Harrisburg, Pa., January 30, 2026 — Since 2020, total appeals in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have risen by more than 50 percent. Increased cases mean more decision-making on issues impacting the daily lives of Pennsylvanians.
This is why the Commonwealth Foundation released Pennsylvania’s very own Judicial Scorecard, analyzing the state Supreme Court’s rulings since 2015.
The scorecard examines the decisions of Pennsylvania’s seven justices through the lens of the Supreme Court’s constitutional function, rating each justice’s opinions on their adherence to the law as written and their restraint against legislating from the bench.
David Osborne, Senior Director of Labor Policy for the Commonwealth Foundation, issued the following statement in response:
“Judges are on the bench to be arbiters of the law, not legislators. In a state like Pennsylvania, which elects judges rather than appoints them, we have an even greater need to evaluate how closely our judges honor the limited scope of their judicial office.
“The Commonwealth Foundation hopes this judicial scorecard can be an ongoing tool for all Pennsylvanians to assess the Supreme Court’s performance and individual justices’ adherence to the rule of law.”
View the scorecard here. The Commonwealth Foundation will update it periodically to reflect new rulings.
