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{{Infobox high court
|court_name = Imperial Supreme Court of Belhavia
| image = Hogsta domstolen Stockholm.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| established = {{wp|1812}}
| country = [[Belhavia]]
| location = [[Government District]], [[Provisa]]
| coordinates = 
| type = {{wp|President|Presidential}} nomination with [[Imperial Senate (Belhavia)|Senate]] {{wpl|advice and consent|confirmation}}
| terms = Life tenure
| positions = 9
| website = 
| chiefjudgetitle = [[Chief Justice of the Imperial Supreme Court of Belhavia]]
| chiefjudgename = [[Samson Katz]]
| termstart = {{wp|September 14th}}, {{wp|2003}}
| termend =
| termend2 =
| chiefjudgetitle2 = [[Associate Justice of the Imperial Supreme Court of Belhavia]]
| chiefjudgename2 = [[Janet Smith]]
| termstart2 = {{wp|May 18th}}, {{wp|1979}}
| termend3 =
| termend4 =
| chiefjudgetitle3 = [[Associate Justice of the Imperial Supreme Court of Belhavia]]
| chiefjudgename3 = [[Asher Schiff]]
| termstart3 = {{wp|June 4th}}, {{wp|1981}}
| termend5 =
| termend6 =
| chiefjudgetitle4 = [[Associate Justice of the Imperial Supreme Court of Belhavia]]
| chiefjudgename4 = [[Esther Lauer]]
| termstart4 = {{wp|April 9th}}, {{wp|1983}}
| termend7 =
| termend8 =
}}

The '''Imperial Supreme Court of Belhavia''' (also commonly called the '''Imperial Supreme Court''', '''Supreme Court''', or '''SCOB''') is the {{wp|Supreme court|highest court}} in the [[Belhavia|Empire of Belhavia]]. The court has jurisdiction over all Imperial courts, and provincial and territorial courts in matters of Imperial law and {{wp|Civil procedure|civil procedure}}. 

The court is seated in the [[Palace of Justice]] two blocks from the [[Imperial Senate (Belhavia)|Capitol Building]] in the [[Government District]]. It consists of the {{wp|Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Chief Justice}} and 8 associate justices, who are nominated by the [[President of Belhavia|Imperial President]] and confirmed by the [[Imperial Senate (Belhavia)|Imperial Senate]]. 

Each justice is appointed by the President, approved by the Emperor, confirmed by the Senate, and when seated serve life for life until they resign, retire, die, or are removed after impeachment.

The Court was created by the [[1811 Provisa Convention]] in the [[1812 Constitution]]. It has {{wp|Judicial review|judicial review}} over senatorial legislation and nominally over presidential decrees, though it rarely rules on the latter out of deference for the Court to leave controversies over decrees to the {{wp|Political process|regular political process}}. It does not have review over the Emperor's decisions, though, in practice the Emperor in the [[Provisional Government of Belhavia|post-Galarian era]] has refrained from active politicking. 

===Current justices===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
! Born
! Appt. by
! Senate conf. vote
! Age at appt.
! Day of Appointment <br /> Length of service
! class = "unsortable"|Previous positions
! Notes
|-
| [[Samson Katz]]
({{wp|Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice}})
| January 5th, 1955 in [[Nefesh]], [[Freeport (province)|Freeport]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 60)
| [[Yehuda Fiedler]]
| 45 - 25
| 45
| September 14th, 2000<br> (15 years)
| 
| The second-youngest Chief Justice in Court history. Known for trying to create Court decisions with broad consensus among the justices where possible. Leader of the Court's {{wp|Originalism|judicial conservatives}}.
|-
| [[Janet Smith]]
| August 17th, 1926 in [[Ashergam]], [[Westland]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 89)
| [[Berel Levine]]
| 40 - 30
| 43
| May 18th, 1979<br> (36 years)
| 
| Third-longest serving Justice in history, and the longest-serving justice on the current Court (and the oldest justice). The first non-[[Belhavian Jews|ethnic Jew]] on the body, her family is ancestrally [[Belfras|Belfrasian]] and [[United Republic of Emmeria|white Emmerian]]. Leader of the Court's {{wp|Judicial Activism|judicial liberals}}. 
|-
| [[Asher Schiff]]
| February 28th, 1930 in [[Dakos]], [[Dakos|North Dakos]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 85)
| [[Julian Settas]]
| 54 - 16
| 51
| June 4th, 1981<br> (34 years)
| 
| Second-oldest justice at age 85. A staunch judicial conservative. HIs appointment was the first move in the Court's rightward shift. 
|-
| [[Esther Lauer]]
| March 10th, 1944 in [[Tel e Afov]], [[Aviv]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 71)
| [[Julian Settas]]
| 47 - 23
| 39
| April 9th, 1983<br> (32 years)
| 
| Second woman on the Court (after Smith) and the first practicing {{wp|Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jew}} (since the 1950s) at the time of her appointment in 1983. Firmly in the Court's conservative wing. 
|-
| [[Laurel Rifkin]]
| June 3rd, 1933 in [[Reisstown]], [[South Adrania]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 82)
| [[Julian Settas]]
| 70 - 0
| 53
| July 7th, 1986<br> (29 years)
| 
| Third woman on the Court. Also the first resident from the [[Far South]] to serve on the Court. She oscillates between {{wp|Judicial activism|judicial activism}} and {{wp|Judicial restraint|judicial restraint}}, and is considered the Court's swing conservative vote. An analysis done by the judicial think tank [[Center for Belhavian Justice]] found that of all the 5-4 decisions since 1986, her vote was the 5th (and deciding) vote on 58.7% of them. 
|-
| [[Ezra Waxman]]
| January 25th, 1946 in [[Port Solomon]], [[Ross Archipelagos]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 69)
| [[Garret Holleran]]
| 36 - 34
| 47
| May 6th, 1993<br> (22 years)
| 
| Outspoken advocate of {{wp|Judicial activism|judicial activism}} and the {{wp|Living Constitution}} theory. A Court liberal.
|-
| [[Omar Al-Fayeed]]
| May 19th, 1941 in [[Provisa]], [[Provisa]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 74)
| [[Garrett Holleran]]
| 37 - 33
| 55
| October 13th, 1996<br> (19 years)
| 
| Second non-ethnic Jew on the Court (and first practicing {{wp|Quranism|Quranist Muslim}} and justice of {{wp|Persians|Nehavene descent}}). Ancestrally from [[United Republic of Emmeria|Emmeria]]. A reliable judicial liberal; however, he defects on some business-related cases to vote with the Court's conservative wing.
|-
| [[Mordecai Podhoretz]]
| September 18th, 1942 in [[Ruthen City]], [[East Dakos]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 73)
| [[Jeff Arnoth]]
| 38 - 32
| 63
| July 23rd, 2005<br> (10 years)
| 
| The Court's oldest appointed justice in 45 years at the time of his appointment in 2005. The Court's only dedicated judicial centrist.
|-
| [[Efraim Horowitz]]
| November 22nd, 1972 in [[Port David]], [[New Shelvoy]], [[Belhavia]]<br>(age 43)
| [[Eli Goldman]]
| 43 - 27
| 38
| December 8th, 2010<br> (5 years)
| 
| Second youngest member ever appointed; youngest current justice. Known for his sharp intelligence and extensive knowledge of judicial history and theory. Also, second practicing {{wp|Modern Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jew of the Modern variant}} on the Court. A staunch and outspoken judicial conservative. 
|}

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