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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”...

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"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW1lY5jFNcQ

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:

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"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anduXwcSIrc

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.

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"...

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.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/09/texas-sanctuary-city-crackdown-ag-paxton-sues-austin-others.html

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.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Samuel_Alito_official_photo.jpg/819px-Samuel_Alito_official_photo.jpg -- Public Domain

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.

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

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:

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.

Pennsylvania State Judge Upholds Halt To Certification, Finds Likelihood Mail-In Balloting Procedures Violate PA Constitution

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2020 87 Comments

UPDATE 11-28-2020 7 p.m.: Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification

Philadelphia Lawyer Representing Trump Placed Under Protection After ‘Threats of Harm’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 19, 2020 30 Comments

Court papers revealed that Philadelphia lawyer Linda Kerns has received official protection after people sent her "threats of harm." Kerns is one of the lawyers representing President Donald Trump's campaign, "which is challenging his projected loss to Joe Biden in the crucial Keystone State."

UPenn Installs 16-Foot Tall Bronze Statue of Black Woman on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 11, 2020 17 Comments

"It will be quite arresting for people. They'll stop and they'll look and it'll be something that you won't just be able to walk by your first time without taking notice"...

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UPDATE 11-28-2020 7 p.m.: Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification

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