Posts in 'Retention Elections'

Discussion About Threats to the Independence of the Pennsylvania Judiciary

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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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...

‘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...

PBA Recommends Retention for All Four Appellate Judges on November Ballot

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

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...