Indiana

• Indiana Supreme Court
• Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission

• 7 members:
  • 3 lawyers elected by the Indiana state bar in each geographic court of appeals district by bar members in that district
  • 3 non-lawyers appointed by the Governor from each geographic court of appeals district
  • Chief Justice of Supreme Court or his designee is chair

Terms: 3 years (staggered)

• Commission submits a list of three nominees from which the Governor must choose one.
• At the end of a Justice’s term, the Justice will be subject to a statewide retention election and will continue for another term if the Justice is retained.

Interim Vacancies

• A vacancy in a judicial office in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals shall be filled by the Governor, without regard to political affiliation, from a list of three nominees presented to him by the judicial nominating commission.
• If the Governor shall fail to make an appointment from the list within sixty days from the day it is presented to him, the appointment shall be made by the Chief Justice or the acting Chief Justice from the same list.

• Indiana CONST. art. VII §§ 9, 10, & 11
• Indiana Code § 33-27-2 et seq.