Guest Column: Vote No on Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht
Unions aren't the only special interest that contributed significantly in anticipation of big returns. Trial lawyers also gave millions of dollars to these three justices in 2015.
Sometimes, they say at least some of the quiet part out loud.
A recent news story featured the deputy director of the Judiciary Program at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice, who explained that donations to state Supreme Court justices typically come from "in-state business interests and trial lawyers — groups who look at the court as being important to their economic bottom lines."
However, the reality is that in 2015, trial lawyers and union special interests — not business interests — were the deep-pocketed spenders in Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court elections, doling out millions of dollars to elect state Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht to the bench.
Author's summary: Vote against Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht.
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