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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 <font size=0.9px>''(as State Court)''</font>
|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=3
|chiefjudgetitle=Chief Justice of Cascadia
|chiefjudgename=SayerQT
|appointedby1=EmpressCorgo
|termstart1=August 21, 2023
|associatejudgetitle=Senior Associate Justice
|associatejudgename=xBest_Name_Everx
|appointedby2=EmpressCorgo
|termstart2=October 23, 2023
|puisnejudgetitle=Junior Associate Justice
|puisnejudgename=WrestlingWithGod
|appointedby3=Paper1emur
|termstart3=March 23, 2024
}}
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. The court consists of three justices: the [[Chief Justice of Cascadia|chief justice of Cascadia]] and two 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 SayerQT (Chief since August 24, 2023), xBest_Name_Everx (since October 23, 2023), and JAGL05 (since December 26, 2023).
 
==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:SayerQT-Forward.png|60px]]
|(Chief)
'''SayerQT'''<br>Olympia, Cascadia
|EmpressCorgo
|10–0
|89.5%
|August 21, 2023
|moggs
|-
|[[File:Xbest.png|60px]]
|'''xBest_Name_Everx'''<br>Phoenix, Cascadia
|EmpressCorgo
|6–0
|86.8%
|October 23, 2023
|Furballen
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|60px]]
|'''WrestlingWithGod'''<br>Chaeronea, Cascadia
|Paper1emur
|9–1
|75.0%
|March 23, 2024
|JAGL05
|}The constitutional office of '''Justice-in-Training''' is currently vacant. The most recent occupant of the post was Bachinuni, who became a full justice on October 23, 2023, and resigned his seat on November 19, 2023 to be elected to the House of Representatives.
 
==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<br>''(12-0)''
|November 29, 2022<br>–<br>January 15, 2023
|47 days
|Failed [[January 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|[[ViolentVampire]]
|-
|[[File:Furballen.png|75px]]
|Furballen
|Vancouver
|January 25, 2023<br>''(6-3)''
|January 25, 2023<br>–<br>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<br>''(10-4)''
|February 26, 2023<br>–<br>March 2, 2023
|4 days
|Elected to [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]] in special election.
|[[Milgorn123]]
|-
|[[File:Beamz30.png|75px]]
|Beamz30
|Port McNeill<br>''(later Jericho Ranch)''
|April 27, 2023<br>''(13-0)''
|April 27, 2023<br>–<br>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<br>''(10-5)''
|July 9, 2023<br>–<br>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<br>''(12-1)''
|August 21, 2023<br>–<br>October 22, 2023
|63 days
|Failed [[October 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|EmpressCorgo
|-
|[[File:Xbest.png|75px]]
|[[xBest_Name_Everx]]
|Phoenix
|October 23, 2023<br>''(6-0)''
|October 23, 2023<br>–<br>Incumbent
|191 days
|'''''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<br>''(14-0)''
|December 1, 2022<br>–<br>January 27, 2023
|57 days
|Retired.
|[[ViolentVampire]]
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]]
|WrestlingWithGod
|Chaeronea
|January 28, 2023<br>''(11-0)''
|January 28, 2023<br>–<br>February 26, 2023
|29 days
|Appointed Chief Justice.
| rownspan="“2”" |[[EstiQT]]
|-
|[[File:Aurivia.png|75px]]
|Aurivia
|Chaeronea<br>''(later Kalispell)''
|February 26, 2023<br>''(7-5)''
|February 26, 2023<br>–<br>June 18, 2023
|112 days
|Retired.
|[[Milgorn123]]
|-
|[[File:SayerQT-Forward.png|75px]]
|[[SayerQT]]
|Olympia
|June 17, 2023<br>''(8-1)''
|June 18, 2023<br>–<br>August 21, 2023
|64 days
|Appointed Chief Justice.
|Setrus
|-
|[[File:Xbest.png|75px]]
|[[xBest_Name_Everx]]
|Phoenix
|August 24, 2023<br>''(8-0)''
|August 24, 2023<br>–<br>October 22, 2023
|60 days
|Failed [[October 2023 Cascadia general election|retention]].
|EmpressCorgo
|-
|[[File:Bachinuni.png|75px]]
|Bachinuni
|Helena
|October 23, 2023<br>''(9-0)''
|October 23, 2023<br>–<br>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<br>''(11-0)''
|December 26, 2023<br>–<br>January 31, 2024
|36 days
|Retired.
|Setrus
|-
|[[File:Jaglos.png|75px]]
|JAGL05
|[[Pyramid Lake]]
|January 30, 2024<br>''(9-1)''
|January 31, 2024<br>–<br>March 17, 2024
|45 days
|[[March 2024 Cascadia general election|Elected]] to [[Legislature of Cascadia|House]].
|Setrus
|-
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]]
|WrestlingWithGod
|[[Chaeronea]]
|March 23, 2024<br>''(14-0)''
|March 23, 2024<br>–<br>Incumbent
|40 days
|'''''Incumbent'''''
|Setrus
|}
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]]
{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}

