Mo. Const. art. V – Judicial Department | Midpage1Judicial power — constitutional courts2Supreme court — controlling decisions — number of judges — sessions3Jurisdiction of the supreme court4Superior courts to control inferior courts — courts administrator, salary — reapportionment commission, appointment5Rules of practice and procedure — duty of supreme court — power of legislature6Assignment of judges — authority of supreme court — eligible judges7Supreme court and court of appeals may sit in divisions8Chief justice and chief judges, election, terms — authority of chief justice9Transfer of causes to supreme court en banc10Transfer of cases from court of appeals to supreme court — scope of review11Want of jurisdiction, effect — transfers12Judicial opinions — filing and publication — memorandum decisions and orders13Court of appeals, districts, judges14Circuit courts — jurisdiction — sessions15Judicial circuits — establishment and changes — general terms and divisions — judges — presiding judge — court personnel16Associate circuit judges, selection17Associate circuit judges, jurisdiction18Judicial review of action of administrative agencies — scope of review19Terms of judges20Salaries and compensation of judges — provision against other special compensation and practice of law — travel and other expenses21Judges — qualifications — age requirements — license to practice law22Court of appeals clerks and personnel — salaries23Municipal judges and court personnel — selection — terms — compensation — jurisdiction — appeals — role of associate circuit judges24Retirement, removal and discipline of judges, commission on — composition, terms, duties, procedures, reimbursement of expenses — additional duties prohibited25(a)Nonpartisan selection of judges — courts subject to plan — appointments to fill vacancies25(b)Adoption of plan in other circuits — petitions and elections — form of petition ballots25(c)(1)Tenure of judges — declaration of candidacy — form of judicial ballot — rejection and retention25(c)(2)Certification of names upon declaration — law applicable to elections25(d)Nonpartisan judicial commissions — number, qualifications, selection and terms of members — majority rule — reimbursement of expenses — rules of supreme court25(e)Payment of expenses25(f)Prohibition of political activity by judges25(g)Self-enforceability26Retirement — assignment as senior judge or commissioner27Effective date and transition provisions