Delaware

• Delaware Supreme Court
• Judicial Nominating Commission

• • 12 members:
  • 10 appointed by Governor
    • At least 4 lawyers
    • At least 3 non-lawyers
  • 1 lawyer nominated by president of the Delaware state bar, who is then appointed by Governor

Terms: 3 years (staggered)

• Commission submits a list of at least three qualified persons from which the Governor may choose one.
• The Governor’s nomination is subject to confirmation by a majority vote of all the members of the Senate.
• Three of the five Justices in office at the same time shall be of one major political party, and two of the Justices shall be of the other major political party.
• At the end of a Justice’s term, the Justice is subject to reappointment and reconfirmation for another term.

Interim Vacancies

• The Governor shall submit his or her appointment within a period from 30 days before to 90 days after the occurrence of a vacancy howsoever caused. If a vacancy shall occur, by expiration of term or otherwise, at a time when the Senate shall not be in session, the Governor shall within a period from 30 days before to 90 days after the happening of any such vacancy convene the Senate for the purpose of confirming his or her appointment to fill said vacancy and the transaction of such other executive business as may come before it.

• Delaware CONST. art. IV § 3
• Exec. Order No. 4
• Executive Order 16