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Related: About this forumState Supreme Court Justice Melvin(R Pa) expected to be charged today!
She became a magistrate judge in Pittsburgh in 1985 and was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in 1990. She won her first term in 1991. Justice Melvin joined the state Superior Court in 1997.
When she was elected to the Supreme Court, the balance of the court shifted to a 4-3 Republican advantage.
Throughout Jane Orie's trial, there was testimony about a flier for Justice Melvin's campaign, in which she touted her Catholic upbringing, the support she'd earned of pro-life groups and the importance of a Republican winning the open seat.
Justice Melvin campaigned for the high court on a message of "reform, transparency and accountability."
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/state-supreme-court-justice-melvin-expected-to-be-charged-today-636445/?p=2
dballance
(5,756 posts)life long demo
(1,113 posts)It's almost like a crime mob. Get these people out of office. Vote Democratic from top to bottom.
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she's collecting $195.000 a year because she can't be fired, but her staff can be fired because they weren't voted into their jobs.
According to the Pa. constitution she could be fired but probably won't be.
The police changed the locks on the doors!