The mandatory retirement age of Pennsylvania judges should be raised to 75, but it should not be eliminated altogether, Duquesne University School of Law Dean Kenneth G. Gormley told a state House of Representatives committee Thursday.

Gormley gave his testimony during a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Courts. The committee is considering a bill that, if passed after two legislative sessions, would allow voters to amend the state constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age of judges to the year in which they turn 75.

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