Can You Say Judge Morganelli?

It looks like Northampton County DA John Morganelli is going to be a judge. He has cross-filed on both Democratic (1,200 signatures) and Republican (850) sides of the ballot, and his petitions have been approved by the Department of State. Even more importantly, no one else has filed. So he is running unopposed to fill the vacancy created by Judge Emil Giordano's decision o step down from the bench.

As many of you know,I consider Morganelli a friend. He told me I will never have to call him judge.

"Your Honor will suffice," he said.

In  The D-Day Bank Massacre, this is what Morganelli had to say about judges:

"If anyone tries to tell you that judges are apolitical, tell them to call me. In my 26 years as a practicing lawyer, I have learned that judges are probably the most political animals in the political and legal jungle. Not all of them, of course. But many come to their positions with the same prejudices and bias that we all have from our life experience. The donning of the black robe allows them to hide behind the law while forming their own ideas of how things should be."

That's something he should remember when he ascends to the judicial heavens and sits on the clouds with eight other jurists.

Having said that, I believe John will be an excellent judge. The absence of an opponent tells me most people agree.