Talk:Judiciary of Pennsylvania

Traffic Court
The Philadelphia Traffic Court was dissolved amidst a ticket-fixing scandal which made national headlines. I was hoping to find this noted in the Wiki article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.203.230 (talk) 03:01, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Why in the Samuel H. Hell would we include Philadelphia traffic court, a court of summary offenses, in an article on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's judiciary? Should an article on Albuquerque override the article on the state of New Mexico? As for your hopes in finding an article that is on a recent news item, do note that Wikipedia is *not* a newspaper, it is an encyclopedia.Wzrd1 (talk) 14:53, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm think your criticism may be misplaced. Are any other counties besides Philadelphia allowed to have traffic courts, or any courts other than a magisterial district court? Are there any municipal courts other than those of Philadelphia? If its a "one off", its relevant to understanding the Pennsylvania court system. Int21h (talk) 16:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, there is precisely one city of the first class, Philadelphia. Commonwealth laws have a number of exceptions for cities of the first class, such as an expanded court system and exemption from the Commonwealth wide open carry law (in a city of the first class, *any* carry must be with a permit). Courtesy of the traffic court corruption debacle, the Pennsylvania General Assembly abolished the aforementioned traffic court and transferred its jurisdiction to the Municipal Court. See http://www.courts.phila.gov/traffic/ . That still isn't the Judiciary of Pennsylvania, it was a specialist county court, as the city of Philadelphia is also the county of Philadelphia. Let's just say that the laws of the Commonwealth get a bit weird, due to most of the state being rather sparsely populated and the city and county of Philadelphia is quite densely populated. I'll add some disclosure, I am a former resident of Philadelphia and don't recommend much of the city for one's residence. I live in the greater Philadelphia region. Also, my company is holding a contest. First prize is a week in Philadelphia, second prize is two weeks in Philadelphia. OK, that last isn't true, it was liberally stolen from F.C. Fields. More seriously, he suggestion would be far more fitting in the article on Philadelphia than that of the entirety of the Commonwealth judiciary.Wzrd1 (talk) 17:51, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

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