Latest revision as of 05:13, 1 May 2024

Supreme Court of Cascadia
Coat of Arms of Cascadia.png
Established August 17, 2022 (as State Court)
Dissolved
Jurisdiction Republic of Cascadia
Location Hall of Justice, Olympia
Composition Method Presidential nomination with House confirmation and monthly retention election
Authorized by National Constitution of Cascadia
Appeals from
Appeals to
Term length Life, with monthly retention
Number of positions 3
Type of court Chief Justice of Cascadia
Currently SayerQT
Since August 21, 2023
Appointed by EmpressCorgo
Term ends
Senior Associate Justice
Currently xBest_Name_Everx
Since October 23, 2023
Appointed by EmpressCorgo
Term ends
Junior Associate Justice
Currently WrestlingWithGod
Since March 23, 2024
Appointed by Paper1emur
Term ends

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 Republic of Cascadia. It has ultimate original jurisdiction over all national court cases if a matter is raised to the court relating to the constitution or 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 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 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 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, in which the Supreme Court is described in Article 5. The court consists of three justices: the chief justice of Cascadia and two 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 SayerQT (Chief since August 24, 2023), xBest_Name_Everx (since October 23, 2023), and JAGL05 (since December 26, 2023).

Notable rulings

Current justices

Current justices of the Supreme Court
Justice / Residence Appointed by HCV Approval Start date Succeeded
SayerQT-Forward.png (Chief)

SayerQT
Olympia, Cascadia

EmpressCorgo 10–0 89.5% August 21, 2023 moggs
Xbest.png xBest_Name_Everx
Phoenix, Cascadia 		EmpressCorgo 6–0 86.8% October 23, 2023 Furballen
WrestlingWithGod.png WrestlingWithGod
Chaeronea, Cascadia 		Paper1emur 9–1 75.0% March 23, 2024 JAGL05

The constitutional office of Justice-in-Training is currently vacant. The most recent occupant of the post was Bachinuni, who became a full justice on October 23, 2023, and resigned his seat on November 19, 2023 to be elected to the House of Representatives.

List of judges of the Supreme Court

Main article: List of judges of the Supreme Court of Cascadia

Chief Justice (Seat 1)

Judge Town Date confirmed (House vote) Tenure Tenure length Reason for end Nominated by
1 Bubba Tea.png Bubba_Tea Olympia Elected August 17, 2022

Did not run for second term.

August 17, 2023
–
October 17, 2022 		61 days Did not stand for reelection. Direct popular vote
2 Xbest.png xBest_Name_Everx Olympia

(later Las Cruces)

Elected October 17, 2022

Grandfathered into life appointment

October 17, 2022
–
February 19, 2023 		126 days Failed retention. Direct popular vote
3 WrestlingWithGod.png WrestlingWithGod Chaeronea February 26, 2023
(12-0) 		February 26, 2023
–
June 18, 2023 		112 days Elected president. Milgorn123
4 Beamz30.png Beamz30 Jericho Ranch June 19, 2023
(10-1) 		June 19, 2023
–
July 17, 2023 		27 days Failed retention. WrestlingWithGod
5 Moggs.png moggs Frog July 17, 2023
(13-0) 		July 17, 2023
–
August 11, 2023 		25 days Renounced citizenship. Bachinuni
6 SayerQT-Forward.png SayerQT Olympia August 21, 2023
(10-0) 		August 21, 2023
–
Incumbent 		260 days Incumbent EmpressCorgo

Associate Justice (Seat 2)

