Topic: PA Supreme Court
Your Guide to the Philadelphia Primary Election on May 16
Who's running for Mayor? City Council? Commissioners? Controller? Judges? We've got you covered, Philadelphia voters
By Kelson Northeimer, Julie Platt, and Citizen Staff
Ideas We Should Steal: A Better Way to Select Judges
Pennsylvania is one of eight states that elects judges through partisan elections, inviting political cronyism and incompetence into our courts. Does Missouri offer a better way?
By Jemille Q. Duncan
Guest Commentary: What’s Next for School Funding
A longtime state politics watcher weighs in on the “morally necessary court decision” that could mean more money for local schools — but not without a fight
By Charlie Bacas
Michael Eric Dyson’s Black History Month All Stars
All-Star #6: Robert N.C. Nix Jr.
By Michael Eric Dyson
The Color of Law: The Rise of the Philadelphia Black Lawyer
A longtime legal legend created a detailed timeline of Black lawyers in America. Here, a look at how A. Leon Higginbotham intersected with that timeline — and made history himself
By Carl Singley
Guest Commentary: A Trust for the People
A year after a landmark state Supreme Court decision, a state politics watcher says we are on the cusp of broad environmental reform—funded by Marcellus Shale
By Charlie Bacas
Ballot Bait and Switch
A state Supreme Court decision last week allows a disingenuous and misleading question to appear on the November ballot. How is tricking voters good politics?
By Stephen St. Vincent
Kathleen Kane: Welcome to Justice, Keystone State Style
Kathleen Kane may be removed from office even before a trial on her alleged crimes—for which she may be acquitted
By Larry Platt