{"id":1668303,"date":"2022-10-02T06:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1668303"},"modified":"2022-10-02T06:38:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T10:38:20","slug":"max-baer-pennsylvania-supreme-courts-chief-justice-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/max-baer-pennsylvania-supreme-courts-chief-justice-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court\u2019s Chief Justice, Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmax-baer-pennsylvania-supreme-courts-chief-justice-dies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1668303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>PITTSBURGH\u2014Max Baer, the chief justice of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pennsylvania-supreme-court\">Pennsylvania Supreme Court<\/a>, has died only months before he was set to retire, the court confirmed Saturday. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p>Baer died overnight at his home near Pittsburgh, the court said in a news release. The court didn\u2019t give a reason for his death but called his \u201csudden passing\u201d a \u201ctremendous loss for the court and all of Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The court said Justice Debra Todd now becomes chief justice \u201cas the justice of longest and continuous service on the court.\u201d She is the first female chief justice in the commonwealth\u2019s history, a court spokesperson confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChief Justice Baer was an influential and intellectual jurist whose unwavering focus was on administering fair and balanced justice,\u201d Todd said in the release. \u201cHe was a tireless champion for children, devoted to protecting and providing for our youngest and most vulnerable citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tom Wolf ordered state flags at commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds lowered to half-staff, saying he was \u201cextremely saddened\u201d by the death of such a \u201crespected and esteemed jurist with decades of service to our courts and our commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baer, a Duquesne Law graduate, was an Allegheny County family court judge and an administrative judge in family court before he was elected to the high court in 2003 and became its chief justice last year. Baer also served as deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1980 and was in private practice before entering the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Baer was part of the 5\u20132 majority as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Baer was set to retire at the end of 2022 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. The court said the seat had already been slated to be on the 2023 ballot, and \u201cin the interim the governor may choose to make an appointment, subject to confirmation by the Senate.\u201d Baer was elected as a Democrat and his death leaves a 4\u20132 Democratic majority on the high court.<\/p>\n<p>Duquesne\u2019s president, Ken Gormley, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Baer believed justices shouldn\u2019t be public figures and that he therefore shied away from the limelight, using his position to uplift others in the profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was collegial, he worked really hard to have the court function as a family, and he led by example,\u201d Gormley said. \u201cHe was the most caring person imaginable\u2014always put others first and celebrated their successes. He hated pettiness. He had no time for pettiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-associated-press\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH\u2014Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has died only months before he was set to retire, the court confirmed Saturday. 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