The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday said it would not reconsider its deadlocked decision on the wording of a ballot question that could raise the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age to 75.
In a five-page per curiam order, the court said the plaintiffs who petition for reconsideration presented no compelling reason for reargument, “but rather seek a new avenue of relief.” The challenge had been brought by former Chief Justices Ronald D. Castille and Stephen Zappala Sr. and well-known Philadelphia attorney Richard Sprague. The trio had sought to make the ballot question indicate that judges are currently required to retire at the end of the year in which they turn 70.
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