«I told him that I thought he had an outstanding career
as a
legislator, that we needed him
badly in our city and
state delegation, and I saw unlimited opportunities for him,» Rangel said in an interview.
In all Pennsylvania cases other than the 1803 Addison case,
state legislators have consistently agreed that simply allowing a «
bad» act to serve
as the basis for a judge's removal, with no evidence of malicious intent, would allow the legislature to remove any judges with whose decisions it disagreed.