Suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin tendered
his resignation from the state's high court, ending a six-month fight
for survival in an angry court of public opinion.
Eakin's resignation was announced by his attorney, William
Costopoulos, minutes after it was delivered to court offices in Harrisburg, reported the Harrisburg Patriot News.
The resignation will leave the court functioning with six
justices until a successor is appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf and confirned by the
Pennsylvania state Senate.
It also brings to a sudden and quiet end Eakin's public
argument that a man whoprivately laughs at racial, ethnic and sexual humor can
fairly judge essential legal issues pertaining to civil rights and fairness in
the criminal justice system.
In a series of rulings this winter, that argument appeared
to be running headlong into a statewide judicial ethics court that appears
newly-sensitized to fixing even the appearance of a slanted criminal justice
system.
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