A recent Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline case is highlighting divisions in opinion over whether the Supreme Court has concurrent jurisdiction to address judicial discipline cases.

The Court of Judicial Discipline may have set itself up for a conflict with the Supreme Court in opinions issued in the case of a magisterial district judge charged with ticket-fixing. The court ruled that the justices are not alone in having the authority to suspend judges in trouble on an interim basis.

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