Supreme Court of Cascadia

Supreme Court of Cascadia Established August 17, 2022 (as State Court) Dissolved Jurisdiction Republic of Cascadia and its territories Location Temple 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 Number of positions 3 Type of court Chief Justice of Cascadia Currently Beamz30 Since June 19, 2023 Appointed by WrestlingWithGod Term ends Senior Associate Justice Currently SayerQT Since June 18, 2023 Appointed by Setrus Term ends Junior Associate Justice Currently Vacant Since Vacant Appointed by Vacant 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 Oregon Organic Act additionally granted the Supreme Court with original jurisdiction over all matters, local and national, occurring in the Cascadian territory of Oregon. 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 the 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 Temple of Justice in Olympia. The current justices of the Supreme Court are Beamz30 (Chief since June 19, 2023), SayerQT (since June 18, 2023), and Vacant (since TBD, 2023).

Current justices

Current justices of the Supreme Court

Justice / Residence		Appointed by	HCV	Approval	Start date	Succeeded
	(Chief) Beamz30 Jericho Ranch, Cascadia	wrestlingwithgod	10–1	75.5%	June 19, 2023	wrestlingwithgod
	SayerQT Olympia, Cascadia	Setrus	8–1	83.6%	June 18, 2023	Aurivia
	Vacant	N/A	N/A	N/A	June 19, 2023	Beamz30

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	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_Name_Everx	Olympia (later Las Cruces)	Elected October 17, 2022 Grandfathered into life appointment	October 17, 2022 – February 20, 2023	126 days	Retired.	Direct popular vote
3		WrestlingWithGod	Chaeronea	February 26, 2023 (12-0)	February 26, 2023 – June 18, 2023	112 days	Elected president.	Milgorn123
4		Beamz30	Jericho Ranch	June 19, 2023 (10-1)	June 19, 2023 – Incumbent	2 days	Incumbent	WrestlingWithGod

Associate Justice (Seat 2)

Judge		Town	Date confirmed (House vote)	Tenure	Tenure length	Reason for End	Nominated by
	WrestlingWithGod	Chaeronea	November 29, 2022 (12-0)	November 29, 2022 – January 15, 2023	47 days	Failed retention.	ViolentVampire
	Furballen	Vancouver	January 25, 2023 (6-3)	January 25, 2023 – February 19, 2023	25 days	Failed retention.	EstiQT
	Jo_Star	Phoenix	February 26, 2023 (10-4)	February 26, 2023 – March 2, 2023	4 days	Elected to House in special election.	Milgorn123
	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 following Beamz30's appointment as Chief Justice of Cascadia.

Associate Justice (Seat 3)

Judge		Town	Date confirmed (House vote)	Tenure	Tenure length	Reason for End	Nominated by
	Arathorn52	Salem	December 1, 2022 (14-0)	December 1, 2022 – January 27, 2023	57 days	Retired.	ViolentVampire
	WrestlingWithGod	Chaeronea	January 28, 2023 (11-0)	January 28, 2023 – February 26, 2023	29 days	Appointed Chief Justice.	EstiQT
	Aurivia	Chaeronea (later Kalispell)	February 26, 2023 (7-5)	February 26, 2023 – June 18, 2023	112 days	Retired.	Milgorn123
	SayerQT	Olympia	June 18, 2023 (8-1)	June 18, 2023 – Incumbent	3 days	Incumbent	Setrus

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