My first job after graduating from law school was clerking for an appellate court judge.

From 1987 to 1988, I worked, and learned, under the Honorable James R. Cavanaugh on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. That year taught me more about the law than the prior three spent taking exams and reviewing cases.

Having worked intimately with a man like Judge Cavanaugh, who looked at his office as both a profound privilege and a great obligation to the people of Pennsylvania, it became clear to me that only a certain sort of person is worthy of the job.

That sort of person applies the law without fear or favor, and does not place his or her thumb on the scale of justice for partisans or dissidents.

That is why I oppose the retention of Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht, the

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