Elected (nonpartisan)9 justices· 6-year terms· Ga.
Chief: Elected by the justices from among themselves to a four-year term (the court also designates a Presiding Justice; Peterson's term as chief runs April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2029)..
Adopted 1983. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Georgia 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).
