The Idaho Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Idaho and is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices.
The decisions of the Idaho Supreme Court are binding on all other Idaho state courts. The only court that may reverse or modify its decisions is the Supreme Court of the United States.
Justices
Justices are elected in non-partisan statewide elections and serve staggered six-year terms. Elections are held in the state primary, now in the spring, with run-off elections in November. The Chief Justice is selected by an election among the five justices and term length for that office is four years. Prior to 1983, the position went to the justice with the least amount of time remaining in his term.
Current justices
Women on the Supreme Court
The first female justice on the Idaho Supreme Court was Linda Copple Trout, appointed in 1992 by Cecil Andrus and reelected in 1996 and 2002. She served as the first, and to date only, female chief justice from 1997 to 2004. The second female justice was Cathy Silak was appointed in 1993, reelected in 1994. She served through 2000 when she lost reelection to Daniel T. Eismann, suffering the defeat of an incumbent on the court since 1944. After Justice Trout retired from the court in 2007, no women served on the court until the election of Robyn Brody in 2016 to a vacant seat. Justice Brody is the only justice on the court not appointed to the position she holds.
See also
- Courts of Idaho
References
External links
- Idaho State Judiciary
- Boise Architecture.org - Idaho Supreme Court building
