DeWeese v. Weaver

OPINION BY

Senior Judge KELLEY.

The instant case concerns the validity of the enactment of the Act of June 19, 2002, P.L. 394 (Act 57), which amended the provisions of the Judicial Code. 1 Presently before the Court are the cross-motions for summary judgment filed by H. William DeWeese, House Minority Leader and Member of the House Rules Committee, and Mike Veon, Democratic Whip of the House of Representatives (collectively, Petitioners), C. Michael Weaver, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Respondent) 2 , and John M. Perzel, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Robert C.…