Judge Town Date confirmed (House vote) Tenure Tenure length Reason for End Nominated by
WrestlingWithGod.png WrestlingWithGod Chaeronea November 29, 2022
(12-0) 		November 29, 2022
–
January 15, 2023 		47 days Failed retention. ViolentVampire
Furballen.png Furballen Vancouver January 25, 2023
(6-3) 		January 25, 2023
–
February 19, 2023 		25 days Failed retention. EstiQT
Jo Star.png Jo_Star Phoenix February 26, 2023
(10-4) 		February 26, 2023
–
March 2, 2023 		4 days Elected to House in special election. Milgorn123
Beamz30.png Beamz30 Port McNeill
(later Jericho Ranch) 		April 27, 2023
(13-0) 		April 27, 2023
–
June 18, 2023 		52 days Appointed Chief Justice. AghastBlock
Seat vacant for 21 days following conflict between President WrestlingWithGod and the Legislature over judicial nominations.
Moggs.png moggs Frog July 9, 2023
(10-5) 		July 9, 2023
–
July 17, 2023 		8 days Appointed Chief Justice. WrestlingWithGod
Seat vacant for 46 days following moggs's appointment as Chief Justice of Cascadia.
Furballen.png Furballen Vancouver August 24, 2023
(12-1) 		August 21, 2023
–
October 22, 2023 		63 days Failed retention. EmpressCorgo
Xbest.png xBest_Name_Everx Phoenix October 23, 2023
(6-0) 		October 23, 2023
–
Incumbent 		191 days Incumbent EmpressCorgo

Associate Justice (Seat 3)

Judge Town Date confirmed (House vote) Tenure Tenure length Reason for End Nominated by
Arathorn52Skin.png Arathorn52 Salem December 1, 2022
(14-0) 		December 1, 2022
–
January 27, 2023 		57 days Retired. ViolentVampire
WrestlingWithGod.png WrestlingWithGod Chaeronea January 28, 2023
(11-0) 		January 28, 2023
–
February 26, 2023 		29 days Appointed Chief Justice. EstiQT
Aurivia.png Aurivia Chaeronea
(later Kalispell) 		February 26, 2023
(7-5) 		February 26, 2023
–
June 18, 2023 		112 days Retired. Milgorn123
SayerQT-Forward.png SayerQT Olympia June 17, 2023
(8-1) 		June 18, 2023
–
August 21, 2023 		64 days Appointed Chief Justice. Setrus
Xbest.png xBest_Name_Everx Phoenix August 24, 2023
(8-0) 		August 24, 2023
–
October 22, 2023 		60 days Failed retention. EmpressCorgo
Bachinuni.png Bachinuni Helena October 23, 2023
(9-0) 		October 23, 2023
–
November 19, 2023 		28 days Elected to House. Justice-in-training (EmpressCorgo)
Seat vacant for 37 days following Bachinuni's election to the House of Representatives.
Yapannn.png Yapannn Eureka December 26, 2023
(11-0) 		December 26, 2023
–
January 31, 2024 		36 days Retired. Setrus
Jaglos.png JAGL05 Pyramid Lake January 30, 2024
(9-1) 		January 31, 2024
–
March 17, 2024 		45 days Elected to House. Setrus
WrestlingWithGod.png WrestlingWithGod Chaeronea March 23, 2024
(14-0) 		March 23, 2024
–
Incumbent 		40 days Incumbent Setrus
Cascadia.png Republic of Cascadia (Aurora) Cascadia.png
Towns
Cascadia.png Avola • Cascadia.png Chaeronea • Cascadia.png Ephrata • Cascadia.png Jericho Ranch • Flag of Olympia.png Olympia • NeahBayFlag.png Neah Bay • Flag of Phoenix, Arizona.png Phoenix • Pyramid Lake flag .png Pyramid Lake • Flag-of-Seattle.png Seattle • Spokane flag.png Spokane • Newlogo.png Spokane Valley • GravityFallsFlag(TownAurora).png Gravity Falls • FRESNO FLAG - EMC CASCADIA.png Fresno
Wars & Conflicts
Cascadia-Oregon hostilities • Six-Hour War • Operation Dragonflame • Grand Canyon controversy • RMF War
Notable Citizens
AghastBlock • Akeboun • Arathorn52 • B1GB0AT • Bubba_Tea • cheeseballfluffy • DaPigThatBig • EmpressCorgo • EstiQT • FieldsofWheat • Fr0z3nW1nt3r • Ir0n__ • Jo_Star • Milgorn123 • PaperLemur12140 • SayerQT • TylenolEC • ViolentVampire • Vorobyevite • xBest_Name_Everx
Politics
Elections
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Executive branch
Cabinet • Vice President • President
Legislative branch
House of Representatives (current members • former members • Clerk • Dean • Speaker) • List of Legislatures (1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th) • Laws
Judicial branch
Supreme Court (List • Chief Justice)
Major laws
National Constitution (2023)
Electoral divisions
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