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Christofferson outlines bill to create three-member constitutional court to speed urgent statewide cases
Summary
Representative Kay Christofferson described a proposal to form a constitutional court composed of three justices chosen at random to decide urgent statewide constitutional issues more quickly and said the change, along with adding judges, is intended to reduce multi-year delays in the court system.
Representative Kay Christofferson described a bill proposal to create a panel she called a "constitutional court" that would be used for urgent statewide constitutional matters. "We did talk about a bill to provide a constitutional court," she said, adding the idea is to select three justices at random to decide an issue that needs to be resolved quickly and affects the whole state.
Christofferson said the proposal aims to speed decisions that can otherwise take years and noted that other states use similar mechanisms; she also separately noted a desire to add more judges to the court system to address backlog. She did not provide a bill number, any legislative text, or a vote; the remarks were presented as an overview and an invitation for feedback.
