The Rick Smith Show for 6-28-2017

Irwin Aronson, Labor attorney Willig, Williams & Davidson joins Rick to explain the complexities and intricacies of the latest Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Protz vs. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board and discuss what this could mean for injured workers affected by the 1996 changes brought on by the Ridge administration.

Christopher Stroop, Writer and Ex-Evangelical joins Rick to share his insights into the recent Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer and explain whether or not this decision destroys the line of separation between Church and State or simply opens the door by creating a dotted line for future interpretation.

Stephen Herzenberg, Executive Director of the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to discuss the need for a severance tax on gas drillers in the state of Pennsylvania and why, as the only state in the nation not to have a severance tax on the value of what comes out of the ground billions of tax dollars are being lost that could fund education, infrastructure, and/or health care.