Posts in 'Retention Elections'

There are a number of bills pending in the current PA legislative session which threaten the independence of the judiciary. This is a discussion about those threats, and how concerned Pennsylvanians can take action to defend judicial independence.

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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...
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...
By ZACK NEEDLES The Legal Intelligencer Commonwealth Court Judges P. Kevin Brobson and Patricia A. McCullough and Superior Court Judges Anne E. Lazarus and Judith Ference Olson all received "recommended" ratings. The Pennsylvania Bar Association has recommended for retention the two Commonwealth...