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Archive for March 2nd, 2009

Pennsylvania citizens cannot bring lawsuit over 50% pay increase for executive, legislative, and judicial branches, according to Third Circuit.

Posted in Legislation, Politics, Practice & Procedure on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

According to the complaint, the Pennsylvania legislature conspired with the executive and judicial branches to pass pay increases for all three branches.  When citizen groups challenged the law, their lawsuit was dismissed because of lack of standing.  Because the citizen groups were complaining of a “generalized, abstract grievance shared by all Pennsylvanians,” they could not [...]

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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on conflicts caused by judicial campaign spending.

Posted in Constitutional Law, Ethics on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The bounds of a judge’s authority has previously been discussed on this blog (potential conflict of interest relating to Judge Willard Proctor and Cycle Breakers), which noted that judges are generally allowed to decide for themselves if there is a conflict of interest.  There are a few bright-line rules, but the rest is gray area. [...]

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