Pennsylvania’s Democratic US Senate candidate acknowledged he was lucky to be alive as he officially returned to the campaign trail in Erie on Friday, more than 90 days after he suffered a stroke that threatened his life and political prospects.
Among more than a dozen voters interviewed — in coffee shops, stores, and by phone — residents of the sprawling battleground county that borders Philadelphia and stretches up near the Lehigh Valley dismissed the first televised hearing as "rubbish," or simply did not watch.
Daniels claimed vindication after the ruling, telling reporters outside the Wayne County Courthouse, "Justice was served today. I just want to go home and see my son."
Acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman, the state ACLU, and other like-minded organizations wrote Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin, confronting him over plans to monitor dropboxes ahead of the primary.
Even before a draft of the opinion in a major abortion case written by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked late Monday, Supreme Court justices have had a lot to say about abortion over the years — in opinions, votes, Senate confirmation testimony, and elsewhere.