Today I met Bryan Neft, candidate for Commonwealth Court, and Jill Beck, candidate for Superior Court. Both were impressive and both have been highly recommended by the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Neft is a civil rights attorney. I asked him if Pennsylvania had an ethics code for judges. He said we do, and we also have a board that investigates complaints against judges and can remove them from office. This is, of course, what the U.S. Supreme Court so badly needs. The Commonwealth Court, by the way, was the Court that recently decided that Pennsylvania’s school funding system underfunds property-poor districts like Panther Valley in Carbon County.
I met Ms. Beck earlier this year. In my estimation she would make an excellent judge. The Superior Court, which hears appeals on criminal and civil cases, is now evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Ms. Beck and her running mate Tamika Lane would make a major difference in how the Superior Court decides cases.
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