AP NEWS: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a request to tweak a constitutional amendment voters are scheduled to decide next month regarding judges’ mandatory retirement age, but it’s possible the ballot measure could be pushed back to November under revised language…
But the 5-to-0 court opinion said its decision did not necessarily preclude “any future legislative or executive action,” and on Tuesday the GOP leaders, Secretary of State Pedro Cortes and the attorney general’s office told the court they had reached an agreement that would reword the amendment and pull it from the April 26 election…
Administration spokesman Jeff Sheridan acknowledged the administration had joined the Senate Republicans in asking for the court to approve the agreement, but declined to say whether it will support a delay of the vote and rewriting of the amendment without a Supreme Court ruling… (more)
