Legal Opinion · Dissent

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 22, 2018No. 159 MM 2017Published

1DissentJustice Mundy

I join Chief Justice Saylor’s dissenting statement in full. I write séparately to express my concern with the vagueness of the Court’s order. Despite its pronouncement that the 2011 map clearly, plainly, and palpably violates the Pennsylvania Constitution, the Court fails to identify the specific provision it so violates. This vagueness by the Court is problematic, because the parties raise several state constitutional claims, including the Speech Clause, the Free Association Clause, the Elections Clause, and the Equal Protection. Clause, each of which has a different mode of analysis., See…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Pap's A.M. v. City of ErieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Love v. Borough of StroudsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Mixon v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Mixon v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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