A plan to require Wyoming judicial nominating commission members to be subject to
Wyoming’s top courts use a merit/commission based system of appointment. The commission membership is set by the state’s constitution as
-the chief justice (or designee)
-three bar members elected by the state bar
-three non-bar members chosen by the governor
Nowhere in the constitutional provision is the
While the bill was originally directed to the Senate Judiciary committee it was later diverted to the Senate Transportation committee. It was approved by that committee and sent to the full Senate which appears to have passed the bill by and not sent it on to the House before the legislative deadline.