A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill that would let Gov. Matt Bevin appoint the state’s appellate judges.
State Rep. Jason Nemes proposed the legislation on Wednesday that would amend the state constitution to let the governor pick judges from a list of three nominees provided by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Right now, the commission is only used to fill vacancies.
The bill would limit appellate judges to two terms. After being appointed once, voters would decide whether the judge should stay for another term.
Kentucky’s judges are elected in nonpartisan elections. Last week , Bevin said the state should consider changing how it selects judges. He said the state has a “remarkable number of people who have no business being judges.”
