Pennsylvania: House Judiciary Committee approves merit/commission selection for appellate courts with Senate confirmation; con amendment would have to go on a general election ballothttp://gaveltogavel.us/2017/05/12/pennsylvania-house-judiciary-committee-approves-meritcommission-selection-appellate-courts-senate-confirmation-con-amendment-go-general-election-ballot/ …
And because it undermines rule of law to impeach judges because you disagree with their decisions Now if there was a proposal to move to merit selection of Pa Supreme Court Justices, maybe that would be a more worthy reform (rather than using partisan elections to choose them).https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/966388494493999104 …
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Also doesn't PA scotus have jurisdiction in all things PA?
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Regrettably, “merit selection” has become pretty partisan. The game is up. But still better than elections, or at least having to stand for re-election.
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There has long been an organized effort to move to merit selection of PA appellate judges. https://www.pmconline.org/
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In Pennsylvania I heard constantly from liberals that an appointive system favored corporate lawyers, discriminated against women and minorities. A widely held if fallacious view.
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