to go into effect. As summarized by the court, the Pennsylvania state law simply provides that in order “to vote in person, everyo... Continue Reading
Filed in: Pro Life | by Jay Sekulow | 12:00 AM Oct. 13, 2010
Federal Court Clears Way for Pro-Life Message in Pittsburgh
It did not take long. Our attorneys went to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh this morning to ask a federal judge to grant a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on behalf of our two pro-life clients - Kathleen A. Ramsey and Albert A. Brunn - who want to distribute pro-life leaflets on parked cars in advance of the Nov. 2nd election. The problem: the City of Pittsburgh has an ordinance on its books that prohibits such action. We went to federal court last week and filed a lawsuit on behalf of our clients. We assert that the city's ordinance is overbroad, vague and impinges on the rights of free speech and due process that the United States Constitution guarantees. We also asked the court to grant a Temporary Restraining Order so our clients could proceed with this leaflet distribution without fear of being punished under the ordinance. Our attorneys were in court on that request this morning - and just hours later, U.S. District Court Judge David Stewart Cercone did just that - gr... Continue Reading
