Courts & rulings
Northern Mariana Islands · highest court
Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court
Appointed by governor
Chief: The Governor appoints a justice specifically to the office of Chief Justice (subject to Senate confirmation and voter retention); the most senior associate justice acts as Chief Justice if the office is vacant..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Alexandro C. Castro
- John A. Manglona
- Roberto C. Naraja
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Adopted 1978. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Personal Rights). This court has the final word on what the Northern Mariana Islands constitution means.
Not well documented
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).