Chambers: (570) 601-1497 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND ENTERED ON DUTY
August 2, 2002
* 1980-1983 Law Clerk to the Honorable Guy A. Bowe, Schuylkill County
President Judge
* 1980-1986 Private practice, Dolbin & Cori, (1983 ) Dolbin, Cori & Jones
* 1983-1995 Schuylkill County Assistant Public Defender
* 1986-2002 Private practice, John Jones & Associates
* 1994-1996 Solicitor, City of Pottsville
* 1994 Co-Chairman of Governor-elect Tom Ridge’s transition team
* 1995-2002 Chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
So, we see that Judge Jones served on Tom Ridge's transition team, so we know he's a Republican. Furthermore, we can see that he was appointed to the federal bench on August 2, 2002, which means he was appointed by President George W. Bush. Those in doubt about his political affiliations will want to read what they say about him over at wikipedia:
In 1994, Jones unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives for the Sixth Congressional District seat and then was co-chair of the transition team for Governor-elect Tom Ridge. Jones was the chairman of the state Liquor Control Board from 1995 to 2002, a period marked by some controversy. He was part of a failed attempt to privatize state stores, and he banned Bad Frog Beer after determining that its label (a frog giving the finger) was in bad taste. He briefly considered running for Governor in 2001, but was appointed to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by President George W. Bush in February 2002. He was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30 and was commissioned on August 2.
So, once again we see Jones was a Republican, appointed by a Republican Governor to the Pennsylvania Liquor Commission, where he pursued a conservative agenda of trying to privatize the state liquor stores. What more is there to say about Conservative Republican Judge Jones? Oh, yes, for those who care about such things, he's a Lutheran. |