Recently in Carbon County two plaintiffs brought suit to keep Neil Makhija off the ballot, claiming that while he was at Harvard Law School, he was not a resident of Carbon County. Hence, the suit claimed, he did not meet the residency requirements to run for the Pennsylvania state legislature.
As a Pennsylvania State University grad, I think Penn State is correct in its determination of when a student becomes a resident of Pennsylvania for in-state tuition. According to University rules, an out-of-state student can live in Pennsylvania, have an address in State College, own a car registered in Pennsylvania, have a Pennsylvania driver’s license, and vote in Centre County, but still not qualify for in-state tuition because he or she IS NOT A RESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA. He or she is a COLLEGE STUDENT.
We found out today that those rules also apply to students at Harvard Law. They are students, NOT RESIDENTS, according to a decision by a judge of the Commonwealth Court. Neil Makhija will be on the ballot, and Doyle Heffley’s nuisance suit is a loser.
Oh, yeah, the plaintiffs, neither of whom showed up at the Court hearing, had an attorney paid for the Republican Party. So it wasn’t really Heffley’s suit. I should make that clear. Heffley didn’t bring the suit. In fact, he probably had nothing to do with the suit. I’m sure he didn’t even know it was being filed. I really believe he had no idea. Really, that’s what I believe. I’m serious. I am.
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