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Arizona Supreme Court

Merit + retention7 justices· 6-year terms· Ariz.

Chief: Chief justice is chosen by peer vote of the justices for a five-year term (a vice chief justice is similarly selected)..

Justices
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  • Ann A. TimmerChief Justice · since 2012
  • John R. Lopez IVsince 2016
  • Clint Bolicksince 2016
  • James P. Beenesince 2019
  • William G. Montgomerysince 2019
  • Kathryn Hackett Kingsince 2021
  • Maria Elena Cruzsince 2025

Roster as of 2026-06-13.

Constitution of Arizona

Adopted 1912. Its declaration of rights sits in Article II (Declaration of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Arizona constitution means.

Interstitial, departs when state-specific factors justify it

How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.

State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).