Court Strikes Down Law That Let NRA Sue Pa. Cities
(cross posting from LBN)
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
A Commonwealth Court has struck down the new state law that let the NRA — and other third parties — sue Pennsylvania cities for their gun restrictions.
The law is "unconstitutional and void," the court said in Thursday morning's ruling.
The law — known as Act 192 — passed last year, had been challenged by a coalition of cities (including Philadelphia) and lawmakers. The challenge was based on the process used to pass it: The bill was originally written to create penalties for the theft of copper wiring — late during the legislative session it was gutted and repurposed as a gun bill. Critics said that violated the Pennsylvania Constitution, which requires that a bill not be amended in a way that changes its original purpose, and that bills passed by the legislature contain only a single subject.
That order should bring an end to several lawsuits that had been filed under Act 192; the NRA had sued the cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lancaster under the act, but the suit had been stayed pending the Commonwealth Court's ruling on the act's legitimacy.
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http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/06/25/nra-law-pennsylvania-struck-down
This lobbying arm of the GOP can be beaten.
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