Ballot Question To Raise Judges’ Retirement Age Under Attack

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Should the state constitution be amended to change the mandatory retirement age for all judges from 70 to 75?
No, says local political activist Bonnie DiCarlo of Highland Park.
“At age 70, a judge can now retire and may be placed on senior status and can work until age 78.  That leaves open seats for younger attorneys to be elected judge, and I believe that’s important to keep it moving,” DiCarlo told KDKA political editor Jon Delano.
DiCarlo says