Here are Pa.’s 2021 statewide judicial races and what you need to know about them
Updated May 04, 2021;
By Stephen Caruso | Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Registered Democrats and Republicans across the commonwealth will have to pick their candidates to run for four open seats on all three of the state’s appellate courts.
If elected, these judges will serve a 10-year term before they’ll stand for a yes or no retention vote.
We’ll dive into the specifics of the courts and the candidates below.
But one quick thing under state law, judicial candidates can’t say much about policy or politics when they’re running, leaving voters with little information outside of endorsements from interest groups or elected officials.
Paula Reed Ward
Justin Merriman | Tribune-Review
A file photo of the scene after the March 8, 2012, shooting at at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Oakland.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit against the doctors who failed to involuntarily commit a man who killed one person and injured others in a March 2012 shooting at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic cannot go forward.
In a 6-1 opinion, the court found that the doctors who were subject to the initial lawsuit could not be found liable under the state’s Mental Health Procedures Act because it applies only to involuntary treatment, and the physicians never took the steps necessary to have gunman John Shick committed.