Supreme Court of Arabi

Supreme Court of 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	Audra Sanchez
Since	June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19)

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

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

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 8,991 days (24 years, 225 days) as of May 9, 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	51	June 19, 2020 3 years, 325 days	Kirby
Associate Justices
2	Joe Hammond February 3, 1951 Cartier, Saint George	Clark	26-6	48	73	September 27, 1999 24 years, 225 days	Davidson
3	Jamie Houghton August 18, 1954 Queensboro, Windsor	Ingram	24-8	53	69	March 30, 2008 16 years, 40 days	Ellis
4	Luke Wyatt January 7, 1962 Aurora, New London	W. Freeman	26-6	50	62	July 15, 2012 11 years, 299 days	Dunne
5	Mary Dodson August 26, 1965 Mayfair, Burberry	W. Freeman	32-0	47	58	December 2, 2012 11 years, 159 days	Birch
6	Peter Cooke October 21, 1968 North Rockford, Windsor	W. Freeman	25-7	47	55	August 18, 2016 7 years, 265 days	Hilton
7	Olivia Knowles August 25, 1965 Montana, Windsor	L. Freeman	20-12	54	58	January 17, 2020 4 years, 113 days	Collins
8	Katherine Berg January 21, 1960 Springfield, Lochcoast	L. Freeman	26-6	60	64	January 30, 2020 4 years, 100 days	Muriel
9	Ruby Powers May 28, 1968 Symone, Windsor	L. Freeman	25-7	52	55	December 15, 2020 3 years, 146 days	Marshall

Length of tenure

This graph depicts the length of seach Supreme Court justice's tenure (not seniority) on the Court: