In order to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution, two sessions of the Pennsylvania legislature must pass the same proposed amendment. The legislators did that with a proposed amendment to change the retirement age of PA judges from 70 to 75. Apart from the whole issue of including such details as retirement ages in the Constitution, this was a straightforward proposal, and we were all set to vote on it in the PA primary later this month. Thousands of absentee ballots have already been sent out.
Now the Republicans have sponsored a resolution ordering postponement of the decision until November. Evidently they are concerned, since the last election put Democrats into the State Supreme Court. If the proposed amendment passes, those Democrats could serve another five years.
If the Republican move stands, County Election officials will have to post notices stating that the vote is only advisory and doesn’t count. The state has already spent millions advertising the proposed change in newspapers across the state. Independent voters who show up at the polls to vote on the question would now be voting on an advisory question.
We still don’t know what the final outcome will be. So, just like the national congress is screwing around with the Supreme Court for what it hopes is political advantage, PA Reeps are screwing around with the PA judiciary. These legislators are shameless. Vote them out of office. They are not nice people.
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