By Marlo Pagano | Published July 30, 2012 | Posted in Pennsylvania Law & Policy |
Hoping to Vote? Say Cheese! PA’s new voter ID law faces its first court challenge this week. The law’s major requirement, that every voter must have photo identification, has been called by many on the left a “modern-day poll tax” while those on the right consider it a perfectly rational step in today’s society. With Read More
Read MorePA Lawmakers Respond to Supreme Court Ruling on Healthcare With the recent upholding of the Supreme Court challenge to Obama’s signature healthcare legislation, The Affordable Care Act (ACA), PA lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took the opportunity to respond with their thoughts and opinions. While much of the commentary followed partisan lines, most Read More
Read MoreSocial Welfare? Not in Deceptive Campaign Ads When the Supreme Court made its landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in the spring of 2010, no one questioned the fact that the decision would have far-reaching effects on campaign finance. One of those effects, however, was probably not anticipated at the time. In the wake Read More
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