Even though the Pennsylvania Constitution requires judges to retire in the year that they turn 70, the provision violates judges’ fundamental rights, an attorney argued before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Robert C. Heim, one of the attorneys representing judges seeking to strike down the mandatory retirement provision, told the high court that mandatory judicial retirement is an example of the will of the majority unconstitutionally infringing the rights of a minority.
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