Appointed by governor5 justices· 12-year terms· Del.
Chief: The Governor appoints a justice specifically to the office of Chief Justice from a nominating-commission slate, subject to Delaware Senate confirmation..
Adopted 1897. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Delaware constitution means.
Primacy, interprets its own constitution first
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).
