The state Supreme Court’s recent decision to eliminate the liaison justice role is a sign that the administrative problems that once clogged Philadelphia’s judicial system are long gone, according to court watchers and judicial officials.

The justices on Jan. 27 issued an order stating that the liaison justice position will be “vacated,” and “consistent with the treatment of all other judicial districts, no liaison justice will be appointed for the First Judicial District.”

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