Pa. court: Reinstate health-care funding for the poor (Corbett loses again)

[Divernan]

11. Just got a callback from Chief Clerk's office, PACommonwealth Court.

They looked up the case for me and explained that it was a case of original jurisdiction, with a "MD" number, for Miscellaneous Docket, and that it was indeed a single judge decision. These case opinions will not be published on their website, unless someone requests that the opinion be published, in which case it will go up on the website. I learned that it does not have to be one of the parties who requests this, so perhaps some enterprising journalist will put in a request.

I was also told that if an appeal was taken from this case, it would go directly to the state Supreme Court. So now we wait to see whether Corbett will take an appeal.

Picture Judge Pellegrini as Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry, facing down One-Term Tom Corbett:
“You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?”

Or, "Gonna take an appeal, Tom? Go ahead. Make my day!"