Big surprise, GOP judge relaces Orie Melvin

[Pat Riot]

Until 2016, sigh.

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/4413706-74/stevens-court-justice#axzz2aLyS9IJQ

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That's nice.

Who's Orie Melvin and how did he get unlaced?

[femmocrat]

5. From the above link:

Correale Stevens, 66, of Luzerne County will be sworn in as a state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday. He replaces Joan Orie Melvin, 57, of Marshall, who resigned in May after becoming only the second sitting justice in the history of the nation’s oldest appellate court to be convicted of a crime.

Read more: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/4413706-74/stevens-court-justice#ixzz2aOMa7eoy


Click and all shall be revealed!

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I am not surprised or shocked,

just saddened. Damn it. Just what we need in this state---more GOP rule.

[JPZenger]

4. Actually he is a moderate who was recommended by Dems

Corbett of course was going to pick a Repub. However, the Dems used the constitutional requirement that the nominee win 2/3rds of the Senate in order to pressure Corbett to select a moderate. The Constitution saved us from another Scalia.

[femmocrat]

6. Yes, and better than Melvin.

Now we have to hope he does the right thing. We'll see!

[Downwinder]

7. Do they ever appoint defense attorneys to appellant courts?

Seems like they are always former prosecutors.