Chief: Elected directly by voters in a separate statewide partisan election for the Chief Justice position (Place 1); interim vacancies filled by gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation.
Adopted 1876. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Texas constitution means.
Mixed approach
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).
