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The Pennsylvania Council of Churches supports Merit Selection of Pennsylvania’s appellate court judges. In written testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee in connection with its recent hearings on Merit Selection legislation, the Pennsylvania Council of Churches explained:

Our interest in the proposed system comes from our concern about the biblical principle of justice. Among the more important changes, merit selection will completely remove fundraising and the influence of campaign money from the selection process. By doing so it creates a system where all qualified Pennsylvanian lawyers who aspire to be on the appellate courts have a fair chance to reach the bench.

This nicely sums up why so many groups and individuals are recognizing that electing appellate judges just isn’t the best way to get the most qualified, fair and impartial judges on the bench. Thanks to the Pennsylvania Council of Churches for supporting this important reform.

You can read more about the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and view the testimony of other Merit Selection supporters on our Report on the Senate Hearing page.

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