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Superior Court Judge Serving Illegally?
By Rock The Capital - Admin at May 2, 2011 | 10:08 am | 95 Comments
Does eight or ten years strike anyone as “temporary judicial service”? What’s the practical difference between a judge elected for a permanent ten-year term and a judge appointed for a temporary ten-year term? But the most important point is this: A judge who serves for ten years should be elected, not appointed.
[...read more]Age, Integrity & the Pennsylvania Judicial System
By Eric Zager at April 29, 2011 | 4:28 pm | 508 Comments
Pennsylvania’s Judicial System has had its share of gaffes, indiscretions and ethical lapses over the past decade; now a new, questionable, and potentially damaging imbroglio is coming to roost, over of all things: The age of sitting judges.
[...read more]Rock The Capital Minute
By Eric Zager at April 29, 2011 | 12:18 pm | 98 Comments
In this Edition of Rock The Capital Minute, a joint RTC-Democracy Rising story into judges in Pennsylvania serving past their time, PublicK NuisancE returns with a story you should not miss, and Scott Paterno’s piece on Marcellus Fever is spreading like wildfire.
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Legal , Pennsylvania Issues , Political , RTC Media
A PA Superior Court Judge Touches Off Debate on Stealth Judicial Appointments
By Eric Epstein at April 29, 2011 | 10:19 am | 1,259 Comments
Democracy functions best when public participation is informed, when access to information is well advertised, and when laws are adequately enforced.
In Pennsylvania, we are experiencing a crisis of confidencein all three branches of government, and many feel that judicial independence has been compromised.
Rock The Capital Minute
By Eric Zager at March 3, 2011 | 4:35 pm | 1 Comments
In this episode of RTC Minute, Eric Epstein asks is Fred Phelps, the leader of the Westboro church God. Scott Paterno wants to know why the US Attorney General is so fixated on the issue of race, and some water companies in Pennsylvania are going to start testing water for radiation.
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Legal , Pennsylvania Issues , Political , RTC Media
Is Fred Phelps God?
By Eric Epstein at March 3, 2011 | 10:38 am | 2,806 Comments
The Supreme Court decision in the Westboro Church picketing of a soldiers funeral has irked Rock The Capital’s Eric Epstein. Epstein wonders how can it be that this is not harassment, intimidation and clearly psychological terrorism. How is it not tantamount to a Hate Crime?
[...read more]A Church that picketed Pennsylvania Solider’s Funeral prevails in the U.S. Supreme Court
By Eric Zager at March 2, 2011 | 11:38 am | 6 Comments
The U.S Supreme court found that it is okay for Kansas Based church to picket military funerals. The ruling was based on circumstances that had to do with the death of a Pennsylvania marine. The decision reverses a lower courts $5 million dollar judgement for Matthew Snyder’s father.
[...read more]A clear path to creating Pennsylvania’s Public Integrity Commission
By Eric Zager at February 3, 2011 | 1:22 pm | 967 Comments
Pennsylvania Representative is all but imploring fellow lawmakers to support him in the creation of a Public Intergrity Commission.The proposed commission would not only come with plenty of bark, but also bite, as in subpoena power. It would also have the latitude to investigate corruption at all levels and in all branches of government within the Commonwealth.
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