Eight voters and three advocacy organizations stood up for the right to privacy of all nine million registered voters in Pennsylvania at a proceeding before the Commonwealth Court today in Harrisburg.

Today, the Pennsylvania state Senate passed S.B.913, legislation that overhauls the probation system in the commonwealth. The ACLU of Pennsylvania opposes the legislation.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed legislation that would require community bail funds to be licensed as professional bail bondsmen, an onerous process that would make it very difficult for bail funds across the commonwealth to continue operating.

When the Clearfield County commissioners approved two contracts with a private prison company to open the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast, they failed to provide public notice as required by state law, depriving community members of the chance to comment on the contract.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class action lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional incarceration of people facing probation and parole revocation proceedings in Montgomery County.

Eight voters and three community organizations took their argument to Commonwealth Court today in their effort to join a lawsuit challenging a subpoena issued by a state Senate committee to the Department of State seeking the personally identifying information of every registered voter.

A coalition of good government and civil rights advocates and eight voters filed a petition in state court to join the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit against state Senate Republicans’ attempt to obtain private information about the commonwealth’s registered voters.

The Biden administration has entered into at least one new Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agreement to expand its use of private prisons, despite a campaign promise and an executive order from President Biden to end the use of privately run detention facilities. 

Good government advocates argued to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today that the 2019 ballot question on constitutional rights for victims of crime presented voters with too many changes to the state constitution in a single question.