Ralph Cappy

Governor Ed Rendell, in a deal with Senate Republicans, nominated 2 Democrats and 2 Republicans for open judicial seats.

As an AP report mentions, those nominated included Jane Cutler Greenspan, a 20-year Philadelphia common pleas court judge, for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Ralph Cappy earlier this year.

Also getting the nomination were Johnny J. Butler, a former Labor and Industry secretary under Ridge's Republican administration, John M. Cleland, the president judge of McKean County, and Robert A. Freedberg, the president judge of Northampton County.

KYW Radio is reporting former Supreme Court Justice Ralph Cappy is being sued by the League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters, not known for their political activism, are alleging Cappy traded favorable rulings in cases for support of the judicial pay raise.