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FILE - Johnny "Doc" Dougherty departs the federal courthouse, Feb. 1, 2019, in Philadelphia. The longtime former Philadelphia labor leader is on trial on embezzlement charges, accused of having stolen from the union he led for nearly three decades. Dougherty and others are accused of having embezzled more than $650,000 from Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers between 2010 and 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Pennsylvania high court justice’s name surfaces in brother’s embezzlement trial

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Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent Pennsylvania primary election at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse in Pittsburgh on June 1, 2022. Elections officials in a central Pennsylvania county were scrambling Monday, April 17, 2023, to fix an error on more than 18,000 mail-in ballots for the spring primary, when voters will elect judges for the state Supreme Court and other positions. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Pennsylvania county sanctioned for secretly copying 2020 voting machine data

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Voters wait in line to make a correction to their ballots for the midterm elections at City Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia: Voters can still fix issues on mail-in ballots

By Claudia Lauer - Associated Press

In this April 26, 2018, file photo, actor and comedian Bill Cosby departs the courthouse after he was found guilty in his sexual assault retrial, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction. The court said Wednesday that they found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ** FILE **

Pa. court overturns Cosby’s conviction, releases him from prison

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Bill Cosby, center, leaves the the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., after being convicted of drugging and molesting a woman. The actor has spent more than two years in prison since he was convicted of sexual assault in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Now the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear his appeal of the conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The arguments will focus on the trial judge's decision to let five other accusers testify for the prosecution. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Cosby’s sex assault conviction goes before high-level court

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to supporters as he departs after playing golf at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling Va., Sunday Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Pennsylvania election lawsuit: Judge rules for Trump, bucks ballot extension for photo-ID

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A woman and man pray outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, the day after the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to become a Supreme Court Justice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

A woman and man pray outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, the day after the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to become a Supreme Court Justice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Supreme Court denies fast-track for mail-in ballots dispute from Pennsylvania

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 28, 2020, file photo, mail-in primary election ballots are processed at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. Pennsylvanias highest court on Thursday, Sept. 17, handed victories to the Democratic Party in an election-related lawsuit that sought favorable fixes to glitches and gray areas in the battleground states fledgling mail-in voting law. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pennsylvania extends mail-in ballot count deadline past election day

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Legal advocates are lining up on both sides of actor Bill Cosby’s appeal as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review his 2018 sex assault conviction. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Legal advocates line up on both sides of Bill Cosby’s appeal

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

FILE - Allegheny County Judge Cynthia Baldwin leaves a Judiciary Committee hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court received an “informal letter of inquiry” on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 from the board that investigates allegations of wrongdoing by judges, his office confirmed. The probe concerns allegations that Chief Justice Thomas Saylor may have improperly interfered in disciplinary matters involving former Justice Cynthia Baldwin. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chief justice says ethics board sent him ‘letter of inquiry’

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

Ex-justice levels bias accusation at state’s chief justice

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In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Pa. Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The 82-year-old Cosby has been imprisoned in suburban Philadelphia for nearly two years after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. He’s serving a three- to 10-year sentence. The Supreme Court has agreed to review two aspects of the case that Cosby’s lawyers challenge. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) **FILE**

Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Pennsylvania court upholds ‘sexually violent predator’ laws

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Pennsylvania high court passes on death penalty review

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) **FILE**

Pennsylvania high court asked to throw out death penalty

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

A crowd waits to enter the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at City Hall in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to consider whether the death penalty amounts to cruel, arbitrary punishment that's too often reserved for black and poor defendants. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Latest: Pennsylvania court asked to toss death penalty

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Court sides with some priests in abuse report, shields names

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, rapper Meek Mill arrives at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia. Attorneys for Mill are asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to remove a Philadelphia judge from his case days after she denied his new trial request. In a filing late Wednesday, June 27, 2018, Mill’s attorneys say Judge Genece Brinkley’s actions in court showed she had an opinion before hearing Mill’s request. It also says by requiring a hearing and strenuously cross-examining a witness, she strayed from how other judges had treated similar requests. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Meek Mill’s attorneys resume effort to get judge removed

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GOP chief justice slams Republican judicial impeachment move

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press