Representative Democratic Model- Selectable Offices Part Nineteen Differences Between State Appellate Court Judges And State Trial Court Judges In The Selection Process And The Reasons Why:

Representative Democratic Model- Selectable Offices Part Nineteen

Differences Between State Appellate Court Judges And State Trial Court Judges In The Selection Process And The Reasons Why:

1. The Vice-Mayor/Vice-County Chairman should announce to the local legislature(s) the eligible candidates, not to exceed ten, for nominees of state trial judge while the State House Speaker should do the same for nominees of state appellate court judge to the House of Delegates/Assembly. The reason for this is that state appellate judges need to be more shielded from the People while state trial judges, connected more directly to the People, thus need local legislative participation in the candidate bidding process. Also another reason for the preceding is appellate judges are located in the state capital and are less directly tied to the People than trial judges.

A city's and county's choice of its three candidates for nominee of state trial court judge to the Governor and for nominee of state appellate court judge to the Vice-Governor is proportionate to its percentage of the total city/county population. That percentage is rounded up to the highest whole number. The three candidates who get the three highest numbers are the nominees.

2. If there is a vacancy before the term expires, the Vice-Governor unilaterally should appoint a substitute state appellate court judge to serve till the end of the next legislative session. The Governor unilaterally should do the same if the vacancy for state trial court judge exists before the term expires. That substitute state trial court judge should serve till the end of the next legislative session.

Cliff Notes Version: State Trial Court Judges need local legislative participation in the candidate bidding process. Appellate judges need state lower house legislative participation in the candidate bidding process. The reason for the preceding is appellate judges are located in the state capital and are less directly tied to the People than trial judges.

The Vice-Governor unilaterally should appoint a substitute appellate court judge to serve till the end of the next legislative session when a vacancy occurs The Governor should do the same if a vacancy for state trial court judge exists.