Courts & Law
U.S. judge blocks Trump Administration rule inhibiting unions
The rule would have harmed the bargaining rights of more than 500,000 home healthcare workers in California and several hundred thousand additional workers across the nation.
3 years ago
Why Trump’s lawyers keep targeting Pa.
The Trump campaign has filed numerous lawsuits aiming to stop Pa. from certifying its votes. WHYY reporter Ryan Briggs explains the suits and where they are going.
Air Date: November 17, 2020
Listen 11:49Philadelphia appoints first-ever Latina city solicitor
Cortes will succeed Marcel Pratt in overseeing the city's 330-employee law department. She currently chairs its litigation group.
3 years ago
Philly’s chief homicide prosecutor demoted as murders reach three-decade high
DA Larry Krasner’s decision regarding veteran prosecutor Anthony Voci reportedly came down Monday.
3 years ago
A cheat sheet for the Trump election lawsuits still alive in Pa.
Two weeks after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.
3 years ago
FBI report: Bias-motivated killings at record high amid nationwide rise in hate crime
Hate crimes rose to their highest numbers in a decade, with a record-breaking 51 fatal attacks, according to an FBI count released Monday.
3 years ago
Safehouse debate in appeals court centers on two sentences in ‘crackhouse statute’
The question of whether the Philadelphia nonprofit can open a supervised injection site comes down to language in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act.
3 years ago
US prosecutors take second swing at Philly supervised injection site in federal appeals court
A refresher on the twists and turns of the case against the Philadelphia nonprofit, Safehouse, as it moves to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
3 years ago
Judge: DHS head didn’t have authority to suspend DACA
About 650,000 people are part of DACA, which allows young immigrants who were brought to the country as children to legally work and shields them from deportation.
3 years ago
N.J. weed bill on hold as social justice advocates push for ‘justice’
All that was left was to set up the marketplace for recreational marijuana. Many say they were dismayed by lawmakers’ first try at enabling legislation.
3 years ago
Body found inside laundry bag on Northeast Philly curb
Police say a Jane Doe was found in a laundry bag discarded on a Tacony curb Friday morning
3 years ago
Philly’s surprising arrest rate in reported violence against trans women this year: 100%
These kinds of cases are likely under-counted, however, thanks to a fraught relationship with police.
3 years ago
‘This is a blank canvas’: Creating Philly’s new Citizens Police Oversight Commission
Who will sit on it, how they will be selected, what its budget will be, its duties and powers — all of that will be finalized in the coming weeks.
3 years ago
Lawyer behind Trump’s legal campaign to win Pa. has a long history in Philly
President Donald Trump’s hopes for staying in the White House hinge on a battery of legal complaints filed by a Philadelphia lawyer with a revealing past.
3 years ago
Top Pa. senator’s campaign revives lawsuit against journalists over public records fees
The campaign of Sen. Joe Scarnati is appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking thousands in fees for providing records of campaign expenses to a Spotlight PA journalist.
3 years ago