Supreme Court
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Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes doesn’t impact PA … yet
During the last day of Pride Month, the transgender community faced another setback as the Supreme Court decided to uphold state laws that ban transgender girls and women from playing on the teams they identify with.
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Skill games are unlawful, Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds
The decision strikes down what the commonwealth’s highest court called a pair of “deeply flawed” lower court rulings.
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Pa. small businesses cheer U.S. Supreme Court tariffs decision, but still face uncertainty
Some $126 billion has been paid by Americans since the tariffs were imposed, including a $4 billion cost for Pennsylvanians.
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Pa. Supreme Court upholds Philadelphia judge suspension over partisan Facebook posts
In the decision, the justices adopted a new standard for determining limits on speech by sitting judges.
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Pennsylvania reelects Supreme Court justices, extending a Democratic majority on its highest court
Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht won new terms, with support from the Democratic Party and allies including Planned Parenthood, labor unions, trial lawyers and a constellation of progressive groups.
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Pennsylvanians reject attempted billionaire takeover of Pa. Supreme Court
The Associated Press called the elections in favor of three Democratic Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices up for retention vote.
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OPINION: Billionaire-backed groups are throwing money at Pennsylvania Supreme Court races. Here’s why that’s a problem
In Pennsylvania, state Supreme Court justices are up for retention vote every 10 years after they are first elected. Instead of pitting candidates against the judges, these retention elections provide a depoliticized way for voters to choose yes or no on whether they want judges to continue serving on the bench for another decade.
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Who’s behind the misleading mailer targeting the Pa. Supreme Court retention elections?
A conservative political action committee is behind a mailer, described by one good-government advocate as “incredibly dishonest,” that urges voters to reject new terms for three state Supreme Court justices.
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Election officials must notify voters if mail-in ballots are set aside, Pa. high court rules
County election officials are required to accurately report when voters’ mail-in ballots have been set aside because of disqualifying errors and allow their votes to be counted on provisional ballots, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court race you can’t ignore—and how its decisions shape your life
This year on Nov. 4, Pennsylvania voters will head to the polls to decide the future of the state’s Supreme Court.
