Sections
23 entriesSection 1Establishes the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts as the bodies vested with California’s judicial power and declares all of…Section 2Establishes the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice and six associate justices, authorizes the Chief Justice to convene it at any time,…Section 3Requires the Legislature to divide California into appellate districts, each with a court of appeal containing one or more divisions. Establishes each…Section 4Establishes a superior court with one or more judges in every county and requires the Legislature to set judge numbers and provide…Section 6Establishes the Judicial Council’s judicial, lawyer, legislative, and nonvoting membership and three-year appointed terms. Requires it to survey court business, recommend improvements…Section 7Defines the Commission on Judicial Appointments as the Chief Justice, Attorney General, and the affected district’s presiding court-of-appeal justice. When multiple presiding…Section 8Establishes the Commission on Judicial Performance’s judicial, lawyer, and nonlawyer membership and four-year terms, generally limiting service to two terms or 10…Section 9Defines the State Bar of California as a public corporation and requires every person admitted and licensed to practice law in California…Section 10Establishes original habeas corpus jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, superior courts, and their judges, and original jurisdiction for mandamus,…Section 11Establishes Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction over death judgments and court-of-appeal jurisdiction over specified superior-court matters and other statutory causes, with legislative authority…Section 12Allows the Supreme Court before decision to transfer cases to itself, from itself, or among courts of appeal and to review any…Section 13Prohibits setting aside a judgment or granting a new trial for jury misdirection, evidentiary error, pleading error, or procedural error unless the…Section 14Requires prompt publication of Supreme Court and court-of-appeal opinions the Supreme Court considers appropriate and makes those opinions available for publication by…Section 15Limits eligibility to serve as a judge of a court of record to a person who, during the 10 years immediately before…Section 16Sets 12-year elected terms for Supreme Court and appellate judges and six-year terms for superior court judges, with unexpired-term winners serving only…Section 17Prohibits judges of record from practicing law or holding nonjudicial public employment or office during their terms, except noninterfering off-hours part-time teaching.…Section 18Requires judicial disqualification while felony charges or removal review are pending and unpaid suspension after guilty plea or finding, with back pay…Section 18.1Establishes discretionary Commission on Judicial Performance oversight and discipline of subordinate judicial officers under the same standards and Supreme Court review applicable…Section 18.5Requires the Commission on Judicial Performance, upon request, to provide private discipline information about a judicial applicant to any state Governor, the…Section 19Requires the Legislature to set compensation for judges of courts of record. Prohibits a judge from receiving the salary attached to the…Section 20Requires the Legislature to provide retirement for judges of courts of record when age or disability warrants retirement. Requires the retirement arrangement…Section 21Allows a court, when all litigating parties stipulate, to order a case tried by a temporary judge who is a State Bar…Section 22Allows the Legislature to authorize trial courts of record to appoint officers, including commissioners, who may perform subordinate judicial duties. The appointment…