Now that several months have passed since Pennsylvania voters learned that a statewide judicial retention election actually can be used to remove from office justices serving on the state Supreme Court, it is the perfect time to reflect on the lessons of what happened.
Last November, of course, Pennsylvania voters narrowly rejected the retention of Justice Russell M. Nigro and narrowly voted to retain Justice Sandra Schultz Newman. After Nigro was forced to leave the court at the end of 2005, Governor Edward G. Rendell nominated Cynthia A. Baldwin, then a state trial court judge in Allegheny County, to replace Nigro, and the Pennsylvania State Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Baldwin’s nomination. Baldwin, who recently joined the Supreme Court, will serve there until then end of 2007.
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