On January 30, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in In Re Nomination Petition of Farnese, concerning the Pennsylvania habit of assessing court costs to the losing side, whenever the validity of a petition is challenged. The Commonwealth Court had kept the challenged candidate on the ballot, and then had billed the challenger $5,251. The Supreme Court will consider whether it was proper to force the challenger to pay this money. The lower court opinion, assessing court costs, is at 948 A 2d 215.