MS · constitutions
Miss. Const. art. 4, § 53
Removal of judges for reasonable cause
For reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the Governor shall, on the joint address of two-thirds of each branch of the Legislature, remove from office the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts; but the cause or causes of removal shall be spread on the journal, and the party charged be notified of the same, and have an opportunity to be heard by himself or counsel, or both, before the vote is finally taken and decided.
History
SOURCES: 1832 art IV § 27; 1869 art IV § 31.
Provenance
- Source
- sos.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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