SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES. The governor shall nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent of the senate, appoint the justices of the supreme court and the
judges of the circuit courts. No nomination shall be sent to the senate, and no interim
appointment shall be made when the senate is not in session, until after ten days' public
notice by the governor.
QUALIFICATIONS. No justice or judge shall hold any other office or position of profit
under the State or the United States. No person shall be eligible to such office who shall
not have been admitted to practice law before the supreme court of this State for at least
ten YEARS. Any justice or judge who shall become a candidate for an elective office shall
thereby forfeit his office.
TENURE; COMPENSATION; RETIREMENT; REMOVAL. The term of office of a
justice of the supreme court shall be seven YEARS and that of a judge of a circuit court shall
be six YEARS. They shall receive for their services such compensation as may be prescribed
by law, which shall not be diminished during their respective terms of office, unless by
general law applying to all salaried officers of the State. They shall be retired upon
attaining the age of seventy YEARS. They shall be included in any retirement law of the
State. They shall be subject to removal from office upon the concurrence of two-thirds of
the membership of each house of the legislature, sitting in joint session, for such causes
and in such manner as may be provided by law.
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