Post by Logan on Jun 16, 2016 21:33:27 GMT -6
Call it a coincidence.
Gov. Wolf, who supports merit selection for Pennsylvania's statewide appellate courts, nominated Superior Court Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy, a Republican, to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court on Monday.
That will likely generate political goodwill for the Democratic governor as he closes in on a state budget with the Republican-controlled legislature.
But Wolf appears to have ignored a list of judges, screened by his own blue-ribbon panel and ranked by merit, in making the nomination.
Such panels are a gesture toward merit selection, a system that aims to pick judges based on their qualifications, thus eliminating the need for judicial elections and the politicking they entail.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160617_Did_politics_figure_in_Gov__Wolf_s_pick_for_high_court_.html
Gov. Wolf, who supports merit selection for Pennsylvania's statewide appellate courts, nominated Superior Court Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy, a Republican, to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court on Monday.
That will likely generate political goodwill for the Democratic governor as he closes in on a state budget with the Republican-controlled legislature.
But Wolf appears to have ignored a list of judges, screened by his own blue-ribbon panel and ranked by merit, in making the nomination.
Such panels are a gesture toward merit selection, a system that aims to pick judges based on their qualifications, thus eliminating the need for judicial elections and the politicking they entail.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160617_Did_politics_figure_in_Gov__Wolf_s_pick_for_high_court_.html