Supreme Court of Arabi

Supreme Court of the Arabi
Established	January 10, 1839 (1839-01-10)
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
Number of positions	9
Chief Justice of Arabi
Currently	Robert Kirby
Since	June 13, 1990 (1990-06-13)

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 lifetime tenure, 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.

The current Chief Justice, Robert Kirby, will retire in 2020 pursuant to Article III, Section I, Clause III of the Constitution, which requires justices to retire at 75.

On January 7, 2020, President Freeman nominated Olivia Knowles to fill the vacant seat left by Brett Collins, who retired on December 26, 2019. If confirmed, Knowles will become the third woman to be on the Court.

Membership

See also: List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Arabi

Current Justices

The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice, currently Robert Kirby, and eight associate justices. Among the current members of the Court, Robert Kirby is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 12,384 days (33 years, 331 days) as of May 9, 2024; the most recent justice to join the court is Peter Cooke, whose tenure began on August 18, 2016.

Justice / birthdate and place		Appointed by	SCV	Age at		Start date / length of service	Succeeded
				Start	Present
1	Robert Kirby May 17, 1945 Littletown, New Bristol	Brady	32-0	45	78	June 13, 1990 33 years, 331 days	Iqbal
2	Luke Marshall September 24, 1945 Denis, Saint George	Michaelson	18-14	52	78	December 18, 1997 26 years, 143 days	Baldwin
3	Joe Hammond February 3, 1951 Cartier, Saint George	Clark	26-6	48	73	September 27, 1999 24 years, 225 days	Davidson
4	Jamie Houghton August 18, 1954 Queensboro, Windsor	Ingram	24-8	53	69	March 30, 2008 16 years, 40 days	Ellis
5	Luke Wyatt January 7, 1962 Aurora, New London	W. Freeman	26-6	50	62	July 15, 2012 11 years, 299 days	Dunne
6	Mary Dodson August 26, 1965 Mayfair, Burberry	W. Freeman	32-0	47	58	December 2, 2012 11 years, 159 days	Birch
7	Peter Cooke October 21, 1968 North Rockford, Windsor	W. Freeman	25-7	47	55	August 18, 2016 7 years, 265 days	Hilton
8	Vacant	—	—	—	—	—	Colins
9	Vacant	—	—	—	—	—	Muriel

Notes

^ Justices nominated by Patrick Owens were exempt from the mandatory retirement age by §USS5A101

^ 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.