A federal court in Pennsylvania denied Philadelphia’s request to dismiss a gun rights group’s complaint alleging the city violated citizens’ civil rights by closing its gun permitting office at various points during the pandemic, finding an evidentiary hearing is required. The plaintiffs also claim the “overall licensing process is delayed and burdensome.”
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A federal judge said Thursday a hearing is needed to determine whether a Philadelphia gun permitting office that closed its physical location due to a Covid-19 outbreak among staff violated citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
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After a federal judge had said it would not violate federal law for drug users to shoot up in a
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A federal judge heard arguments Monday afternoon that Philadelphia trampled gun rights after a resurgence of Covid-19 cases struck the police unit that handles permit requests.
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania granted a group of cigar manufacturers and distributors’ request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Philadelphia from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits the sale of tobacco products flavors or aromas other than the flavor or aroma of tobacco.
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The Third Circuit showed little sign Monday that it will stop a nonprofit from opening a so-called safe injection site where drug users can get high under medical supervision.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a case brought by President Trump’s campaign claiming election observers in Philadelphia weren’t allowed to watch ballot counting from a close enough distance.
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Backed by the U.S. government, a Catholic foster care agency that won’t work with gay couples told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that Philadelphia’s nondiscrimination policies apply to it unfairly.
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While early voting and voting by mail has been the talk of the 2020 election, just a third of Pennsylvania’s eligible 9 million voters registered to do so — leaving the rest of the key battleground state to vote in person Tuesday.
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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of West Philadelphia overnight to protest police officers’ fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Black man earlier Monday.
Read morePhiladelphia sued the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on behalf of gun violence victims, claiming the Legislature refuses to pass statewide gun safety laws and prevents local governments from enacting policies shown to save lives.
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Philadelphia courts are not violating spectators’ constitutional rights by preventing them from recording audio of bail hearings, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday.
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Overturning a nearly million-dollar verdict given to a man who was tackled and Tased at a sheriff’s sale, the Third Circuit ruled Friday that Philadelphia’s rules against announcements at such auctions are not unconstitutional.
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Faced with social distancing restrictions, residents are staying home and generating more trash than ever before — about a 30% increase in residential trash collections, said Streets Commissioner Carlton Williams.
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District attorneys in three major American cities will host truth and reconciliation commissions intent on giving voice to citizens who have suffered from police violence or prosecutorial overreach.
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A federal judge ruled it is in the public’s best interest that the nation’s first supervised drug-injection site in Philadelphia be barred from opening while federal prosecutors appeal the site’s legality.
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Philadelphia can choose not to contract with a Catholic foster care organization that refuses to place children with same-sex couples.
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A man dubbed the “Straw Hat Bandit” for the distinctive disguises he donned while robbing numerous banks in the Philadelphia area over a nine-year period is headed back to prison.
Read moreA Philadelphia police officer claims in federal court that Meek Mill, Roc Nation, Jay-Z, et al. defamed her in a documentary, “Free Meek.”
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