Pennsylvania Voters Approve Limits on Governor’s Emergency Powers
A majority of Pennsylvania voters approved constitutional amendments limiting the governor’s powers to declare and extend emergencies: By slim margins, voters approved a pair of proposed constitutional amendments that took…
Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania Closure Orders Were Unconstitutional
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) orders banning large gatherings and closing “nonessential” businesses in response to…
Wolf Calls PA County Leaders Cowards for Reopening
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is locked in a fight with several counties that have declared themselves open for business, defying Wolf’s phased…
Pennsylvania Slides Into Prohibition, While Colorado Keeps the Marijuana Stores Open
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. One byproduct of the states’ coronavirus responses? States are having to tinker with the liquor control laws and in at least one state,…
New Law Being Used to Steal Peoples Homes
Article from Reason by Eric Boehm. When Don Walko’s anti-blight bill passed in Pennsylvania 11 years ago, the legislator sold it as a way to clean up run-down and abandoned…