September 14, 2020
Today in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Judge William Stickman, IV held that Governor Wolf and Dr. Rachel Levine’s shutdown orders and congregational limits were unconstitutional. Judge Stickman ruled in favor of individual and business plaintiffs. Along with a 66-page Opinion, Judge Stickman issued a declaratory judgment which states: “(1) that the congregate gathering limits imposed by defendants’ mitigation orders violate the right of assembly enshrined in the First Amendment; (2) that the stay-at-home and business closure components of defendants’ orders violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and (3) that the business closure components of Defendants’ orders violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
