If you read any post on www.judgesonmerit.org, please read Moving Forward posted by outgoing PMC & PMCAction Deputy Director Shira Goodman. It sums up – in vintage Shira persuasion – the challenges of working for constitutional change.

The Legal Intelligencer reported on the staffing situation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

According to an article in today’s Legal Intelligencer, the state Supreme Court refused to order the General Assembly to provide state funding for a unified judicial system.

An article in today’s Legal Intelligencer (subscription required) questions whether Pennsylvania is becoming stricter about re-admittance of disbarred attorneys.

According to an article in today’s Legal Intelligencer (subscription required) indicted Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew was suspended without pay yesterday by the state Supreme Court.

If you have received a text message informing you that you missed jury duty, feel free to ignore it.

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ordered the Commonwealth Court to reassess how easy it is for the voting public to obtain ID that is compliant with the state’s voter ID law.

Dave Davies, of WHYY radio (Philadelphia’s public radio station) wrote a radio report and blog post titled, “Castille has made a career of defying expectations” featured on its morning news program.

Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew has been indicted on federal charges. Judge Mulgrew’s wife, Elizabeth Mulgrew and state legislative aide, Lorraine Dispaldo were also indicted. The FBI arrested all three individuals this morning and they are scheduled to appear before a magistrate this afternoon.

An article in the Legal Intelligencer (subscription required) discusses the concerns that some lawyers and legal scholars have with the Court of Judicial Discipline’s recent opinion in the Justice Joan Orie Melvin case.