Monday, December 07, 2020

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Docket including Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief, Motion for Leave to File Brief Under Rule 33.2, and Brief of Amicus Curiae Landmark Legal Foundation MIKE KELLY, U.S. Congressman, et al., Applicants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al., Respondents.

SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES
 
No. 20A98 

Title: Mike Kelly, United States Congressman, et al., Applicants v. Pennsylvania, et al 

Docketed: December 3, 2020 

Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District 

DATE          PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS 
Dec 03 2020 Application (20A98) for injunctive relief, submitted to Justice Alito. 
                        Main Document  Other  Proof of Service

Dec 03 2020 Response to application (20A98) requested by Justice Alito, due Tuesday, December 8, by 9 a.m. (docket entry updated 12/6/20) 

Dec 04 2020 Main Document of Landmark Legal Foundation submitted. 
                        Main Document  Proof of Service

NAME 
Attorneys for Petitioners 
Gregory H. Teufel, Counsel of Record 
Party name: Mike Kelly, et al. 

ADDRESS 
OGC Law, LLC 
1575 McFarland Rd., Ste. 201 
Pittsburgh, PA 15216 

gteufel@ogclaw.net 

PHONE 
4122534622 

NAME
Attorneys for Respondents 
Jonathan F. Bloom, Counsel of Record 
Party name: Pennsylvania General Assembly 

ADDRESS 
Stradley, Ronon, et al. 
2005 Market Street Suite 2600 
Philadelphia, PA 19103 

jbloom@stradley.com 

PHONE 
2155648065 

NAME 
Other 
Richard Peter Hutchison, Counsel of Record 
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation 

ADDRESS  
Landmark Legal Foundation 
3100 Broadway Suite 1200 
Kansas City, MO 64111 

 pete.hutch@landmarklegal.org 

PHONE 
8169315559

REFERENCE:
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Mike Kelly, United States Congressman, et al., Applicants v. Pennsylvania, et al


Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief, Motion for Leave to File Brief Under Rule 33.2, and Brief of Amicus Curiae Landmark Legal Foundation 
No. 20A98 
In the Supreme Court of the United States 
MIKE KELLY, U.S. Congressman, et al., Applicants, 
v. 
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al., Respondents. 
On Emergency Application for a Writ of Injunction Pending the Filing and Disposition of a Writ of Certiorari 

 I. THE COURT SHOULD GRANT APPLICANTS' INJUNCTION APPLICATION AND GRANT CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE WHETHER A STATE LEGISLATURE, WITH THE IMPRIMATUR OF ITS STATE SUPREME COURT, MAY VIOLATE ITS STATE CONSTITUTION IN THE EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY VESTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 

 A. U.S. Supreme Court Deference to State Supreme Court Decisions Does Not Extend to Decisions Overtly Contravening the State Constitution's Limits on the Legislature's U.S. Const. Art II, Section 1 Authority. 

 B. State Legislatures and State Courts Must Comply With State Constitutional Limitations, Particularly in the Exercise of Authority Vested by the United States Constitution. 

 II. THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT'S DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE BASED ON LACHES VIOLATES APPLICANTS' FEDERAL DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS. 

CONCLUSION 

For the foregoing reasons, the Emergency Application for Writ oflnjunction Pending the Filing and Disposition of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari should be granted.

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