HB166 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Beckman

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Courts, require Judicial Inquiry Commission to submit complaints against Justices of the Supreme Court or Judges on the Court of Criminal or Civil Appeals to the House Judiciary Committee for a decision of further adjudication, const. amend.

Description

Under the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Court of the Judiciary is created to hear complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission, and a judge aggrieved by a decision of the Court of the Judiciary may appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Alabama.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, requiring any complaint against a Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court or a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals or the Court of Civil Appeals for a violation of any Canon of Judicial Ethics, misconduct in office, failure to perform his or her duties, or charge that the justice or judge is physically or mentally unable to perform his or her duties, be filed with the House Judiciary Committee for a determination of whether a Justice of the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals or the Court of Civil Appeals would be impeached by the Legislature or tried by the Court of Criminal Appeals for the removal of a Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court or Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals or by the Court of Civil Appeals for a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments