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HARRISBURG – A coalition of voting rights advocates today filed a motion to intervene in Ball v. Chapman, the latest legal effort in the commonwealth to invalidate mail-in ballots that are missing a handwritten date on the return envelope.
The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a complaint today with the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of seven students in Central Bucks School District who allege a widespread culture of discrimination against LGBTQ+ students, particularly trans students.
Under the settlement agreement, Fayette County has agreed to limit the prison population to 180 people and to promptly provide ACLU-PA and PILP with a plan to bring the population down should it exceed 180 people.
Today, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld Act 77 of 2019, Pennsylvania’s vote-by-mail law, and overturned a lower court ruling that had declared the law unconstitutional.
The state Senate passed House Bill 972, legislation that would ban participation in school sports by transgender students in public schools and state-funded universities and colleges.
PHILADELPHIA - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning its own precedent in the 1973 case Roe v. Wade and determining that the right to an abortion is not protected by the Constitution.