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Pennsylvania's judges and lawyers are considering whether to

make changes to their complicated system of conflicting local civil

rules, which has its vestiges in the scheme that existed prior to the

adoption of the 1968 Pennsylvania Constitution and its complete

revisions to Article V.1 At the heart of this debate is the question of

whether conformity between the rules of civil procedure at the

different levels of our federalist system—local, state, and federal—

is desirable. In deciding whether a change is necessary to the local

rules in the commonwealth, decision makers in the Keystone State

should seek guidance from other …

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