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Judge Michael Thatcher and Thomas Bailey

PMC Shares Workshop: Court Basics - Allegheny County

This workshop illuminates the organization and procedures of the Pennsylvania Judicial System with the goal of bringing Pennsylvanians awareness of and confidence in their courts. Our presenters discuss the different subject matters of each court, knowing your way around the courtroom, how judges

Letter to the Editor: Proposed Constitutional Amendments Threaten Independence of Judiciary

Thursday, December 30, 2021
By DEBORAH R. GROSS The Legal Intelligencer These proposed constitutional amendments are a direct attempt to threaten the judiciary based on one party’s displeasure with rulings by the court. To The Legal: The legislature in Harrisburg is once again operating in a stealth and nontransparent fashion...
Gavel - Wikimedia Commons Photo

‘Twas the night before Christmas — and Harrisburg was trying to politicize the judiciary | Opinion

Thursday, December 23, 2021
By DEBORAH GROSS Billy Penn ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Pa. House, Ways to threaten the judiciary were being espoused. Bills were brought to the Judiciary Committee with intentional deceit, In hopes that the public would be asleep. Term limits on the Supreme Court justices...
Judge Drew Crompton of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

Q&A: Crompton Stresses Importance of Words and Trust in Run for Full Term on Commonwealth Court

Tuesday, October 26, 2021
By ALEEZA FURMAN The Legal Intelligencer On Nov. 2, Pennsylvanians are set to decide which candidates will join the ranks of the state Commonwealth Court. To get a better understanding of each candidate’s background and judicial philosophy, The Legal has asked each to respond to a questionnaire...
Megan Sullivan

Q&A: Superior Court Candidate Megan Sullivan Discusses Importance of the Separation of Powers

Monday, October 25, 2021
By MAX MITCHELL The Legal Intelligencer On Nov. 2, Pennsylvanians are set to decide which candidates will join the ranks of the state Superior Court. To get a better understanding of each candidate’s background and judicial philosophy, The Legal has asked each to respond to a questionnaire touching...
Stacy Wallace, candidate for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

Q&A: Bradford, Pa., Attorney Stacy Wallace Says She Would Bring 'Restraining Approach' to Commonwealth Court

Thursday, October 21, 2021
By ALEEZA FURMAN The Legal Intelligencer On Nov. 2, Pennsylvanians are set to decide which candidates will join the ranks of the state Commonwealth Court. To get a better understanding of each candidate’s background and judicial philosophy, The Legal has asked each to respond to a questionnaire...
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Timika Lane

Q&A: Superior Court Hopeful, Judge Timika Lane, on Creating an 'Unbiased Environment' for Litigants

Thursday, October 21, 2021
By MAX MITCHELL The Legal Intelligencer On Nov. 2, Pennsylvanians are set to decide which candidates will join the ranks of the state Superior Court. To get a better understanding of each candidate’s background and judicial philosophy, The Legal has asked each to respond to a questionnaire touching...
Headshot of Commonwealth Court Judge P. Kevin Brobson

Q&A: Supreme Court Candidate P. Kevin Brobson on the 2020 Election and the Need for Judicial Independence

Monday, October 18, 2021
By MAX MITCHELL The Legal Intelligencer On Nov. 2, Pennsylvanians are set to decide which candidate will join the ranks of the state Supreme Court. To get a better understanding of each candidate’s background and judicial philosophy, The Legal has asked each to respond to a questionnaire touching on...
Judge David Spurgeon of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Courtesy photo

Q&A: Judicial Candidate David Spurgeon Says Internet Defamation Is a Growing Threat to the Legal Profession

Thursday, October 14, 2021
By ALEEZA FURMAN The Legal Intelligencer On Nov. 2, Pennsylvanians are set to decide which candidate will join the ranks of the state Commonwealth Court. To get a better understanding of each candidate’s background and judicial philosophy, The Legal has asked each to respond to a questionnaire...
Pennsylvania Judicial Center

A full guide to Pennsylvania’s 2021 Supreme Court election and other appellate judicial races

Thursday, October 14, 2021
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