LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: …Senate Minority Whip Anthony Williams said Tuesday that the emails either received or sent by Justice Michael Eakin should force him from the bench.
Eakin, a Republican, has apologized for what he called “insensitive” content in his private email account.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane says she turned over more than 1,000 of Eakin’s emails to the court and various state ethics agencies four weeks ago and suggested the content violates judicial conduct rules… (more)
EDITOR: Sending around bad jokes may be a sin. But a Supreme Court Justice having special relationships with prosecutors and other law enforcement officials who come before him is inappropriate. He does not deserve to remain on the bench.
Justice Michael Eakin should resign. The content of these emails is despicable and is evidence of his contempt and dehumanization of women and minorities. The fact that a high ranking judge in PA is accepting emails of this ilk are overwhelming. How smart is he really?