The Supreme Court has decided to hear oral arguments on whether it, too, has the authority to suspend jurists, or if that is a power left solely to the Court of Judicial Discipline. The hearing is set for the justices' September docket.
In response to the petition of suspended Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno to vacate the Supreme Court's suspension of him without pay in wake of the Philadelphia Traffic Court ticket-fixing scandal, the high court has scheduled oral argument in the case and reinstated Bruno's pay until it rules on the issues.
