Pennsylvania Legislature Returns from Recess; May Pass Bill Eliminating Some Partisan Statewide Judicial Elections

The Pennsylvania legislature is about to return after its summer recess.  HB 111 has seventeen sponsors and is considered fairly likely to pass.  It would eliminate statewide partisan judicial elections for Superior Court and Commonwealth Court.  Those courts would be … Continue reading

New Jersey State Trial Court Won’t Unseat Democratic Primary Winner, Even Though He Had Told the Public Before the Primary That He Wouldn’t run in General

On August 29, a Burlington County (New Jersey) Superior Court ruled that the winner of the June 2017 Democratic primary did not disqualify himself when he said publicly before the primary that if he won the primary, he would resign … Continue reading