County of Fayette v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr. :

I respectfully dissent.

Sections 410 and 412 of the Ethics Law1 are cloaked with the presumption of constitutionality. These “good-cause” provisions — absent judicial invalidation or legislative repeal- — permit and justify claimants’ candidacies. By concluding simply that the Ethics Law does not provide good cause, the majority fails to first adjudicate the constitutionality of Sections 410 and *268412. The majority’s invocation of Wajert v. State Ethics Commission, 491 Pa. 255, 420 A.2d 439 (1980) and Kremer v. State Ethics Commission, Pa. , 469 A.2d…