Sentences with phrase «based gubernatorial appointment»

Approximately 90 percent of Minnesota judges are already selected through a commission - based gubernatorial appointment process — authorized by statute — to fill vacancies that arise between elections, and judicial elections are rarely contested.

IAALS Online recently summarized anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, and a recent article in the ABA Journal honed in on a common trend in a handful of these states with commission - based gubernatorial appointment of appellate judges.

Each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be selected via merit - based gubernatorial appointment and shall be legislatively confirmed.

The merit selection method is vague, stating only that «Each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be selected via merit - based gubernatorial appointment and shall be legislatively confirmed.»

There are several anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, particularly in states with commission - based gubernatorial appointment of appellate judges.