An editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer echoes PMC's calls last week for changes in the way the Judicial Conduct Board handles certain cases. PMC's criticism focused on the Board's policy of deferring investigations of judicial misconduct to external criminal investigations.  The Inquirer noted:

"Last week, the state's preeminent court-reform advocacy group - Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts - called on the Judicial Conduct Board to change its go-slow policy with regard to acting on certain judicial allegations.
PMC rightly challenged a Judicial Conduct Board policy under which the panel defers its own probe to an ongoing outside criminal investigation. The board says its policy is designed to assure that its inquiry doesn't derail possible criminal charges. The board reaffirmed its policy this month."
PMC focused on allegations of misconduct relating to the judicial function -- that is, treatment of litigants, deciding cases.  We argued that investigation of subversion of the judicial function should never wait for an outside investigation.  The Inquirer agreed, opining:
"Citizens watching the Luzerne County case unfold - and wondering where the next judicial scandal will emerge - have every right to demand that authorities move quickly when a sitting judge is perverting the cause of justice."