Last month, Pennsylvania voters elected two new justices to serve on the state Supreme Court and three new judges to serve on the Superior Court. In January 2008 those individuals will begin to serve on the courts to which they have been elected. Simultaneously, three justices on Pennsylvania’s highest court, including the chief justice, will step down from serving on that court. And six judges, including one highly productive senior judge, will step down from serving on the Superior Court.
When all is said and done, the result will be a Supreme Court with a new chief justice, two new justices, and one vacancy, meaning that only six justices will be present to perform that court’s work until Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Pennsylvania’s state Senate nominate and confirm someone to serve out the next two years in Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy’s term before a judicial election can occur in 2009.
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