PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE COLUMN: …The ballot question goes like this: “Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges and magisterial district judges be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years?”
Sounds pretty reasonable, right? Jurists, who enjoy about as secure an elected position as exists, shouldn’t serve forever.
What you may not know, though, is that the mandatory retirement age is now 70. This ballot question is about giving judges five more years on the bench, not limiting them further… (more)
EDITOR: Good to see another besides Bill Keisling warning the electorate. It is probably too much to overcome such deceit perpetrated by our judicial system, rated among the most corrupt in the nation.
