Philadelphia's district attorney scores legal win against Republican impeachment bid

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state lawmakers who tried to impeach Philadelphia’s elected progressive prosecutor improperly tried to stretch that process across two different legislative sessions, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.

The decision was a victory for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, following his impeachment by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in 2022.

Chief Justice Debra Todd, writing for the majority in a 3-1 decision, said the state Constitution does not grant power to the House and Senate in subsequent sessions to act on matters that were begun in a prior session.

As a result, the articles of impeachment “became null and void” when that legislative session came to a close at the end of 2022, Todd wrote.




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