The election

 Bowers News Media - In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, three Democratic Supreme Court justices--Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht--are facing their ten-year retention elections. If a majority of voters choose to retain them, Democrats maintain control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court until at least after 2030. If a majority votes not to retain all three, then the court will be split, and the 2027 elections will determine control.

When Democrats took control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after the 2015 elections, they struck down the egregious Republican gerrymander of the state's congressional districts. After the 2020 elections, the state Supreme Court rejected lawsuits that tried to overturn the election in Pennsylvania.

NY Times -  There are only three liberal justices on the Supreme Court — and they are not on the same page. They are responding very differently to their lack of influence as conservative justices yield to President Trump and burnish his executive power. And, according to a story published today, their relationship is straining.

In one camp, Justice Elena Kagan believes in building consensus and picking off conservative votes to avoid the most extreme rulings. In another, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s newest member, is more confrontational. Her opinions speak more to the public — and to history — than to her conservative peers, whom she sees as beyond persuasion. More