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Vermont · highest court
Vermont Supreme Court
Appointed by governor
Chief: The Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor (from a Judicial Nominating Board slate) with Senate confirmation, through the same assisted-appointment process as the associate justices; the chief is not rotated among or elected by the justices..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Paul L. Reiber
- Harold E. Eaton Jr.
- Nancy J. Waples
- Christina E. Nolan
- Michael P. Drescher
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Vermont
Adopted 1793. Its declaration of rights sits in Chapter I (A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont). This court has the final word on what the Vermont 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).