Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont Supreme Court | |
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Vermont Constitution | |
Appeals to | Supreme Court of the United States |
Number of positions | 5 |
Website | Official website |
Chief Justice | |
Currently | Paul L. Reiber |
Since | December 17, 2004 |
The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest
The Court consists of a
In addition to the retention process, any Vermont judge may be removed at any time in one of two ways: (1) Judges may be impeached by a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly and convicted by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, and (2) a Judicial Conduct Board investigates complaints of judicial misconduct or disability and recommends any necessary action to the Supreme Court.[5] Members of the Judiciary of Vermont must retire at the age of 90.[6]
The current chief justice is Paul L. Reiber. Reiber was appointed Associate Justice in October 2003 by Gov. Jim Douglas and then sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Court on December 17, 2004.[7]
The Vermont Supreme Court has overall administrative control of the court system and makes administrative and procedural rules for all courts.
Building
The Vermont Supreme Court meets in a granite
The building site was the original site of the first Vermont State Building, a three-story wooden colonial Georgian structure, built in 1808 by Sylvanus Baldwin.[8]
Composition
Justice | Born | Joined | Term ends | Appointed by | Law school |
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Paul Reiber, Chief Justice | June 20, 1947 | October 2003 (as Associate Justice) December 17, 2004 (as Chief) |
2029 | Jim Douglas (R) | Suffolk |
Harold Eaton Jr. | August 25, 1955 | October 27, 2014 | 2029 | Peter Shumlin (D) | Vermont
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Karen Carroll | February 7, 1963 | April 26, 2017 | 2029 | Phil Scott (R) | Vermont
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William D. Cohen | January 21, 1957 | December 20, 2019 | 2029 | Phil Scott (R) | Vermont
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Nancy Waples | October 7, 1960 | April 15, 2022 | 2029 | Phil Scott (R) | St. John's |
History
The original constitution called for a "
Prominent individuals who have served as Chief Justice include
References
- ^ "Supreme Court | Vermont Judiciary". www.vermontjudiciary.org. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Judicial Nomination Board". April 17, 2022.
- ^ "The Vermont Statutes Online: Title 4: Judiciary". Vermont General Assembly.
- ^ "Judicial Retention Committee". April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Removal of Justices". April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Mandatory Retirement". Ballotpedia.org. Middleton, WI: Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Reiber appointment to Associate Justice (2003), then to Chief Justice (2004)". Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2007.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Gillies, Paul, ed. (1991). Records of the Council of Censors of the State of Vermont (PDF).