One for our legal eagles

[Brick]

I happened to catch Mark Levin on his Fox show Life, Liberty and Levin last night. Mark spent the first segment of the show bloviating about Oct 2019 law passed by the Gen'l Assembly and signed by Wolf. Levin brought up some interesting points among them that the State Legislature could not change election law without a PA Constitutional amendment and the regimen for amending the PA Cons which requires a public referendum and how there was neither and amendment nor a public vote on the measure.

I tried searching the PA Cons. to confirm what he had said and could find no such requirement, though I admit I read it in a cursory manner. Levin also pointed out the fact that the US Constitution does give State Legislatures the SOLE authority to write or change election law regarding Congressional Elections (Art 1 Sect 4) and Presidential Elections (Art 2 Sect 1).

I'd really like to confirm what Levin said so if any of you can point me to the right PA Cons. Sections I'd appreciate it. BTW I found and read the article covering Elections including the section on absentee voting.

[tl_3237]

I happened to catch Mark Levin on his Fox show Life, Liberty and Levin last night. Mark spent the first segment of the show bloviating about Oct 2019 law passed by the Gen'l Assembly and signed by Wolf. Levin brought up some interesting points among them that the State Legislature could not change election law without a PA Constitutional amendment and the regimen for amending the PA Cons which requires a public referendum and how there was neither and amendment nor a public vote on the measure.

I tried searching the PA Cons. to confirm what he had said and could find no such requirement, though I admit I read it in a cursory manner. Levin also pointed out the fact that the US Constitution does give State Legislatures the SOLE authority to write or change election law regarding Congressional Elections (Art 1 Sect 4) and Presidential Elections (Art 2 Sect 1).

I'd really like to confirm what Levin said so if any of you can point me to the right PA Cons. Sections I'd appreciate it. BTW I found and read the article covering Elections including the section on absentee voting.

PA Constitution Article VII Section14 gives very narrowed and specific reasons to allow for issuance of absentee ballots. The expansion that is in act 77, that requires no justification for absentee voting, goes far beyond what section 14 allows and said expansion is therefore in direct contravention of the PA Const.

§ 14. Absentee voting.

(a) The Legislature shall, by general law, provide a manner
in which, and the time and place at which, qualified electors
who may, on the occurrence of any election, be absent from the
municipality of their residence, because their duties,
occupation or business require them to be elsewhere or who, on
the occurrence of any election, are unable to attend at their
proper polling places because of illness or physical disability
or who will not attend a polling place because of the observance
of a religious holiday or who cannot vote because of election
day duties, in the case of a county employee, may vote, and for
the return and canvass of their votes in the election district
in which they respectively reside.

[PAMedic=F|A=]

PA Constitution Article VII Section14 gives very narrowed and specific reasons to allow for issuance of absentee ballots. The expansion that is in act 77, that requires no justification for absentee voting, goes far beyond what section 14 allows and said expansion is therefore in direct contravention of the PA Const.

But the Pennsylvania courts don*t give a crap.

[Brick]

But the Pennsylvania courts don*t give a crap.

True PA Supreme Court seems to ignore the Constitution regularly. But maybe the argument would sway a federal court if made there.

[fallenleader]

my understanding is not only did PASC go ahead and greenstamp the "law" but went as far as extending it of their own accord because we're all supposed to have become good reliable democrat voters by now due to the varus.
(translate:dead from chywuflu)
so yes, f'ck the pa supreme court with concertina.

[Brick]

my understanding is not only did PASC go ahead and greenstamp the "law" but went as far as extending it of their own accord because we're all supposed to have become good reliable democrat voters by now due to the varus.
(translate:dead from chywuflu)
so yes, f'ck the pa supreme court with concertina.

Then let's be as active as possible to depose any of the court turds tha come up for reelection and be sure to press the PA Republican Party to present viable candidates as opposition.

[RenoV8]

Then let's be as active as possible to depose any of the court turds tha come up for reelection and be sure to press the PA Republican Party to present viable candidates as opposition.

Maybe some of us should be running for office...

[Brick]

Maybe some of us should be running for office...

Yes, those of us with the qualifications and desire to do so! Imagine Gunlawyer as PA AG for example or Senator tl_3237 for example. Though both might balk at the cut in pay :-)

[fallenleader]

Yes, those of us with the qualifications and desire to do so! Imagine Gunlawyer as PA AG for example or Senator tl_3237 for example. Though both might balk at the cut in pay :-)

and the mouth breathers will continue to vote for whomever their boxed liars of choice pound the drums for while the elite starve everyone out with slush funds of ill gotten gains.

after it all burns down and we plant the seed of liberty, gunlawyer for AG in the province formerly known as PA