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The Missouri Plan (originally the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, also known as the merit plan, or some variation) is a method for the selection of judges. It originated in Missouri in 1940 and has been adopted by many states of the United States. Similar methods are used in some other countries.
Missouri's Supreme Court had three judges from 1820 until 1872, when it was increased to five. In 1890 the number of judges was increased to seven, which is still the standard. Only the Chief Justice is referred to as "justice" while other members are referred to as "judge." The chief justice is typically elected to a two-year term on a ...
A second judicial vacancy on the Missouri Supreme Court this year has granted Springfield judge Ginger Gooch another chance at a seat on the state’s highest court. Gooch is once again among the ...
Ginger Gooch (born 1975) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Missouri Supreme Court since 2023. She served as a judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals from 2022 to 2023. In 2024, she is up for retention in the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Gov. Parson chose Springfield-based Judge Ginger Gooch to the Missouri Supreme Court, marking the first female majority in the state's highest court.
“The law is the law. There’s no gender to it. And whoever’s in those positions, it’s about enforcing and interpreting the law the way it’s written,” Parson said Monday.
In May 1994, Governor Mel Carnahan appointed him a judge for the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals. Carnahan appointed White to the Supreme Court of Missouri in October 1995. He served as the court's first African-American Chief Justice from 2003 to 2005. [ 1 ]
Robin Ransom was born on July 21, 1967, in St. Louis, Missouri. [2] [3] [4] Her father was a firefighter and social worker.[5] [6] She graduated from Rosati-Kain High School and Rutgers University–New Brunswick's Douglass Residential College with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and sociology in 1988, and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1991.