Overview
- Letters to PennLive note that voters will decide Nov. 4 on up-or-down retention for incumbents on the Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts.
- The submissions urge “Yes” votes for Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht, and for Alice Beck Dubow and Michael Wojcik.
- Authors cite a Pennsylvania Bar Association recommendation to retain the judges as evidence of their qualifications and integrity.
- One letter challenges mailers accusing the justices of creating gerrymandered districts, asserting the court rejected the maps shown rather than approving them.
- The writers credit the current court with counting 2020 mail-in ballots, maintaining reproductive access, affirming fair school funding, upholding emergency powers, easing malpractice claims and enforcing the Environmental Rights Amendment, while one author alleges a dark-money effort to defeat retention and pave the way for partisan picks in 2026.