The Missouri Plan (formerly: Missouri NonPartisan Court Plan) is a judicial selection process used by certain States in the US. The Plan combines an appointment process with the popular vote.
Under the Plan, a selection committee provides the Governor of the state with the names of three candidates for office. If the Governor selects one of the candidates within 60 days, that person is appointed to the bench one year; otherwise, the committee makes the selection and appointment.
After a year, the justice runs unopposed on the next general election ballot. If the voters approve his or her retention, then the justice serves the number of years specified for the position in that state's constitution. If the voters oppose retention, the selection process starts over.
Twelve states currently use the Missouri Plan to fill appeals-level judicial vacancies:
# Alaska # Arkansas # Colorado # Indiana # Iowa # Kansas # Missouri # Nebraska # Oklahoma # Utah # Wyoming
Tennessee, Florida and California use individual variations on the Plan.
Under the Missouri Plan, state judges are selected by a combination of all three methods: a panel of legal experts recommends potential judges, the governor selects some of them for office, and the state electorate votes on whether or not to retain them in office.
appointed and finally subjected to election
The Missouri Plan combined a selection of qualified judges and popular sovereignty. The Missouri Plan is a method of choosing judges that is adopted by the state.
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There are three main ways of selecting state court judges in the United States. The first is by direct election. The second is by democratic appointment. The third is by the Missouri Plan. There is alos a fourth way, called a hybrid, which is a combination of democratic appointment and the Missouri Plan.
a popular election for retention
A state adopted method of choosing judges. Under this plan, the governor appoints a judge from a list prepared by a commission of judges, lawyers, and ordinary citizens. Then, in the next election, voters cast a "yes" or "no" vote on whether they want the judge to stay in office.
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Northerners protest Douglas's plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because they wanted slavery to stop and the leaders of the south rejected the plan, they spit upon every plan to the compromise.
Northerners protest Douglas's plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because they wanted slavery to stop and the leaders of the south rejected the plan, they spit upon every plan to the compromise.