Courts & Law
Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit
106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.
5 years ago
Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Biden’s election
The lawsuit from the Texas attorney general demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin be invalidated.
5 years ago
Federal prosecutors charge four with murder of Philly police officer
A federal grand jury has indicted Hassan Elliott and three co-defendants in connection to the shooting death of Sgt. James O’Connor in March.
5 years ago
Will Philly’s new police oversight commission be any better?
Philadelphia voters approved a new independent commission for people to file complaints against the police last month. The old one was criticized as ineffective.
Air Date: December 10, 2020
Listen 17:01Piles of records and months of reporting lead to eye-opening report on Pa. district judges
In 2019, many of the state’s roughly 500 district judges only had courtroom appearances scheduled a few days a week.
5 years ago
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him join widely scorned Texas election lawsuit
Officials in the states targeted in the suit — Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — derided it as nothing more than an unfounded publicity stunt.
5 years ago
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’
Hunter Biden has long been a target of President Donald Trump and his allies, who have accused him of profiting off his political connections.
5 years ago
Delco Jail Oversight Board recommends deprivatization transition team
CGL Cos. has been recommended by Delaware County’s Jail Oversight Board to help deprivatize the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.
5 years ago
Sen. Casey introduces bills to improve interactions between police and people with disabilities
“It’s easy to describe this problem. It’s exceedingly more difficult to solve it, but we have to try,” said Casey during a virtual news conference on Wednesday.
5 years ago
48 AGs, FTC sue Facebook alleging illegal power grabs to ‘neutralize’ rivals
The officials say Facebook's acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram violated competition laws and served to stifle rivals by giving the social network an unfair advantage.
5 years ago
A decade after lawsuit, Philly is still stopping and frisking
Ten years after it was sued for racial bias, the city still employs the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk. Mayor Jim Kenney says he wants it to end. Will it?
Air Date: December 8, 2020
Listen 14:45Does Trump have power to pardon himself? It’s complicated
President Donald Trump has declared that he has the “absolute right” to issue a pardon to himself. Yet the law is much murkier than his confidence suggests.
5 years ago
Philly DA drops first-degree murder charges against former police officer
An investigating grand jury recommended that Eric Ruch Jr. face first-degree and third-degree murder at trial.
5 years ago
Philly Police Department seeks outside funding for early intervention system
Implementing the system is part of the city’s Pathways to Reform, Transformation and Reconciliation, launched after protests of police brutality and racism.
5 years ago
Reinvented Delco Public Defender’s Office wants to lead the way on criminal justice reform
The Delaware County Office of the Public Defender believes that change starts there. It has new leaders pledged to work toward that goal.
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