Elected (nonpartisan)7 justices· 6-year terms· Nev.
Chief: The most senior justice (by service) who has not recently served becomes chief justice for a two-year term; ties broken by lot or internal agreement.
Adopted 1864. Its declaration of rights sits in Article 1 (Declaration of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Nevada 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).
