Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices serve 10-year terms.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices may be retained for consecutive terms and must retire upon reaching age 75.

Justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court serve 10-year terms.

Pennsylvania uses retention elections for state Supreme Court justices, in which voters decide whether to award sitting justices another term.

Russell Nigro is the only Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice to have been defeated in a retention election, in 2005.

Only one Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice has been removed through a retention election: Justice Russell Nigro was defeated in 2005.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices serve 10-year terms and may be retained for multiple consecutive terms.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices have no term limits but are required to retire when they reach age 75.

In Pennsylvania retention elections for Supreme Court justices, voters are asked to vote "yes" or "no" on whether to give current justices another term and judicial candidates are not listed by party affiliation on the ballot.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices are elected to 10-year terms, although mandatory age limits can shorten the actual length of service on the bench.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is composed of seven members.

State supreme courts, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, hear and decide cases on issues such as voting rights, redistricting, election law, abortion rights, and public school funding.