JUDICIAL DISABILITIES AND TENURE COMMISSION
In addition to having the authority to remove D.C. judges from office, the judicial disabilities and tenure commission evaluates judges seeking reappointment. At least six months prior to the expiration of a judge's term, the judge must file a notice of intent with the commission if the judge is seeking reappointment. The commission must then submit to the president at least sixty days prior to the expiration of the judge's term a written evaluation of the judge's performance in office and fitness for reappointment. The commission accepts comments from the public, the bar, court personnel, and other judges in developing its evaluation. Judges who are rated "well qualified" by the commission are automatically reappointed. Judges found to be "qualified" may be appointed by the president for an additional term, subject to senate confirmation. If the president chooses not to reappoint a judge, or if the commission finds a judge "unqualified," the president appoints a judge from a list compiled by the judicial nomination commission.
http://www.ajs.org/js/DC_methods.htm

COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES AND TENURE

The mission of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure is to ensure the preservation of an independent and fair judiciary by making determinations concerning the discipline, involuntary retirement, reappointment, and fitness of judges to the District of Columbia Courts.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp108&r_n=hr61...