state court judges in georgia are selected by the people.
state court judges in georgia are selected by the people.
how are state court judges in georgia selected?
by the people
story first confronted the argument that federal judicial power came from the states, and therefore that the supreme court had no right to overrule a state's interpretation of the treaty without its consent. story found that it was clear from history and the preamble of the constitution that the federal power was given directly by the people and not by the states. story then cited article iii, sec. 2, cl. 2, stating that "in all other cases before mentioned the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction" showed a textual commitment to allow supreme court review of state decisions. if the supreme court could not review decisions from the highest state court, the state courts would be excluded from ever hearing a case in any way involving a federal question, because the supreme court would be deprived of appellate jurisdiction in those cases. thus, because it was established that the states had the power to rule on federal issues it must be true that the supreme court can review the decision or the supreme court would not have appellate jurisdiction in "all other cases." furthermore, the supremacy clause declares that the federal interpretation will trump the state's interpretation. story then quickly rejected concerns over state judicial sovereignty. under article i, section 10 the constitution outlines specific limits upon the "sovereignty" of state governments. the supreme court could already review state executive and legislative decisions and this case was no different. story then confronted the arguments that state judges were bound to uphold the constitution just as federal judges were, and so denying state interpretations presumed that the state judges would less than faithfully interpret the constitution. story countered that even if state judges were not biased, the issue was not bias but uniformity in federal law. furthermore, the legislative power to remove a case to federal court would be inadequate for maintaining this uniformity. finally, story applied these principles of judicial review to the decisions below and found that the state court's decision was in error. the vote tally was 6 to 1.
martin v. hunter's lessee
in addition to the board of commissioners, county residents also elect persons to the following positions: sheriff, district attorney, probate court judge, clerk of state/superior court, tax commissioner, state court solicitor, chief magistrate judge (who appoints other magistrate court judges), chief superior court judge and superior court judges, and chief state court judge and state court judges.









































gwinnett county has the largest public school system in the state of georgia. members of the board of education are elected from special election districts in the county.
gwinnett county, georgia