# Serving On A State High Court: Justice David Wecht

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Podcast: [Original Jurisdiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/original-jurisdiction-5705421)
Published: 2025-12-03T19:23:14+00:00
Episode link: https://davidlat.substack.com/p/justice-david-wecht-pennsylvania-supreme-court-podcast-interview
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## Resource

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidlat.substack.com During the three-plus years that I’ve been hosting this podcast, I’ve welcomed a diverse range of guests. They’ve exhibited demographic diversity, of course, but also other forms of diversity—including diversity of opinion and experience. So I was embarrassed when I recently noticed that although I’ve interviewed more than a dozen current and former judges, only two have sat on state courts (and by the time I interviewed them, those judges— Rolando Acosta and Debra Wong Yang —had left the bench). Put another way, I have not, until today, hosted a sitting state-court judge—a considerable omission, considering the significance of state courts. As noted by the National Center for State Courts , “State courts play a critical role in our democracy, handling about 96 percent of all legal cases in the United States.” I set out to remedy this gap—and was delighted when Justice David Wecht, a longtime friend, agreed to join me. He’s a timely guest: last month, he and two of his colleagues were reelected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, for which I named them Judges of the Week . Why? Their court is one of the most important state courts in the country—for reasons I discussed with Justice Wecht on the episode. In our conversation, we also covered the justice’s interesting path to the Pennsylvania high court; why he believes young (and not-so-young) lawyers should get involved with their communities; certain unique features of the Pennsylvania Constitution, as well as its relationship to the U.S. Constitution; and, of course, his recent reelection to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Congratulations to Justice Wecht on his reelection—and thanks to him for joining me. Show Notes: * Justice David N.…

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