§ 22. Nomination and appointment of justices; selection of chief justice; prohibitions on practice of law and outside employment
(a) The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Legislature, no fewer than three but no more than five justices and subject to the advice and consent of the Legislature, appoint a qualified person to fill any vacancy occurring in the office of justice in the Supreme Court. (b) No person may […]
§ 23. Temporary absence of Chief Justice
(a) The Chief Justice presides at all sessions of the Supreme Court. (b) Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virgin Islands is, because of illness, disqualification, conflict, recusal, or by any other temporary absence disabled from actively performing his duties as Chief Justice, or those ex-officio duties imposed upon him by law, […]
§ 24. Assignment of retired justices and judges to sit in court
(a) In addition to the justices appointed under subsection 22(a), the Chief Justice may appoint any judge of a court of record in the Virgin Islands or any senior or retired justice to sit as a designated justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands. A retired judge may also be appointed as a […]
§ 25. Involuntary retirement
Pursuant to title 4 V.I.C. chapter 36, a justice of the Supreme Court shall be involuntarily retired from office when the Commission on Judicial Disabilities determines that the justice suffers from a mental or physical disability, including habitual intemperance, which prevents, or seriously interferes with, the proper performance of his judicial duties, and the Commission […]