Republicans Begin Advancing New Plans To Remake Pennsylvania Courts – By KDKA Newsroom (KDKA) / December 13, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans who control the state Legislature on Monday began advancing a new plan to remake Pennsylvania’s courts, the latest GOP strategy that could cut short the state Supreme Court’s Democratic majority.
The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines for two proposals to amend the state constitution, one to limit state Supreme Court justices to two terms and another to make the justices and judges at all levels run for re-election in partisan elections if they want to serve another term.
Democrats accused Republicans of trying to politicize the courts and protested that the committee had held no hearings on the proposals before passing them.
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