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GOP Chief Justice Slams Republican Judicial Impeachment Move
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 22, 2018 06:21pm |
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| Author | Mark Scolford |
| News Date | Thursday, March 22, 2018 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Republican chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court expressed concern Thursday about an effort by several House Republicans to impeach four Democratic justices over their rulings in a congressional redistricting case.
Chief Justice Thomas Saylor issued a statement two days after 12 House Republicans introduced resolutions seeking to impeach the four justices.
"I am very concerned by the reported filing of impeachment resolutions against justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania related to the court's decision about congressional redistricting," Saylor said. "Threats of impeachment directed against justices because of their decision in a particular case are an attack upon an independent judiciary, which is an essential component of our constitutional plan of government."
The 12 co-sponsors are among the chamber's more conservative members, and it's unclear whether they can gather enough support in the 203-member House for the process to get traction. |
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