by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 2, 2020 | In the News
Feel like taking a chance? Or taking in an art show? Or taking up a set of weights? Well, good news. Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that casinos, museums, movie theaters and fitness centers, among other venues, can open Monday under Phase 3 of his lifting of...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 2, 2020 | In the News
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and a group of business owners suing him for closing them down during the COVID-19 pandemic have asked the state’s top court to weigh in on whether the governor overstepped his authority during the crisis. In a joint petition to...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 2, 2020 | Mark Chenoweth, Opinion
The novel coronavirus pandemic has many Americans struggling to keep the wolf from the door of their homes and businesses. For Pennsylvanians, the threat has become all the more menacing, because the wolf at their doors is the governor—and the state supreme court just...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 2, 2020 | In the News
On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court ruled the structure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to be unconstitutional. In the 5-4 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion, arguing that “the structure of the CFPB violates the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 1, 2020 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (July 1, 2020) – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued its decision today in Tom Wolf v. Joseph B. Scarnati, et al. in support of Governor Wolf. The court never even allowed oral argument in this very significant matter of state constitutional...
