Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds governor’s disaster declaration

By Washington Examiner

Published July 2, 2020 1:30pm ET

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds governor’s disaster declaration — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf prepares to speak at a press conference outside UPMC Pinnacle Community Osteopathic Hospital in Lower Paxton Twp, Pa,. on Monday, June 29, 2020. | (Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News via AP)

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sided with Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday, issuing an order nullifying legislative Republicans’ attempt to overturn his COVID-19 disaster declaration.

The state’s highest court agreed that House Resolution 836 does not end the governor’s emergency order – first issued on March 6 and renewed on June 3 – because it was never physically presented to him for a signature.

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