SMAIL JR, HARRY
Meet the Candidate
Running For:
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTDistrict:
StatewideCounties:
WESTMORELANDPolitical Affiliation:
REPPhone:
7172345424Survey
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. | ** | First Presbyterian Church of Greensburg, St Bartholomew Parish Crabtree, Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, Thomas L Kline Duquesne University School of Law, Pennsylvania Bar Association Zone 5 Delegate for Westmoreland County Bar Association |
| 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"? | -* | As a complex civil litigation trial judge the issue of abortion post Dobbs v Jackson has a very real chance of being litigated before me and the canons of judicial ethics do not permit positions on issues that may be litigated before me. |
| 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 |