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Judgepedia's Supreme Weekly: The States

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Comparing the courts

Court	Number of Justices	Term	Impending retirements/Vacancies	Political composition of court (D/I/R)
Alabama Supreme Court	9	6 years		0/9
Alaska Supreme Court	5	10 years		N/A
Arizona Supreme Court	5	6 years		2/3
Arkansas Supreme Court	7	8 years		N/A
California Supreme Court	7	12 years		N/A
Colorado Supreme Court	7	10 years		N/A
Connecticut Supreme Court	7	8 years		N/A
Delaware Supreme Court	5	12 years		N/A
Florida Supreme Court	7	6 years		N/A
Georgia Supreme Court	7	6 years	George Carley has announced his retirement from the court, effective in July 2012.	N/A
Hawaii Supreme Court	5	10 years	James E. Duffy, Jr. will retire upon turning 70 in July 2012.	N/A
Idaho Supreme Court	5	6 years		N/A
Illinois Supreme Court	7	10 years		4/3
Indiana Supreme Court	5	10 years		N/A
Iowa Supreme Court	7	8 years		N/A
Kansas Supreme Court	7	6 years		N/A
Kentucky Supreme Court	7	8 years		N/A
Louisiana Supreme Court	7	10 years	Catherine D. Kimball is retiring from the court in January 2013.	4/3
Maine Supreme Court	7	7 years		N/A
Maryland Court of Appeals	7	10 years		N/A
Massachusetts Supreme Court	7	Life until 70		N/A
Michigan Supreme Court	7	8 years		3/4
Minnesota Supreme Court	7	6 years	Helen Meyer is retiring from the court on August 10, 2012.	N/A
Mississippi Supreme Court	9	8 years		N/A
Missouri Supreme Court	7	12 years		N/A
Montana Supreme Court	7	8 years		N/A
Nebraska Supreme Court	7	6 years		N/A
Nevada Supreme Court	7	6 years		N/A
New Hampshire Supreme Court	5	Life until 70		N/A
New Jersey Supreme Court	7	7 years	Phil Kwon and Bruce Harris were appointed to the court in December 2011. Kwon's nomination was rejected the the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee.	N/A
New Mexico Supreme Court	5	8 years		4/1 Independent/0
State of New York Court of Appeals	7	14 years		N/A
North Carolina Supreme Court	7	8 years		N/A
North Dakota Supreme Court	5	10 years		N/A
Ohio Supreme Court	7	6 years	Evelyn Stratton will retire from the court on December 31, 2012.	1/6
Oklahoma Supreme Court	9	6 years		N/A
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals	5	6 years		N/A
Oregon Supreme Court	7	6 years		N/A
Pennsylvania Supreme Court	7	10 years		4/3
Rhode Island Supreme Court	5	Life		N/A
South Carolina Supreme Court	5	10 years		N/A
South Dakota Supreme Court	5	8 years		N/A
Tennessee Supreme Court	5	8 years		N/A
Texas Supreme Court	9	6 years		0/9
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals	9	6 years		0/8
Utah Supreme Court	5	10 years		N/A
Vermont Supreme Court	5	6 years		N/A
Virginia Supreme Court	7	12 years		N/A
Washington Supreme Court	9	6 years		N/A
West Virginia Supreme Court	5	12 years		4/1
Wisconsin Supreme Court	7	10 years		N/A
Wyoming Supreme Court	5	8 years		N/A

Term lengths

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Number of justices

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Method of selection

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Supreme Weekly: Cases in Arizona and Utah, Feb 09, 2012
Supreme Weekly: Trouble in New Jersey and disciplinary actions in the states, Feb 02, 2012
Supreme Weekly: January 26, 2012, Jan 26, 2012
Supreme Weekly: Redistricting, ethics charges and major rulings, Jan 12, 2012
Supreme Weekly: Redistricting in the state Supreme Courts, Jan 05, 2012
Supreme Weekly: Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico and Colorado, Dec 15, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Freshman governors and their 2011 Supreme Court appointments, Dec 08, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Election fever - Races in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas, Dec 01, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Election fever - Races in Mississippi, Montana, Washington and West Virginia, Nov 17, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Election fever - Races in Alabama, Oregon and Georgia, Nov 03, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Playing politics, Oct 27, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Appointments and the politics of rulings, Oct 20, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Football, insurance companies and the death penalty, Oct 13, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Cases across the country, Oct 06, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Recusals and a surprise encounter, Sep 22, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Transparency is the word, Sep 08, 2011
Supreme Weekly: All over the map, Sep 01, 2011
Supreme Weekly: News from Colorado, Florida, New Jersey and North Carolina, Aug 25, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Hot topics hit the courts, Aug 18, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Judicial surveys and court room confrontation, the truth may hurt, Aug 11, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Headlines in California, Alabama and Virginia, Jul 28, 2011
Supreme Weekly: The news in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Missouri, Jul 21, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Governors in the courts, Jul 14, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Chief Justices of the courts, Jul 07, 2011
Supreme Weekly: News from Alabama, New Jersey and Wisconsin, Jun 30, 2011
Supreme Weekly: A glimpse at next year's Supreme Court elections, Jun 23, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Budgets and pensions hit the courts, Jun 16, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Busy week for the courts, Jun 09, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Vacancies and cases, Jun 02, 2011
Supreme Weekly: High courts in Vermont, Arkansas, New Mexico and New Jersey, May 26, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Recent rulings and a state judge goes federal, May 19, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Comparing votes from the 2010 election, May 12, 2011
Supreme Weekly: This week in the east, May 05, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Politics, budget and a nomination, Apr 28, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Elections past and future, Apr 21, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Checking in with Alabama, Connecticut, Florida and Arkansas, Apr 14, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Vacancies in California, Virginia and New Jersey, Apr 07, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Proposed changes to judicial selection, Mar 31, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Tensions mounting in the states, Mar 24, 2011
Supreme Weekly: News from Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida and Hawaii, Mar 10, 2011
Supreme Weekly: The week in transparency, Mar 03, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Five appointments in twenty-four hours, Feb 24, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Women on the state Supreme Courts, Feb 17, 2011
Supreme Weekly: This week's news from Virginia, Missouri and Hawaii, Feb 10, 2011
Supreme Weekly: The cost of running for a Supreme Court, Feb 03, 2011
Supreme Weekly: State of the Judiciary addresses and a new nominee in Hawaii, Jan 27, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Budget cuts and a quick switch, Jan 20, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Vacancies in January 2011, Jan 13, 2011
Supreme Weekly: Looking at the 2010 state Supreme Court elections, Jan 13, 2011

v • d • e Supreme Courts

Federal	Supreme Court of the United States

State	Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • D.C. • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oklahoma Criminal • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Texas Criminal • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

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