Courts & rulings
Missouri · highest court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Merit + retention
Chief: Elected by peer vote of the seven judges to a two-year term; by tradition the most senior judge who has not yet served as chief is chosen.
Justices
All judges & justices →- W. Brent Powell
- Mary Rhodes Russell
- Zel M. Fischer
- Paul C. Wilson
- Robin Ransom
- Kelly C. Broniec
- Ginger K. Gooch
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of Missouri
Adopted 1945. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Missouri constitution means.
Lockstep with the federal Constitution
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).