A Pennsylvania court is weighing whether to step in and stop the Legislature’s impeachment proceedings against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
A Pennsylvania court is weighing whether to step in and stop the Legislature's impeachment proceedings against Philadelphia's top elected prosecutor.
The four-judge Commonwealth Court panel, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, presided over nearly two hours of arguments Thursday. The trial in the state Senate is set to begin Jan. 18. The case is part of a wave of efforts across the country to remove progressive prosecutors as violent crime rose nationally.
The separation of powers, and where legislative authority stops and the court’s begins, were central to arguments in court over a lawsuit by District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, challenging the state Legislature’s attempt to remove him from office. A four-judge Commonwealth Court panel, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, weighed precedent and authority in nearly two hours of arguments.
Krasner, who was overwhelmingly reelected by Philadelphia voters last year, has not been charged with a crime or been sanctioned by a court. He has dismissed the House’s Nov. 16 vote to impeach him as taking aim at his ideas, a notion Democratic Judge Ellen Ceisler echoed during Thursday’s entirely virtual proceedings.
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