National
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of Liberia
- Exact method
- Nominated by the President and appointed with the consent of the Senate (Constitution Art. 54); the Court has one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices (Art. 67).
- Chosen by
- President of Liberia
- Seats
- 4
Who holds these seats now
- Boakai N. Kanneh Report Source: judiciary.gov.lr, checked
- Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson Report Source: judiciary.gov.lr, checked
- Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie Report Source: judiciary.gov.lr, checked
- Yussif D. Kaba Report Source: judiciary.gov.lr, checked
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Liberia 1986 Constitution, read 2026-10-12: Arts. 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 54, 67, 80(d) and 83(b): corrected article citations in selection_detail (world:lr cited Arts. 30/49/66 and a 404 URL, constitution/Liberia_2011). For: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitution of Liberia 1986, read 2026-10-12: office selection, seat counts and terms. For: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- judiciary.gov.lr · checked Judiciary of the Republic of Liberia, Meet the Justices, read 2026-10-12: Boakai N. Kanneh listed as Associate Justice; appointment date not published, start_date left NULL. For: Boakai N. Kanneh, current term
- judiciary.gov.lr · checked Judiciary of the Republic of Liberia, Meet the Justices, read 2026-10-12: Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson listed as Associate Justice; appointment date not published, start_date left NULL. For: Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson, current term
- judiciary.gov.lr · checked Judiciary of the Republic of Liberia, Meet the Justices, read 2026-10-12: Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie listed as Associate Justice; appointment date not published, start_date left NULL. For: Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, current term
- judiciary.gov.lr · checked Judiciary of the Republic of Liberia, Meet the Justices, read 2026-10-12: Yussif D. Kaba listed as Associate Justice; appointment date not published, start_date left NULL. For: Yussif D. Kaba, current term