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tom parker alabama supreme court::The court consists of an elected and eight elected.
Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six year terms.
The governor of alabama may fill vancancies when they occur for the remainder of unexpired terms.
The current partisan lineup for the court is all republican.
There is no specific limitation on the number of terms to which a member may be elected.
However, the state constitution under amendment 328, adopted in 1973, prohibits any member from seeking reelection once they have attained the age of seventy years.
The supreme court of alabama has the authority to review decisions by all the lower courts of the state and the authority to determine certain legal matters over which no other court has jurisdiction.
If further has the authority to issue any necessary orders to carry out the general superintentance of the court system of alabama.
The chief justice of the court serves as the administrative head of the alabama judicial system.
The court further makes all rules govering administration, practice and procedure for all courts in alabama.
The exercise of this authority eliminates many technicalities which usually cause delays in trial courts and reversals in appellate courts.
Former justice janie shores was the first of six women to serve on the court.
She was elected to the court in 1974.
Two of the current justices are female.
The first of three africanamericans to serve on the court was former justice oscar w.
Justice adams would become the first africanamerican elected to the court when he was chosen by the voters two years later to serve a full sixyear term.
Both justice shores and adams retired from the court after long tenures.
The chief justice of the supreme court of alabama is , who was appointed by governor to the position on agust 1, 2011, to fill the remainder of the unexpired term of the previous chief justice.
Justice malone is expected to seek a full six year term in the election of 2012.
The eight current associate justices are , , , , , , and.
Justice woodall has indicated his intention to retire and thus will not seek reelection in 2012.
Then governor bob riley appointed main during the waning days of his administration.
Like three other members of the current court, justice main had previously served on the appellate courts of alabama.
The clerk of court is robert g.