at 536, 280 A.2d at 376 (emphasis added). The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that plaintiffs had not established a constitutional right to retain their jobs, notwithstanding their allegations that they were being fired solely on the grounds of political sponsorship or affiliation. Id. at 377-78. See also Scott v. Philadelphia Parking Authority, 402 Pa. 151, 166 A.2d 278 (1960); Mahoney v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 13 Pa.Cmwlth. 243, 320 A.2d 459 (1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1122, 95 S.Ct. 806, 42 L.Ed.2d 822 (1975). Using hindsight, it is possible to reconstruct a foreshadowing of the Elrod holding in the Seventh Circuit’s decisions in Illinois State Employees Union v. Lewis, 473 F.2d 561 (7th Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 410 U.S. 928, 943, 93 S.Ct. 1364, 35 L.Ed.2d 590 (1973) (<HOLDING>) and Burns v. Elrod, 509 F.2d 1133 (7th Cir.
holding that persecution was on account of political opinion because petitioners prosecutorial investigation into acts of political corruption was by its very nature political holding a political rally for instance holding unconstitutional a statute prohibiting judges running for election from expressing a view on political issues during campaigns holding political discharges were unconstitutional holding that fathers military service alone was neither political opinion nor sufficient to establish imputed political opinion