Commission on Judicial Appointments

E404769

judicial appointments commission state government body

The Commission on Judicial Appointments is a California state body that reviews and confirms the Governor’s nominees to the appellate courts and the Supreme Court.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Commission on Judicial Appointments canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial appointments commission ⓘ state government body ⓘ
appointmentProcessStage	acts after nomination by the Governor ⓘ must confirm nominee before commission as justice issues ⓘ
composition	Attorney General of California ⓘ Chief Justice of California ⓘ senior presiding justice of the affected Court of Appeal district ⓘ
compositionRule	for Court of Appeal nominations, includes the senior presiding justice of that Court of Appeal district ⓘ for Supreme Court nominations, includes the senior presiding justice of any Court of Appeal ⓘ
confirmationRequirement	Governor’s appellate nominees must be confirmed before taking office ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionProcess	acts by majority vote ⓘ
evaluationCriteria	integrity of nominees ⓘ judicial temperament of nominees ⓘ legal experience of nominees ⓘ professional competence of nominees ⓘ
governmentBranch	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ surface form: judicial branch of California
governmentLevel	state level ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	CJA ⓘ
hearingType	public confirmation hearings ⓘ
jurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Article VI of the California Constitution ⓘ Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution
locatedIn	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
meetingPlace	California courts ⓘ surface form: California Supreme Court courtrooms
memberRole	Chief Justice serves as chair ⓘ
notResponsibleFor	trial court (Superior Court) appointments ⓘ
operatesIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
parentOrganization	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
processInput	receives evaluation reports from the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation ⓘ
relatedBody	Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation ⓘ
reportsTo	people of California through public proceedings ⓘ
role	conducts public hearings on judicial nominees ⓘ confirms the Governor’s nominees to the California Courts of Appeal ⓘ confirms the Governor’s nominees to the California Supreme Court ⓘ evaluates qualifications of appellate judicial nominees ⓘ reviews the Governor’s judicial nominees ⓘ votes to confirm or reject nominees ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	limited to Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal appointments ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
transparencyPractice	allows public comment on nominees ⓘ publishes hearing notices ⓘ
website	https://www.courts.ca.gov/commissions-judicial-appointments.htm ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of California ⓘ State Bar of California ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article VI of the California Constitution → authorizes → Commission on Judicial Appointments ⓘ

Sixth Appellate District → justicesConfirmedBy → Commission on Judicial Appointments ⓘ