Stakes are high in Pa. Supreme Court race

When voters across Pennsylvania go to the polls tomorrow, they will be making some pivotal decisions about the state judiciary, selecting two new Supreme Court justices and deciding whether an incumbent justice deserves another 10-year term.

And the outcome, in turn, will determine which party controls the state’s highest court, whether Philadelphia will be left with only one justice from the region or pick up two more, and even whether there will be any female justices.

Duquesne University law professor Bruce Ledewitz called it a “definitive election” for the seven-member court, and a referendum on whether public anger is still festering over the legislature’s 2005 middle-of-the-night vote giving raises to lawmakers and judges.


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