A list of other state supreme court appointments in 2020.An overview of the justice who left office.An overview of the court following the vacancy.Excerpts from media coverage of the nomination process.A list of candidates who applied to the vacancy.A list of finalists recommended to the governor.īallotpedia has compiled the following resources on the process to fill the Rhode Island Supreme Court vacancy: Raimondo announced that the nomination of Erin Lynch Prata and Melissa Long to the Rhode Island Supreme Court could result in the court being "majority-female for the first time." The governor also wrote that Long was the "first person of color nominated to serve" on the state supreme court. Joseph Almeida (D) both called for a person from a minority group to be named on the court. The law came into question after Lynch Prata, a Democratic state senator representing District 31, announced she would not seek re-election and applied for the open supreme court seat.Ĭoverage also focused on diversity. Media coverage of the appointment process primarily focused on interpretations of Rhode Island's law prohibiting legislators from applying for a state job for one year after serving in the General Assembly. Raimondo's first nominee to the five-member supreme court.Īt the time of the appointment, supreme court justices were selected by the governor with help from a nominating commission and approval from the legislature. Lynch Prata succeeded Justice Gilbert Indeglia, who retired on June 30, 2020. The Rhode Island General Assembly confirmed the nomination after votes from the state House on December 16 and the state Senate on December 19, 2020. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo (D) nominated Erin Lynch Prata to the Rhode Island Supreme Court on December 8, 2020.
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