These justices are appointed by the Governor from a list provided by the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission and are confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly. To be eligible to be an Appellate Court judge, a person must be a state resident, licensed to practice law in the state, and...
5. - 3d. The judicial, power of the state is vested in a supreme court of errors, a superior court, and such inferior courts as the general assembly may, from time to time, ordain and establish; the powers of which courts shall be defined. A sufficient number of justices of the peace...
They were convicted and fined $100 each. The state appellate courts upheld their convictions and they appealed to the Supreme Court on the ground that the statutes violated theFourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court recognized that the appellants had standing to raise the issue of the constitutional...