Plowman v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.

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• holding that license suspension following drug conviction was not a criminal penalty but “merely a civil consequence of a criminal violation”
• holding that the purposes of suspending a licensee’s operating privilege for violating the Drug Act is to “protect[] against [] the proliferation of drug use” and to deter drug use
• holding that a driver's license is a privilege and not a right
• stating, “[Operating a motor vehicle upon a Commonwealth highway is not a property right but a privilege.”
• stating, “[o]perating a motor vehicle upon a Commonwealth highway is not a property right but a privilege.”
• operating a motor vehicle upon a Commonwealth highway is a privilege subject to Commonwealth control and regulation; it is not a fundamental right

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