Blackwell v. City of Philadelphia

I respectfully dissent and would affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The United States Supreme Court in Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486, 89 S.Ct. 1944, 23 L.Ed.2d 491 (1969), held that the exclusion of Representative Adam Clayton Powell from the House of Representatives by a House Resolution did not present a political question, and was thus justiciable, on the basis that the qualifications of members of Congress were specific and stated clearly in the United States Constitution (age, citizen*174ship and residency), although the High Court was careful to distinguish those situations wherein…