The Lobbying Disclosure Act has been held unconstitutional by a deeply divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but the court will be asked to hear the case again, the state Attorney General’s Office said.
The 3-3 decision of the court affirms the Commonwealth Court’s decision that held that the act was unconstitutional because it attempted to regulate the practice of law in violation of Article V, Section 10, of the state constitution, which gives the Supreme Court the exclusive authority to regulate the practice of law.
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