Litigation

Commentary: PA Judges ?Best That Money Can Buy??

By Peter Hardin

Gavel Grab wasn’t alone in taking note of a report this week by Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts about likely record-high spending in this year’s state Supreme Court election.

Here’s how Dave Davies wryly characterized the report in the Philadelphia Daily News:

“Just how good are Pennsylvania judges? The best money can buy, apparently.”

The commentary quoted Lynn Marks, executive director of PMC–a partner of Justice at Stake–as pointing to a corrosive impact of the big spending; polls show, Marks said, that voters  “wonder whether justice is for sale.” Marks went on to elaborate her support for appointment of appellate court judges.

You can read in Gavel Grab about the PMC report, and you can read about appointment/retention systems of judges from Justice at Stake’s issues page.

Full post as published by The Gavel on December 23, 2009 (boomark / email).