Constitutional Musings: Permanent Judicial Commission Review Teams

The delegation of power to smaller entities of the judicial commission is fairly new to the Rules of Discipline. The use of smaller review teams is often very helpful in terms of efficiency and timeliness. The Rules of Discipline delegate to two members of the permanent judicial commission the power to review the work of investigating committees conducting an inquiry on behalf of the presbytery. In one instance, the review team has the responsibility of reviewing the investigating committee's processes, and then reports to the permanent judicial commission. In the second instance, the review team is given the power to determine whether the presbytery must reconvene another investigating committee.