Close to the beginning of the massive 297-page federal indictment against state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo is an allegation that he directed a Senate employee to spy on one state Supreme Court candidate to aid another.
While the indictment against the Philadelphia Democrat centers on the alleged use of taxpayers’ money to conduct political activities, the mention of spying on a candidate for the commonwealth’s highest judicial office is troubling to some court watchers who say it constitutes a threat to judicial independence.
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