{"id":42,"date":"2012-09-25T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T14:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/?p=42"},"modified":"2014-09-09T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T20:08:25","slug":"possible-split-decisions-not-related-to-party-affiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2012\/09\/25\/possible-split-decisions-not-related-to-party-affiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Split Decisions Not Related to Party Affiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I disagree with the premise of the opening sentence of your September 12 editorial, “Absence of Seventh Justice Impairs Court’s Ability to Act.” You write that the suspension of Justice Joan Orie Melvin “left the court divided equally with three Democrats and three Republicans, creating the possibility of 3-3 split decisions.”<\/p>\n

I agree that there is a possibility of evenly divided decisions, and that as a result the Pennsylvania Supreme Court should exercise its power to assign a temporary justice. However, I disagree that this has anything to do with political party registration.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the entirety of Robert Byer’s<\/a> article from The Legal Intelligencer<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I disagree with the premise of the opening sentence of your September 12 editorial, “Absence of Seventh Justice Impairs Court’s Ability to Act.” You write that the suspension of Justice Joan Orie Melvin “left the court divided equally with three Democrats and three Republicans, creating the possibility of 3-3 split decisions.” I agree that there … <\/p>\n

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