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"Rendell to name Colins as justice"

"Rendell to name Colins as justice": The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, "Gov. Rendell is poised to name former Commonwealth Court Judge James Gardner Colins an interim appointee to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, over the objection of Senate Republicans who predicted a battle over the nomination. Colins, 61, a Democrat from Philadelphia, was the longest-serving judge in the 37-year history of the intermediate appellate court. He announced in October that he was stepping down to speak out about the need for judicial independence and perhaps to return to practicing law."

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).