RULE 1
                  SCOPE OF RULES; PARTIES

    (a) Supreme Court Consideration. A decision of the Judicial
Qualifications Commission that recommends the discipline or retirement of a
judge or justice (hereafter "judge") or that recommends that a judge should
or should not be reinstated to eligibility to hold judicial office will be
considered by the Supreme Court in the manner provided by these rules.
    (b) Judicial Qualifications Commission. The proceedings of the Judicial
Qualifications Commission (hereafter "commission") are governed by rules
adopted by the commission.
    (c) Parties. The only parties to a proceeding under these rules are the
commission and the judge who is the subject of the commission
recommendation of discipline or retirement.
    (d) Discipline. As used in these rules, "discipline" includes
admonishment, reprimand, censure, suspension, and removal from office, but
does not include admonishment or reprimand agreed to by the judge as
provided in rule 12.

                          Comment
    Section (a). The Supreme Court may only consider a Judicial
Qualifications Commission recommendation of discipline or retirement.
Const. art. 4, subsection 31 (amend. 71). The word "judge" will be used
throughout the rules rather than the terms "judge or justice" found in the
constitution.
    Section (b). The commission determines its own rules for proceedings
before it. Const. art. 4, subsection 31 (amend. 71).
    Section (c). Only the commission and the judge will be parties to
Supreme Court proceedings.
    Section (d). Rule 12 authorizes the commission to informally admonish
or reprimand a judge without referring the matter to the Supreme Court. The
word "discipline" used throughout these rules does not include this
informal admonishment or reprimand.


[Effective May 14, 1982]