SEELYE, JOEL
Meet the Candidate
Running For:
JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEASDistrict:
24th Judicial District (Blair County)Counties:
BLAIRPolitical Affiliation:
DEM/REPSurvey
Response Legend
- AAgree
- DDisagree
- −Declined to Respond/Undecided, Position Unknown/Unclear
- *Comment
- †Declined to respond, Position based on citation
| Question | Response | Comments/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Which of the following U.S. presidents best represents your political philosophy? | Ronald Reagan | |
| 2. Which one of the recent justices of the U.S. Supreme Court most reflects your judicial philosophy? | Scalia | |
| 3. Rate your judicial philosophy on a scale of 1-10 with "living document" approach being a "1" and "strict construction" or "originalist" being a "10." | 10 | |
| 4. Please list the five organizations in which you are most involved as a member, through contributions, and/or through volunteering. | ** | Blair Regional YMCA, Hollidaysburg Area Summer Baseball League, Boy Scouts of America, First Presbyterian Church - Hollidaysburg, Rotary Club |
| 5. Do you agree with the US Supreme Court’s statement in Dobbs v. Jackson, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), that "[l]ike the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, Roe [v. Wade] was also egregiously wrong and on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided"? | A | |
| 6. Do you agree with the US Supreme Court’s statement in Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 65-66 (2000), and Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158, 166 (1944), that "the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents, whose primary function and freedom include preparation for obligations the state can neither supply nor hinder"? | A |