Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
- 5 total seats
- 0 current vacancies
- 2 prosecutors
- 0 public defenders
- 0 Justices have other indigent defense experience
- 0 civil rights lawyers
How Members of the Idaho Supreme Court are Selected:
Nonpartisan Election, Retention Election
Justices are selected via nonpartisan elections to six-year terms and re-elected in retention elections. Interim selections to fill vacancies that occur between elections are made by governor appointment and must be from a list prepared by the Idaho Judicial Council, which consists of seven members: the Chief Justice, a district court judge, two attorneys appointed by the state bar and approved by the state senate, and three non-attorneys appoined by the governor and approved by the state senate.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map; Idaho Judicial Council