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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Index Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1]

52 relations: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Antioch School of Law, Attorney general, Baltimore, Chatham University, Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Columbia Law School, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Cynthia Baldwin, Democratic Party (United States), Discretionary review, District attorney, Duquesne University School of Law, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, Elmira, New York, George MacKinnon, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Impeachment, Law clerk, List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Constitution, Pennsylvania courts of common pleas, Pennsylvania State Senate, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Political party, Province of Pennsylvania, Republican Party (United States), Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, Rolf Larsen, Russell M. Nigro, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of the United States, Temple University, Thomas G. Saylor, Tom Wolf, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Virginia, Washington & Jefferson College, William Penn, ..., Yale Law School, Yale University. Expand index (2 more) »

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county in the southwest of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Antioch School of Law

Antioch School of Law was a law school in Washington, D.C. which specialized in public advocacy.

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Attorney general

In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General (sometimes abbreviated as AG) or Attorney-General (plural: Attorneys General (traditional) or Attorney Generals) is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions, they may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Chatham University

Chatham University is an American university that has coeducational academic programs through the doctoral level, with its main campus located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Coaldale is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School (often referred to as Columbia Law or CLS) is a professional graduate school of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League.

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Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is one of Pennsylvania's two intermediate appellate courts.

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Cynthia Baldwin

Cynthia Baldwin is a former justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Discretionary review

Discretionary review is the authority appellate courts have to decide which appeals they will consider from among the cases submitted to them.

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District attorney

In the United States, a district attorney (DA) is the chief prosecutor for a local government area, typically a county.

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Duquesne University School of Law

Duquesne University School of Law is a private Catholic university law school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) is a public university located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Ed Rendell

Edward Gene Rendell (born January 5, 1944) is an American lawyer, politician, and author who, as a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011 and the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000.

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Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Ellwood City is a borough in Beaver and Lawrence counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Elmira, New York

Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, United States.

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George MacKinnon

George Edward MacKinnon (April 22, 1906 – May 1, 1995) was an American politician, attorney, and judge who variously served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, and, until 1983, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County.

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Impeachment

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.

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Law clerk

A law clerk or a judicial clerk is an individual—generally an attorney—who provides direct assistance and counsel to a judge in making legal determinations and in writing opinions by researching issues before the court.

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List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania

Three generations of Penns acted as proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties (Delaware) from the founding of the colony until the American Revolution removed them from power.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Constitution

The current Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, most recently revised in 1968, forms the law for the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania courts of common pleas

The Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (the state court system of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania).

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Pennsylvania State Senate

The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County is the most populous county in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of 2017, Philadelphia County was home to an estimated population of 1,580,863 residents. The county is the second smallest county in Pennsylvania by land area. Philadelphia County is one of the three original counties, along with Chester and Bucks counties, created by William Penn during November 1682. Since 1854, the county has been coterminous with the City of Philadelphia, which also serves as its seat of government. Philadelphia County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Combined Statistical Area, known as the Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. Philadelphia County is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valley, the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States, with a population of 7.2 million.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Republican Party of Minnesota v. White

Republican Party of Minnesota v. White,, was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the First Amendment rights of candidates for judicial office.

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Rolf Larsen

Rolf Larsen (August 26, 1934 – August 11, 2014), a Democrat originally from Allegheny County, was first elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1978.

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Russell M. Nigro

Russell M. Nigro was first elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the Democratic ticket in 1995.

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Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Superior Court of Pennsylvania

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is one of two Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts, the other being the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Temple University

Temple University (Temple or TU) is a state-related research university located in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Thomas G. Saylor

Thomas G. Saylor (born December 14, 1946) is the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.

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Tom Wolf

Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 47th and current Governor of Pennsylvania since taking office on January 20, 2015.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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University of Pittsburgh School of Law

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law (sometimes referred to as Pitt Law) was founded in 1895.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Washington & Jefferson College

Washington & Jefferson College, also known as W & J College or W&J, is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which is south of Pittsburgh.

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William Penn

William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was the son of Sir William Penn, and was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania.

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Yale Law School

Yale Law School (often referred to as Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pennsylvania

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