Pennsylvania Tag

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SCOTUS again denies relief 4-4 in Pennsylvania late ballot case, Barrett doesn’t participate in decision

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2020 48 Comments

Readers wondered whether Amy Coney Barrett joining the Supreme Court would end the 4-4 deadlock, with CJ Roberts joining with the liberals, preventing SCOTUS from reversing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court order that ballots without a verifiable postmark could still be counted. I cautioned against optimism:

https://twitter.com/FOX29philly/status/1321255275471474689https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1321281663226253314

National Guard Deployed to Philadelphia After Violence, Looting Explodes for the Second Night

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 28, 2020 27 Comments

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, activated the Pennsylvania National Guard to Philadelphia after violence erupted for the second night in a row.

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Cutting up to 21 Academic Programs

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 27, 2020 20 Comments

"Some of the programs have no students enrolled and will end immediately."...

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1320982164180103169

Philly Burns: Rioting and Looting After Police Shooting of Man Armed With Knife

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 27, 2020 94 Comments

Philadelphia erupted in violence on Monday night after the police shot a black man allegedly holding a knife. The rioters injured at least 30 police officers.

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1320035466159206402

At PA Drive-In Rally, Biden Calls Pro-Trump Protesters ‘Chumps’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 24, 2020 35 Comments

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called a group of President Donald Trump supporters "chumps" after they crashed his drive-in rally.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court – Absentee and mail-in ballots don’t need matching signatures (or valid postmarks)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2020 52 Comments

If there is any swing state that worries me about election shenanigans, it's Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania Prof Defends Jeffrey Toobin Over Lewd Behavior Incident

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 23, 2020 16 Comments

“You might say that he shouldn’t have been pleasuring himself during a work call, but that’s his business rather than yours”...

Biology Quiz at Gettysburg College Calls Donald Trump a ‘Eugenicist’

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 21, 2020 6 Comments

"This absurd accusation by a professor of higher education should not go unchallenged."...

SCOTUS: John Roberts Joins Liberals To Permit PA To Count Non-Postmarked Ballots 3-Days After Election Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2020 97 Comments

How important is the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett? I wrote on September 19, 2020, that it was important to fill the Ginsburg vacancy prior to Election Day in order to neutralize the unreliable vote of Chief Justice John Roberts:

U. Pittsburgh Removes ‘Gendered Language’ From Homecoming Titles

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 19, 2020 6 Comments

“by taking out binary gender we’re more inclusive"...

Democrat Employees Outnumber Republicans by Nearly 13 to 1 at University of Pennsylvania

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 18, 2020 4 Comments

"analysis found that of registered voters with stated political party affiliations and who are employees at the University of Pennsylvania, 181 are Democrats, while just 14 are Republicans"...

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1316385774342791174

Trump to Suburban Women: ‘Will You Please Like Me?’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 14, 2020 16 Comments

I wish President Donald Trump would poke fun at himself more often. It's refreshing and hilarious. Trump lags among suburban women. So he went on stage in Pennsylvania and begged them to like him.

Duquesne University Terminates Prof for Using N-Word in Class Discussion About Why It’s Inappropriate

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 10, 2020 48 Comments

Duquesne University Education Professor Gary Shank has been on leave since mid-September for using the N-word in a class discussion about why the word is inappropriate. Shank gave students permission to use the word for the sake of their discussion, and this set off a firestorm. Now the school has terminated his employment.

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