Opinion No. (2007)

Dear Mr. Chief Justice:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

In light of the constitutionally enumerated causes for removal of judicial officers in Article VII-A, Section 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution and the additional statutory enumerated grounds for removal of judicial officers at 20 O.S. 2001, § 1404[20-1404], may Special Judges — who under Article VII-A, Section 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution are appointed by District Judges and serve at the pleasure of the District Judges — be terminated by the…