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The Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory was established in 1819. It consisted of three judges, and then four from 1828. It was the highest court in the territory, and was succeeded the Supreme Court, [ 1 ] established by Article Five of the 1836 Constitution, which was composed of three judges, to include a chief justice, elected to eight ...
The State government of Arkansas is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. These consist of the state governor's office, a bicameral state legislature known as the Arkansas General Assembly, and a state court system. The Arkansas Constitution delineates the structure and function of the state government. Since 1963 ...
State law requires, except in cases of emergency, that an agenda of the items to be considered by the court be posted at least 72 hours prior to its meeting. Among counties, the process for placing items on the agenda, and posting it, varies widely, with the task most often falling to the county judge, the county clerk, or a specially appointed ...
In North Carolina, for example, the state judicial conduct commission opened an investigation last summer into state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls for comments she had made about bias in the ...
Arkansas Circuit Courts (28 judicial circuits) [4] [2] Arkansas District Courts [2] Arkansas State District Courts (32 state judicial districts) [5] Arkansas Local District Courts (35 local district courts) [5] Arkansas County Courts (75 counties) Federal courts located in Arkansas. United States District Court for the Eastern District of ...
Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.
The Constitution of Arkansas is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of Arkansas delineating the duties, powers, structures, and functions of the state government. Arkansas' original constitution was adopted at a constitutional convention held at Little Rock in advance of the territory's admission to the Union in 1836. In 1861 a ...
In Arkansas, counties have no inherent authority, only power given to them by the state government. This means the county executive, the county judge , and legislative body, the quorum court (members of the quorum court hold the title justice of the peace , usually abbreviated JP ), have limited power compared to other states.