Local Man’s Challenge to Criminal Conviction on Free Speech Defense to be Heard by US Supreme Court
On behalf of Hof & Reid LLC | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, Court OrderThe Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether Anthony Elonis of Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, was merely expressing his first amendment constitutional right to free speech when he posted violent and threatening language on Facebook and other electronic media. Elonis, a former Dorney Park employee, was sentenced to four years in prison as […]
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reviewed and Issued a Ruling on the Voter ID Law
On behalf of Hof & Reid LLC | Sep 19, 2012 | Blog, Court OrderUncertainty remains as to what, if any, identification will be required to vote in Pennsylvania in this November’s Presidential election. On September 18, 2012, a decision was issued by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, after reviewing the constitutional validity of the Pennsylvania Voter ID Law, which was signed into law by Governor Corbett in March of this year and […]