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PA Supreme Court Nominee Withdraws in Wake of Racially Insensitive Email

One of newly elected Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's nominees for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has withdrawn from consideration, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Centre County Judge Thomas K. Kistler allegedly forwarded an email showing a black man and a black woman during a visit in a prison with the caption "Merry Christmas From the Johnsons." Kistler did not mention the email in withdrawing from consideration.