The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision, sided with Governor Wolf, allowing him to ignore a concurrent resolution by the general assembly which declared an end to the state’s current emergency declaration. What was the case about? On March 6th, 2020, Governor Wolf declared a state of disaster emergency in Pennsylvania using the authority […]
State Representative Daryl Metcalfe Calls for Impeachment of Governor Wolf
State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), along with 24 state representative co-sponsors, introduced House Resolution 915, calling for the impeachment of Governor Wolf. Representative Metcalfe issued this statement: While these are certainly unprecedented and chaotic times, Gov. Tom Wolf must be held accountable for his actions that have harmed so many of our citizens and violated […]
PA General Assembly Declares Governor’s Disaster Emergency Declaration Terminated
The PA House and Senate, as within their authority as described in Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Statutes, have given notice that the Governor’s disaster declaration is now terminated: Notice is hereby given that the House of Representatives and the Senate of Pennsylvania, pursuant to their authority under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(c), terminated the Governor’s […]
Massive Reduction in Estimated Number of Deaths From COVID-19
Neil Ferguson at Imperial College London previously presented a model of the potential number of deaths from COVID-19 as 2.2 million in the U.S. and 500,000 in the U.K. This model has been extremely influential among government officials and used as the basis of the shutdowns crippling our economy. He has now presented new estimates […]
Erie County and City Join MeToo Movement With Emergency Declarations
Even though there are only 5 cases of COVID-19 in Erie County, all of whom are either young people recuperating at home, or one college student who tested positive after returning home to eastern New York, County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, following the lead of Governor Wolf, issued a stay at home order for county residents. […]
Impossible Restrictions Now in Place for Emergency Dental Procedures in PA
Over and above Governor Wolf’s “life-sustaining” business restrictions during this COVID-19 event, there are also restrictions on emergency dental work, this isn’t for routine check ups, this applies when the pain is unbearable and you need a dental procedure right now. Dentists in PA must cease all dental treatment except emergencies within the provided guidelines: […]
