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modrepub

(3,612 posts)
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 05:41 PM Dec 2020

Presidential election hostilities may fuel fight to remake Democratic-majority Pennsylvania Supreme

Presidential election hostilities may fuel fight to remake Democratic-majority Pennsylvania Supreme Court


The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania’s presidential election result will flow past New Year’s Day.

Republicans who control the state Legislature could use the first weeks of 2021 to fast-track a constitutional amendment that would remake the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court after Republicans and President Donald Trump accused the court of acting illegally or, baselessly, conspiring to steal the election.



As early as May 18?s primary election, Pennsylvania voters could be asked to overhaul how they elect state Supreme Court justices and appellate court judges. The amendment would end the practice of judicial candidates running for 10-year terms in statewide elections and, instead, sort those seats into districts equal in population where candidates must live.

It would seem to guarantee a new set of faces that Republican lawmakers contend will provide better geographical diversity — and better court rulings.

Such a change almost assuredly would cut short the high court’s 5-2 Democratic majority that might otherwise last well beyond 2030.

https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-supreme-court-20201224-pt754znw4jc7nde4z6ry4yhamy-story.html


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Presidential election hostilities may fuel fight to remake Democratic-majority Pennsylvania Supreme (Original Post) modrepub Dec 2020 OP
Typical conservatives...rig the rules everytime they don't get their way. Dawson Leery Dec 2020 #1
That is what Republican Gerrymandering can do StClone Dec 2020 #2
you whining bastards lost because you are full of shit. bullimiami Dec 2020 #3
PA is still pretty blue, having voted only once for a gop prez in the last 24 yrs Thekaspervote Dec 2020 #4
Damn it. I read that headline wrong. With Rs running so much in this state, I'd forgotten Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2021 #5

StClone

(11,869 posts)
2. That is what Republican Gerrymandering can do
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 06:02 PM
Dec 2020

Cramming ‘Dem garbage’ in a few districts they have Republican rule. Michigan Supreme Courts judge elections are Statewide and not subject to gerrymandering, I believe.

bullimiami

(13,989 posts)
3. you whining bastards lost because you are full of shit.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 06:02 PM
Dec 2020

how about fixing that instead of trying even harder to rig the system?

Thekaspervote

(34,644 posts)
4. PA is still pretty blue, having voted only once for a gop prez in the last 24 yrs
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 08:44 PM
Dec 2020

Last edited Fri Dec 25, 2020, 09:51 PM - Edit history (1)

Amendments to constitutions even state ones are not an easy sell.

They will try, doesn’t mean they will succeed

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,026 posts)
5. Damn it. I read that headline wrong. With Rs running so much in this state, I'd forgotten
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 09:46 PM
Jan 2021

that Dems we already the majority in the state SC.

Fck!

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