PENNLIVE: …The state Senate voted 36-13 Monday to approve a pair of bills to extend the mandatory retirement age for judges from 70 to 75 and put the proposal out for a referendum vote in the April 26 primary…
Sen. Anthony Williams cited the ongoing scandal over pornographic emails that forced one state Supreme Court justice to resign last year and prompted an investigation into the email practices of a sitting justice as reasons that judges do not deserve an opportunity to serve longer terms.
“They should not serve a day longer, but they sure as heck shouldn’t receive the opportunity to serve five additional years,” the Philadelphia Democrat said. “These people do not represent the best of Pennsylvania.”… (more)
