Supreme Court of Cascadia

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{{CourtInfobox
|color=green
|title1=Supreme Court of Cascadia
|image1=[[File:Coat of Arms of Cascadia.png|150px]]
|established=August 17, 2022 ''(as State Court)''
|jurisdiction=[[Cascadia (Aurora)|Republic of Cascadia]]
|location=Hall of Justice, [[Olympia]]
|composition=Presidential nomination with [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]] confirmation and monthly retention election
|authority=[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMHbF3_LMXcxvepi-jmDul4orlqx-p0gL7CoHxMf2oc/edit?usp=sharing National Constitution of Cascadia]
|termlength=Life, with monthly retention
|positions=5
}}
The '''Supreme Court of Cascadia''' is the highest court, constitutional tribunal, civil court, and trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the national judiciary of the [[Aurora:Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]. It has ultimate original jurisdiction over all national court cases if a matter is raised to the court relating to the [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|constitution]] or [[Republic of Cascadia Statutes at Large|laws of Cascadia]], and over town court cases that involve a point of Cascadian constitutional or national law; and it also has inferred appellate jurisdiction over cases settled in local tribunals or courts. The court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction, unless the [[President of Cascadia|President]] uses their authority to refer a passed law to the Supreme Court to evaluate its constitutionality before the President decides to sign it.

The court was first established by Cascadia's [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gYBPWtHFGn-duQFY6E2j87bQLQThv31qYxiNkfSLyyk/edit?usp=sharing first constitution] as the "State Court of Cascadia", which was both headed by and purely consisted of a directly-elected Chief Judge, the sole judge of the court, serving for a renewable two-month term. Two elections for Chief Judge were held under this system, before the constitution was amended to establish a Supreme Court with 3 judges appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]], and with the continued support of three-fifths of the population in monthly retention referendums. This system has remained in place following the ratification of the [[National Constitution of Cascadia (Aurora)|National Constitution]], in which the Supreme Court is described in Article 5. Since May 2025, the court consists of five justices: the [[Chief Justice of Cascadia|chief justice of Cascadia]] and four associate justices. Justices have lifetime tenure, meaning they remain on the court until they die, retire, resign, fail to meet three-fifths in a retention referendum, or are impeached and removed from office. When a vacancy occurs, the president, with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, appoints a new justice. Each justice has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before the court. When in the 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 Hall of Justice in [[Olympia]]. The current justices of the Supreme Court are WrestlingWithGod (Chief since August 9, 2025), xBest_Name_Everx (since October 23, 2023), Farosh_ (since May 22, 2025), HawaiianDPG (since May 22, 2025), and Ahea (since August 15, 2025).

==Notable rulings ==

==Current justices==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Current justices of the Supreme Court
! colspan="2" |Justice / Residence
!Appointed by
!HCV
!Approval
!Start date
! Succeeded
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|60px]]
|(Chief)
'''WrestlingWithGod''' Chaeronea, Frontier County
|Dracnoian
|13–0
|88.51%
|August 9, 2025
| Dracnoian
|-
|[[File:Xbest.png|60px]]
|'''xBest_Name_Everx'''Ravenwood, Owyhee County
|EmpressCorgo
|6–0
|88.51%
|October 23, 2023
| Furballen
|-
|[[File:Ahea.webp|80x80px]]
|'''Ahea''' Hermosillo, Maricopa County
|Dracnoian
|12-0
|73.56%
|August 15, 2025
|SayerQT
|-
|[[File:Farosh.png|60px]]
|'''Farosh_''' Yosemite, San Joaquin County
|Capitanfra
|14–1
|81.4%
|May 22, 2025
| ''Position created''
|-
|[[File:HawaiianDPG.png|60px]]
|'''HawaiianDPG''' Redwoods, Columbia County
|Capitanfra
|10–1
|86.05%
|May 22, 2025
| ''Position created''
|}The constitutional office of '''Justice-in-Training''' is currently vacant. The most recent occupant of the post was WrestlingWithGod, who became a full justice one day after being appointed justice-in-training on May 22, 2025.

==List of judges of the Supreme Court==
''Main article: [[Aurora:List of judges of the Supreme Court of Cascadia|List of judges of the Supreme Court of Cascadia]]''

