Supreme Court of Rensselaerswijck

Supreme Court of Rensselaerswijck
Hoge Raad van Rensselaerswijck
Image of the Supreme Court, 1929
General information
Status	In Recess
Town or city	Nieuw Hoop, Nieuw Hoop Province
Groundbreaking	Sep. 24th, 1820
Inaugurated	January 1st, 1830
Affiliation	Republican Unity Aligned: 3 Mercantile Interest Aligned: 2 Liberal Democrats Aligned: 4

The Supreme Court of Rensselaerswijck (Freijian: Hoge Raad van Rensselaerswijck) is the highest court in all of Rensselaerswijck's judicial system, and is seen as the head of the Judicial Branch. It has ultimate jurisdiction over all federal and regional court cases that involve federal law or violate the constitution of Rensselaerswjick. They are given the power to strike down executive orders by the Executive Branch or legislation proposed by the Legislative Branch which would violate the constitution or basic law.

It is consisted of an equal panel of 9 justices, all elected to terms of twenty years or until they reach a retirement age of seventy-two. Each justice is elected similar to other positions in government, however all party affiliation to any political organization is renounced before being elected. Due to this, no justice can endorse a particular party, or even receive campaign aid besides an endorsement by political parties. Despite this ban on political interference, the viewpoints of certain judges still align themselves with political parties, whether it be unofficially or not.

Layout of the Supreme Court

Current Court Makeup

Layout of the Supreme Court, the majority of which are Liberal Democrat aligned.

The Supreme Court is currently consisted of a fairly centrist, liberal makeup of justices. The majority of justices on court are considered to be Liberal Democrat aligned while three are considered to be aligned with the views of the Republican Unity Party, and two with the Mercantile Interest Party. Despite being aligned with the Liberal Democrats, the court has generally favored with the ruling coalition government, and even struck down various Liberal Democratic plans, most notably the entire Liberal Democratic administration of Rudolf Martens.

	Picture	Name	Tenure	Mandate of Office	Affiliation
Supreme Court of the Rensselaerswijck Republic
1		Justice Stijn Reijnders	(1 December, 1929 - )	1929 Snap Elections	Mercantile Interest
2		Justice Wil Ophof	(1 December, 1918 - )	1918 General Elections	Mercantile Interest
3		Justice Lodewijk Ernst Visser	(1 December, 1922 - )	1922 General Elections	Republican Unity
4		Justice Witius Hendrik	(1 December, 1922 - )	1922 General Elections	Republican Unity
5		Justice Dirck Fock	(1 December, 1930 - )	1930 General Elections	Republican Unity
6		Justice Jan-Jaap Balkema	(1 December, 1929 - )	1929 Snap Elections	Liberal Democratic
7		Justice Scato Laman Trip	(1 December, 1922 - )	1922 General Elections	Liberal Democratic
8		Justice Paul Van Iseghem	(1 December, 1930 - )	1930 General Elections	Liberal Democratic
9		Justice Michiel Muisebelt	(1 December, 1930 - )	1930 General Elections	Liberal Democratic

Notable Cases

Rensselaerswijck v. Martens

The election of President Rudolf Martens in 1926 led to a Liberal Democratic administration which slowly centralized as time went on. By 1928, President Martens signed an executive order merging the posts of both President and Deputy President, while the Deputy President presented legislation to make such move constitutional, triggering the Martens Administration Scandal.