Amended October 14, 2008, effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. This Contract Specifications Manual provides terms and conditions which are applicable to all AGREEMENTS entered into between ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF.Because I would, therefore, affirm the Orders of the Court of Common Pleas of. Allegheny County (common pleas), I must, respectfully, dissent. The 14th Amendment states, "no State. . . Shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Why should one who designs, constructs, and uses an airport be in a more favorable position so far as the Fourteenth Amendment is concerned? "The 'establishment of religion' clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Williams, 393 U.S. at 29, 89 S.Ct. at 9-10. The "resigntorun" provision doesn't apply to other elected positions in the county.