March 25, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed, for now, a constitutional challenge by Asian American and Arab American business owners who alleged Philadelphia city officials unfairly targeted their shops with arbitrary late-night curfews and nuisance ordinances, ruling Monday they lacked standing since none of them received fines or were ordered to shut down.
December 02, 2024
Groups representing Asian American and Arab American business owners claim the city of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania's Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement are violating their rights with state and local ordinances cracking down on "stop and go" liquor establishments and convenience stores, which happen to be predominantly owned by racial minorities.