Louisiana
Louisiana Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
- 7 total seats
- 0 current vacancies
- 2 prosecutors
- 0 public defenders
- 2 Justices have other indigent defense experience
- 0 civil rights lawyers
How Members of the Louisiana Supreme Court are Selected:
Partisan Election
Justices are selected and re-selected in partisan elections to 10-year terms by voters of the region that their seat represents. Interim vacancies are filled by the sitting Supreme Court justices (via majority vote) and a replacement (the temporary seat-holder is not eligible to run) is elected in a special partisan election.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map