Supreme Court of Arabi
| Supreme Court of Arabi | |
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| Established | January 10, 1839 |
| Location | District of Arabi |
| Composition method | Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation |
| Authorized by | U.S.S. Constitution |
| Judge term length | Mandatory retirement at age 75[1] |
| Number of positions | 11[2], set by statute[3] |
| Chief Justice of Arabi | |
| Currently | Audra Sanchez |
| Since | June 19, 2020 |
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The Supreme Court of Arabi (SCOA) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United Socialist States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law, and original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, including suits between two or more states and those involving ambassadors. The Court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statue for violating a provision of the U.S.S. Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. It may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. The court may decide cases having political overtones, but it has ruled that it does not have power to decide non-justiciable political questions.
Established by Article III of the Constitution, the composition and procedures of the Supreme Court were established by the 1st Arabin Congress. The Court consists of the chief justice of Arabi and eight associate justices. Each justice has a mandatory retirement age of 75, meaning they remain on the Court until they resign, retire, die, or are removed from office. When a vacancy occurs, the president, with advice and consent of the Senate, appoints a new justice. Each justice has a single vote in deciding cases argued before it. When in majority, the chief justice decides who writes the opinion of the court; otherwise, the most senior justice in the majority assigns the task of writing the opinion.
The Court meets in the Supreme Court Building in the District.
On January 1, 2021, President Lona Freeman sent a letter to Associate Justices, Houghton and Wyatt, asking them to step down from the Court so she could nominate two Republican Justices to balance out the Court and end the supermajority. Both Justices refused to step down.
Membership
Current Justices
The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice, currently Audra Sanchez, and eight associate justices. Among the current members of the Court, Joe Hammond is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 9,223 days (25 years, 91 days) as of December 27, 2024; the most recent justice to join the court is Ruby Powers, whose tenure began on December 15, 2020.
| Justice / birthdate and place |
Appointed by | SCV | Age at | Start date / length of service |
Succeeded | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Present | ||||||
| Chief Justice | |||||||
| 1 | Audra Sanchez August 28, 1972 Springfield, Windsor |
L. Freeman | 31-1 | 47 | 52 | June 19, 2020 4 years, 191 days |
Kirby |
| Associate Justices | |||||||
| 2 | Joe Hammond February 3, 1951 Cartier, Saint George |
Clark | 26-6 | 48 | 73 | September 27, 1999 25 years, 91 days |
Davidson |
| 3 | Jamie Houghton August 18, 1954 Queensboro, Windsor |
Ingram | 24-8 | 53 | 70 | March 30, 2008 16 years, 272 days |
Ellis |
| 4 | Luke Wyatt January 7, 1962 Aurora, New London |
W. Freeman | 26-6 | 50 | 62 | July 15, 2012 12 years, 165 days |
Dunne |
| 5 | Mary Dodson August 26, 1965 Mayfair, Burberry |
W. Freeman | 32-0 | 47 | 59 | December 2, 2012 12 years, 25 days |
Birch |
| 6 | Peter Cooke October 21, 1968 North Rockford, Windsor |
W. Freeman | 25-7 | 47 | 56 | August 18, 2016 8 years, 131 days |
Hilton |
| 7 | Olivia Knowles August 25, 1965 Montana, Windsor |
L. Freeman | 20-12 | 54 | 59 | January 17, 2020 4 years, 345 days |
Collins |
| 8 | Katherine Berg January 21, 1960 Springfield, Lochcoast |
L. Freeman | 26-6 | 60 | 64 | January 30, 2020 4 years, 332 days |
Muriel |
| 9 | Ruby Powers[4] May 28, 1968 Symone, Windsor |
L. Freeman | 25-7 | 52 | 56 | December 15, 2020 4 years, 12 days |
Marshall |
| 10 | Vacant, awaiting nomination | Seat established | |||||
| 11 | Vacant, awaiting nomination | Seat established | |||||
Length of tenure
This graph depicts the length of seach Supreme Court justice's tenure (not seniority) on the Court:
Notes
- ↑ Justices nominated by Patrick Owens were exempt from the mandatory retirement age by USS§5A101
- ↑ In the constitution the number of seats assigned to the Supreme Court was 10 but shortly after the constitution was put into effect the 1st Arabin Congress passed a statue to change the number of seats to 9 so there wouldn't be a tie vote in the Court.
- ↑ The nineteenth amendment to the Consitution allows Congress to set the number of seats on the Supreme Court by passing a statute (also known as an Act).
- ↑ President Lona Freeman promised to appoint an Independent or Republican due to the supermajority that already exists on the court.