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More: Commonwealth Court rules in Erie Republican's favor on access to Pa. voters' mail ballots Bethany Rodgers is a USA TODAY Network Pennsylvania capital bureau investigative journalist.
Acts enacted in 1970 set up the court. Judges are elected to 10-year terms, and must retire at the age of 75. The Commonwealth Court publishes its precedential opinions in the Atlantic Reporter 3d series. From 1970 to 1995, the court maintained an official reporter, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports, volumes 1–168 (1970–1995). The ...
Pennsylvania is a critical state in this election and allowing pre-canvassing would be a big boost in keeping the public's confidence in the integrity of our electoral process.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is one of two Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts. The jurisdiction of the nine-judge Commonwealth Court is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated cases from the courts of common pleas involving public sector legal questions and government regulation.
Commonwealth Court Judge Anne Covey in a recent decision said board members for Lehigh County's Parkland High School erred in 2021 when they approved a collective bargaining agreement without ...
Commonwealth—was a decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on gerrymandering, concerning the power of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to draw maps based on partisan advantage. The Court ruled that the maps adopted by the Republican controlled legislature in 2011 was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the Constitution of ...
Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer, in a 15-page opinion, sided with the Secretary of State’s office under Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro in rejecting West’s candidacy paperwork.
The judiciary of Pennsylvania can be found in Article V of the State Constitution. [7] It established a pyramid-like structure for courts, closely resembling the federal court system, with three main levels called the Supreme Court, Superior Court, and Commonwealth Court. It states that all courts are to be “united” for the common good.