Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico)
Appointed by governor9 justices· TSPR
Chief: The Governor appoints (and the Senate confirms) one of the justices as Chief Justice (Juez/Jueza Presidente); serves until mandatory retirement at age 70..
Maite D. Oronoz RodríguezChief Justice · since 2016
Rafael L. Martínez Torressince 2009
Mildred G. Pabón Charnecosince 2009
Erick V. Kolthoff Caraballosince 2009
Roberto Feliberti Cintrónsince 2011
Luis F. Estrella Martínezsince 2011
Ángel Colón Pérezsince 2016
Camille Rivera Pérezsince 2025
Raúl Arnaldo Candelario Lópezsince 2025
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico)
Adopted 1952. Its declaration of rights sits in Article II (Bill of Rights / Carta de Derechos). This court has the final word on what the Puerto Rico 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).
