We have suspended judges without pay numerous times in the years since the ratification of that Constitution. See Inquiry Concerning Judge Gundy, 314 Ga. 430, 434, 877 S.E.2d 612 (2022); Inquiry Concerning Judge Hays, 313 Ga. 148, 150, 868 S.E.2d 792 (2022); Inquiry Concerning a Judge 93-154, 263 Ga. 883, 884, 440 S.E.2d 169 (1994); Inquiry Concerning a Judge Nos. 1546, 1564 & 1666, 262 Ga. 252, 253, 417 S.E.2d 129 (1992); Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1228, 259 Ga. 146, 147, 378 S.E.2d 115 (1989); Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1036, 257 Ga. 481, 481, 361 S.E.2d 158 (1987); Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1035, 257 Ga. 479, 480, 361 S.E.2d 157 (1987); Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 693, 253 Ga. 485, 486, 321 S.E.2d 743 (1984); Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 481, 251 Ga. 524, 525, 307 S.E.2d 505 (1983); Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 506, 250 Ga. 764, 300 S.E.2d 808 (1983). Although we did not do so with any fulsome analysis of whether such a sanction was consistent with Paragraph V, that may simply reflect a consistent understanding that a suspension without pay is constitutionally permissible.

(Cf. Matter ofInquiry Concerning a Judge No. 693 (1984) 253 Ga. 485 [ 321 S.E.2d 743]; Matter of Martinez (1982) 99 N.M. 198 [ 656 P.2d 861]; Matter of Hague (1982) 412 Mich. 532 [ 315 N.W.2d 524]; Matter of Ross (Me. 1981) 428 A.2d 858.) We possess no such authority: the Constitution specifically empowers us only to censure or remove a judge.