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Chad Parker, et al. v. Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 22-2789 · judgment September 8, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
The COVID-19 pandemic created a constitutional crisis. For years, American citizens, including Petitioners, were subject to constantly changing orders that imposed burdens on fundamental freedoms in a way that our nation has never experienced in its history. The cost of these burdens is incalculable. Unfortunately, many courts did nothing, abdicating their duty to say what the law is and allowing this assault on liberty to proceed largely unchecked.
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Is this constitutional challenge to the Pennsylvania “mask mandate” moot when the restriction is capable of repetition yet so short in duration that it evaded review and Pennsylvania officials voluntary ceased the allegedly unlawful action while this lawsuit was pending?
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Do Petitioners have standing to challenge Pennsylvania’s “contact tracing” program, which was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Petitioners were directly subject to its restrictions during the pandemic, the program had a chilling effect on Petitioners’ freedom to associate, Petitioners had private and personal data subject to disclosure as a result of a breach of the program’s database, and the program remains in existence today?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Joseph Muise
American Freedom Law Center
For respondent
Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick
Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 03 2024Waiver of right of respondents Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. to respond filed.
- Dec 07 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 10, 2024)