===Chief Justice (Seat 1)===
{{List of Chief Justices of Cascadia (Aurora)}}

===Associate Justice (Seat 2)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="2" |Judge
!Town
!Date confirmed (House vote)
!Tenure
!Tenure length
!Reason for End
!Nominated by
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]]
|WrestlingWithGod
|Chaeronea
|November 29, 2022 ''(12-0)''
|November 29, 2022 – January 15, 2023
| 47 days
| Failed [[January 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|[[ViolentVampire]]
|-
|[[File:Furballen.png|75px]]
|Furballen
|Vancouver
|January 25, 2023 ''(6-3)''
|January 25, 2023 – February 19, 2023
| 25 days
| Failed [[February 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
| rownspan="“2”" |[[EstiQT]]
|-
|[[File:Jo_Star.png|75px]]
|[[Jo_Star]]
|[[Phoenix (Aurora)|Phoenix]]
|February 26, 2023 ''(10-4)''
|February 26, 2023 – March 2, 2023
| 4 days
| Elected to [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]] in special election.
|[[Milgorn123]]
|-
|[[File:Beamz30.png|75px]]
|Beamz30
|Port McNeill ''(later Jericho Ranch)''
|April 27, 2023 ''(13-0)''
|April 27, 2023 – June 18, 2023
| 52 days
| Appointed Chief Justice.
|[[AghastBlock]]
|-
| colspan="8" |Seat vacant for 21 days following conflict between President WrestlingWithGod and the Legislature over judicial nominations.
|-
|[[File:moggs.png|75px]]
|moggs
|Frog
|July 9, 2023 ''(10-5)''
|July 9, 2023 – July 17, 2023
| 8 days
| Appointed Chief Justice.
|WrestlingWithGod
|-
| colspan="8" |Seat vacant for 46 days following moggs's appointment as Chief Justice of Cascadia.
|-
|[[File:Furballen.png|75px]]
|Furballen
|Vancouver
|August 24, 2023 ''(12-1)''
|August 21, 2023 – October 22, 2023
| 63 days
| Failed [[October 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|EmpressCorgo
|-
|[[File:Xbest.png|75px]]
|[[xBest_Name_Everx]]
|Ravenwood
|October 23, 2023 ''(6-0)''
|October 23, 2023 – Incumbent
|1 year, 10 months
|'''''Incumbent'''''
|EmpressCorgo
|}

===Associate Justice (Seat 3)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="2" |Judge
!Town
!Date confirmed (House vote)
!Tenure
!Tenure length
!Reason for End
!Nominated by
|-
|[[File:Arathorn52Skin.png|75px]]
|[[Arathorn52]]
|Salem
|December 1, 2022 ''(14-0)''
|December 1, 2022 – January 27, 2023
| 1 month, 27 days
| Retired.
|[[ViolentVampire]]
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]]
|WrestlingWithGod
|Chaeronea
|January 28, 2023 ''(11-0)''
|January 28, 2023 – February 26, 2023
| 29 days
| Appointed Chief Justice.
| rownspan="“2”" |[[EstiQT]]
|-
|[[File:Aurivia.png|75px]]
|Aurivia
|Chaeronea ''(later Kalispell)''
|February 26, 2023 ''(7-5)''
|February 26, 2023 – June 18, 2023
| 3 months, 22 days
| Retired.
|[[Milgorn123]]
|-
|[[File:SayerQT-Forward.png|75px]]
|[[SayerQT]]
|Olympia
|June 17, 2023 ''(8-1)''
|June 18, 2023 – August 21, 2023
| 2 months, 4 days
| Appointed Chief Justice.
|Setrus
|-
|[[File:Xbest.png|75px]]
|[[xBest_Name_Everx]]
|Phoenix
|August 24, 2023 ''(8-0)''
|August 24, 2023 – October 22, 2023
| 2 months
| Failed [[October 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|EmpressCorgo
|-
|[[File:Bachinuni.png|75px]]
|Bachinuni
|Helena
|October 23, 2023 ''(9-0)''
|October 23, 2023 – November 19, 2023
| 28 days
|[[November 2023 Cascadia general election|Elected]] to [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]].
|''Justice-in-training (EmpressCorgo)''
|-
| colspan="8" |Seat vacant for 37 days following Bachinuni's election to the House of Representatives.
|-
|[[File:Yapannn.png|75px]]
|Yapannn
|Eureka
|December 26, 2023 ''(11-0)''
|December 26, 2023 – January 31, 2024
| 1 month, 6 days
| Retired.
|Setrus
|-
|[[File:Jaglos.png|75px]]
|JAGL05
|[[Pyramid Lake]]
|January 30, 2024 ''(9-1)''
|January 31, 2024 – March 17, 2024
| 1 month, 15 days
|[[March 2024 Cascadia general election|Elected]] to [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]].
|Setrus
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]]
|WrestlingWithGod
|[[Chaeronea]]
|March 23, 2024 ''(14-0)''
|March 23, 2024 – April 20, 2025
|1 year, 27 days
| Failed [[April 2025 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|Paper1emur
|-
|[[File:Dracnoian.webp|75px]]
|Dracnoian
|Chaeronea
|April 22, 2025 ''(13-1)''
|April 22, 2025
–
May 22, 2025
|1 month
|Retired.
|Moxicodone
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]]
|WrestlingWithGod
|[[Chaeronea]]
|May 27, 2025 ''(8-1)''
|May 27, 2025 – August 9, 2025
|2 months, 7 days
|Appointed Chief Justice.
|Capitanfra
|-
|[[File:Ahea.webp|100x100px]]
|Ahea
|Hermosillo
|August 15, 2025
''(12-0)''
|August 15, 2025
-
Incumbent
|9 days
|'''''Incumbent'''''
|Dracnoian
|}

=== '''Associate Justice (Seat 4)''' ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Judge
!Town
!Date confirmed (House vote)
!Tenure
!Tenure length
!Reason for End
!Nominated by
|-
|[[File:Farosh.png|100x100px]]
|Farosh_
|Yosemite
|May 21, 2025 ''(14-1)''
|May 21, 2025
–

Incumbent
|4 months, 6 days
| '''''Incumbent'''''
|Capitanfra
|}

=== Associate Justice (Seat 5) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Judge
!Town
!Date confirmed (House vote)
!Tenure
!Tenure length
!Reason for End
!Nominated by
|-
|[[File:HawaiianDPG.png|100x100px]]
|HawaiianDPG
|Redwoods
|May 22, 2025 ''(10-1)''
|May 22, 2025
–

Incumbent
|4 months, 6 days
| '''''Incumbent'''''
|Capitanfra
|}
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