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Was this the right way to shut down Pennsylvania?

A federal suit challenges Gov. Wolf's legal powers

Tony Amanero, polisher at Schulmerich Carillons, puts a shine on the interior of a bell in 2018. The Hatfield company's owner, attorney Jonathan Goldstein, argues in a federal lawsuit that Pennsylvania Gov.Tom Wolf has the right to shut down businesses to fight coronavirus, but has not offered either Constitutionally-required compensation, nor a "due process" for appealing decisions of a process he says appears arbitrary
Tony Amanero, polisher at Schulmerich Carillons, puts a shine on the interior of a bell in 2018. The Hatfield company's owner, attorney Jonathan Goldstein, argues in a federal lawsuit that Pennsylvania Gov.Tom Wolf has the right to shut down businesses to fight coronavirus, but has not offered either Constitutionally-required compensation, nor a "due process" for appealing decisions of a process he says appears arbitraryRead more