Thank you. A comprehensive plan forward will be announced later today, but first let me announce that CJO Ebowed is immediately relieved of his duties and not reappointed, as per the constitution, which places the reappointment window as the 10 days following the scheduled June election. A replacement shall be announced forthwith.
OK, first of all: you cannot "relieve" a sitting Justice of his duties. You can decide - per the constitution - not to allow him to serve another one-year term, but you do not have the authority to fire the Chief Judicial Officer of your region. We obviously have checks and balances for a reason.
The process works as such:
So the reality is that Ebowed will be CJO until "ten days of the June elections" unless any action by the AG and the Supreme Court resolve the matter against the CJO prior to that time; whether that count begins at the start of the election or at its commencement can be debated, but usually any provisions measured in this context begin at the conclusion of the election, which would be June 23 @ 11:09:37 PM ET. This means Ebowed will remain CJO until July 3 @ 11:09:37 PM - or, if we go with the commencement of the election at the initiating point, June 30 @ 11:09:37 PM.
At that point, the office would presumably fall vacant and you would need to nominate a new CJO, who must be approved by a majority of the Pacific Council.
