PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Embattled state Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin tried to install new leaders in Philadelphia’s massive court system by pushing his colleagues on the high court to act before three new justices joined the bench this week.
Chief Justice Thomas Saylor and two other justices confirmed Tuesday that Eakin had urged them to put new leaders in place last month, but said they rejected his proposal.
Eakin’s move would have cut the new justices out of a major decision, handing out a political plum right before they took office: oversight of the nation’s fifth-largest court system… (more)
