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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. It also claims to be the oldest appellate court in the United States , [ 1 ] a claim that is disputed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court . [ 2 ]
Before judges and Justices can be elected, they must meet certain basic requirements, such as residency and citizenship. [8] First, all judges (excluding magisterial district judges) have to be a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which is the mandatory bar for licensed lawyers, not to be confused with the wholly voluntary Pennsylvania Bar Association.
First Jewish American male (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania): Horace Stern in 1936 [19] First African American male: Herbert E. Millen (c. 1910) in 1947 [20] [21] [22] First Italian American male (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania): Michael Musmanno in 1951 [23] First African American male (common pleas): Raymond Pace Alexander (1923) in 1959 [24]
Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2012–2015) Sallie Updyke Mundy June 29, 1962 (age 62) in Elmira, New York: July 21, 2016 [note 1] Republican: First term 2027 June 29, 2037 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2010–2016) P. Kevin Brobson November 26, 1970 (age 54) in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania: January 3, 2022 Republican
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the state supreme court and court of last resort. [1] The intermediate appellate courts in Pennsylvania are the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (for matters involving state agencies) and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (for all other appeals).
Kevin M. Dougherty (born May 19, 1962) [1] is a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [2] [3] Before his election in 2015, [4] Dougherty had served on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia since 2001, [5] serving as an administrative judge of the trial division. [6]
Debra McCloskey Todd (born October 15, 1957) is an American lawyer who serves as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [2] Prior to her election to the Supreme Court in 2007, she served as a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 2000 through 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Russell M. Nigro (born March 23, 1946) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.He first ran on the Democratic ticket in 1995. He ran for retention in 2005 but lost, thus making him the first Supreme Court Justice to lose a retention vote since such elections were first held in 1968.