Recorded April 13 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: second degree murder life sentence; video interrogation in prison garb exclusion; cell phone warrant suppression; off-duty police officer use of excessive force; and home improvement fraud. Watch on PCN on April 16 at 7 PM.
Journalists Roundtable — October 1st
This week on Journalists Roundtable, we continue to examine the deadlock in Harrisburg. No deal on pressing electoral issues seems near, as the issue continues its journey to the Supreme Court. The fallout from court cases involving mail-in ballot counts and the Governor’s spring shutdown continues to have both Democrats and Republicans hesitant to do […]
Journalists Roundtable — September 24th
This week on Journalists Roundtable, we find that the PA Supreme Court decision last week has changed the calculus in Harrisburg. What happened, and what implications are there? The PA Senate wraps up another week, albeit an abbreviated one. What was accomplished in Harrisburg this week? The 2020 Election continues, and there are persistent questions […]
Judge Correale Stevens Portrait Unveiling
Portrait unveiling of PA Supreme Court Justice and PA Superior Court President Judge Emeritus Correale Stevens Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
PA Supreme Court Session from March 5, 2019
Recorded 3-5-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: attorney disbarment; zoning officer collective bargaining; commercial leases; social media post use for parole revocation; pig farm nutrient management zoning; municipal rights of way maintenance costs; and drug conviction increased sentences.
PCN Celebrates 20 Years of Appellate Court Coverage
By: Todd Abele, Producer at PCN Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) is celebrating its 40th Anniversary of providing public affairs coverage of state government in 2019, but it’s also PCN’s 20th year of providing complete and unedited coverage of Pennsylvania’s appellate courts. On April 30, 1999, PCN aired its first session of appellate court coverage […]
PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 25
Recorded 9-25-18 in Philadelphia. Topics include: drug abuse during pregnancy and whether that can be classified as child abuse, death penalty, right to speedy trial, minor political parties and candidate endorsements, weekend incarceration and whether that is cause for unemployment compensation disqualification; and local government civil liability immunity.
Redistricting
The state Senate debated a redistricting measure Tuesday that would create an 11-member redistricting commission, and added an amendment that would have the commission draw statewide appellate judicial districts for the first time in state history. New Congressional districts were drawn by the state Supreme Court for the 2018 Primary Election after they overruled maps […]
PA Supreme Court Session from May 16
Recorded 5-16-18 in Harrisburg Issues include: Health care provider agreements and in-network Medicare pricing; vacant and abandoned building ordinances, specifically applying to windows and doors; supplemental opinions requested by Superior Court when the presiding judge had retired; nursing homes and compliance with the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, and the presentence withdrawal of […]
PA Supreme Court Session from May 15
Recorded 5-15-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: Philadelphia sweetened beverage tax, same sex couple child custody; suppression of evidence obtained during police call to a sorority house and whether a subsequent re-entry and search was valid, school district personal injury claim, grand jury leaks regarding the Fortieth Statewide Independent Grand Jury, and liability waivers.