Court on the Judiciary
This chapter studies Article VII-A of the Oklahoma constitution, which concerns the court on the judiciary. Section 1 provides for the removal of judges from office and compulsory retirement, and their causes. As long as the standards used are constitutionally permissible and due process is followed, the state may exclude from public employment people—and presumably judges—whose unfitness and unsuitability bears a rational relationship to qualifications for the position in question. Section 2 provides for the creation, membership, and jurisdiction of the court on the judiciary, which is divided into a trial division and an appellate division. Meanwhile, Section 6 attempts to restrict partial or prejudiced judges from presiding over an action before the court on the judiciary, and allows the payment of an expense allowance to district judges serving outside their districts. Prosecutors are to receive “fair and just” compensation.