The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania surely receives its fair share of criticism, some of which may be well-deserved and some of which may not be. Although sometimes a justice's reaction to such criticism may seem to lack appropriate judicial demeanor, surely the men and woman serving on that court are well aware that important governmental branches, including the judiciary, are appropriate and necessary recipients of public criticism about not only the substance of their work, but also the manner in which that work is performed.
At times it may seem that no one has anything nice to say about Pennsylvania's highest court or its work product. Today, however, is not one of those days, as the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania surely deserves far more praise than it has received for that court's recent ruling rejecting various constitutional challenges to Pennsylvania's mandatory 70-year-old judicial retirement age.
