Pennsylvania Tag

U. Pennsylvania Dental School Creates Fund to Identify Anti-LGBT Biases in Dentistry

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2021 4 Comments

"Last summer, the school announced a mandatory course on 'anti-racism' for incoming dental students."...

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Pennsylvania Teacher Suspended for Attending Trump Rally Says His Life Has Been Destroyed

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 25, 2021 29 Comments

Jason Moorehead, a teacher in Allentown, PA, for 17 years, attended the Trump rally in DC on January 6th. Although he did not participate in the Capitol Hill riots, he claims he was smeared by association and suspended from his job. He has also been doxxed, and now his family is living in fear.

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University of Pennsylvania Being Urged to Revoke Trump’s College Degree

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 15, 2021 17 Comments

"calls have grown more urgent"...

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Penn State Prof Implies Young America’s Foundation Somehow Responsible for Capitol Riots

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 15, 2021 1 Comment

"I question if your national organization has some responsibility for recent actions."...

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U. Pittsburgh Facing Lawsuit for Punishing Cardiologist Who Criticized Affirmative Action

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 13, 2021 3 Comments

"seeking damages for defamation from Pitt, UPMC, the American Heart Association and several Pitt employees"...

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Critic Calls U. Pennsylvania Athletics Diversity Initiative ‘Straightforward Neo-Segregation’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2021 5 Comments

“permanent shared space for Black student-athletes”...

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Bryn Mawr College Agrees to ‘Reparations Fund’ Following Student Strike That Shut Campus for Weeks

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 07, 2021 23 Comments

Bryn Mawr College, the liberal arts school for women in Pennsylvania, was shut down for weeks last semester because of a student-led strike following the death of a black man in Philadelphia at the hands of police. The school appeased the strikers.

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Student Mob Takes Over Bryn Mawr College and Gets Appeased by Administration

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2020 3 Comments

"I kept expecting that, at some point, the administration would take decisive steps to restore order on campus"...

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U.S. Supreme Court Pushes Off Pennsylvania Case Until After Inauguration Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2020 138 Comments

During my round up of post-election news on December 21, 2020, I noted a new filing regarding Pennsylvania:

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Mandatory Anti-Racism Course at U. Pittsburgh Filled With BLM Talking Points

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2020 2 Comments

"critical theories on race and anti-blackness in everyday life"...

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Sidney Powell May Get To Try To Prove Her ‘Kraken’ Case – As a Defendant in Civil Lawsuits by Smartmatic and Dominion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2020 96 Comments

There have been several post-election developments in the last few days.

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Duquesne University Cutting Faculty to Cut Costs Amid Pandemic

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 18, 2020 3 Comments

"the university will not renew a subset of contracts of full-time, non-tenure track faculty and a few others who do not have tenure"...

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Teacher Claims She Was Forced to Resign Over Facebook Post Critical of Black Lives Matter Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 18, 2020 36 Comments

A special education teacher from Pennsylvania named Ashley Bennett says she was forced to resign after merely sharing a comment that was critical of the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. Bennett's story is just getting some notice now and she appeared on the Tucker Carlson show with her lawyer last night.

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Texas Sues PA, GA, MI, and WI In U.S. Supreme Court To Have Legislatures Appoint Electors

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2020 173 Comments

So, I didn't see this coming. The State of Texas has sued Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Pennsylvania: Alito Moves Up Response Date on Emergency Application To 12/8

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2020 61 Comments

A lot of people read a lot into Justice Samuel Alito setting December 9, 2020, as the date for Pennsylvania and its officials to respond to the Emergency Application for Injunctive Relief filed by people challenging the Pennsylvania certification. The argument was that Alito was going to let the application die on the vine, so to speak, by putting the response date the day after the federal "safe harbor" date for certifying elections, December 8.

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Pennsylvania – Don’t Assume Alito Giving Until 12/9 To Respond To Emergency Application Means He’s Letting It Die On the Vine (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2020 58 Comments

UPDATE 12/6: Pennsylvania: Alito Moves Up Response Date on Emergency Application To 12/8

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Pennsylvania: Emergency Injunction Sought From SCOTUS To Halt Any Further Certification Actions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 01, 2020 59 Comments

On Saturday night, November 28, we noted that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification. The basis for the PA Supreme Court ruling was that the petitioners had waited too long, and should have challenged mail-in ballot procedures prior to the election:

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2020 126 Comments

As we covered yesterday, a state court judge in Pennsylvania upheld her prior halt to certification of the vote, finding a likelihood that the mail-in ballot procedure violated the state constitution.

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