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On July 11, 1967, the Oklahoma Constitution was amended by State Question 447. 447 added Article 7B to the Constitution and created the Judicial Nominating Commission, originally consisting of 13 members. State Question 752 (adopted by the voters on November 2, 2010) amended the article by adding two additional members.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court consists of a chief justice, a vice-chief justice, and seven associate justices, who are nominated by the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission and are appointed by the governor. After appointment, the justices serve until the next general state election. At that time, they must face a retention election. If ...
The Oklahoma Court of Tax Review is a special court in the Oklahoma judiciary charged with hearing disputes involving illegal taxes levied by county and city governments. All tax review cases are sent to the Chief Justice of Oklahoma, who then sends the claim to the presiding judge of the administration district from which the claim originated.
Oklahoma's Judicial Nominating Commission was created in 1967. The 15-member commission was designed to take the politics out of Oklahoma’s judicial appointment process. State lawmakers moved to ...
In 2011, state Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, attempted to abolish the judicial nominating commission after Henry named Edmondson and Gurich to the court. When that effort failed, Jolley tried again ...
SJR 34 would dismantle the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission to one where the governor appoints and the Senate confirms judges and justices.
On March 18, 1965, the Oklahoma House began impeachment proceedings against Welch and Johnson, with Welch immediately resigning. Johnson refused to resign and later became the first impeached and removed justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. [2] State Senator Roy Granthan was the prosecutor for the Oklahoma Senate trial of Justice Johnson. N. S.
A resolution that would have given the public the opportunity to vote to eliminate the state's Judicial Nominating Commission went down in flames Tuesday.