What will happen to the Appeals Commission if the Judiciary is enacted?
The Appeals Commission would be transitioned out—the Commission would stop taking cases once the Judiciary is able to begin taking them, and would wrap up all cases on the docket or transfer them over to the Judiciary. If the current Appeals Commissioners successfully run for election as a judge, they would transfer over to the new court; other Commissioners or pro tem judges would handle the remaining cases as the Commission winds down. All precedent set by the Appeals Commission will remain precedent unless it is later overturned by the Judiciary, or unless the People enact a law or policy (or amend the Constitution) in a way that overturns that precedent. The work done by the Appeals Commission so far is our foundation, and it will not be disregarded.
