In re Request for an Opinion of the Justices

Dear Governor Carney:

We have received your request for an opinion of the Justices on the constitutionality of that portion of Article IV, Section 3 of the Delaware Constitution that your letter describes as requiring “party balance” among the judicial officers on Delaware’s constitutional courts and on the meaning of the terms “major political par*372ty” and “other major political party” as used in that constitutional provision.1 Specifically, the questions you posed are:

1. Whether the party balance requirement of Article IV, Section 3 of the Delaware Constitution violates prospective judicial…