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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 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 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 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 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 | 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== | ==Notable rulings== | ||
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|Furballen | |Furballen | ||
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|''' | |'''JAGL05'''<br>Pyramid Lake, Cascadia | ||
|Setrus | |Setrus | ||
| | |9–1 | ||
|N/A | |N/A | ||
| | |January 31, 2024 | ||
| | |Yapannn | ||
|}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. | |}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. | ||
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|[[File:Jo_Star.png|75px]] | |[[File:Jo_Star.png|75px]] | ||
|[[Jo_Star]] | |[[Jo_Star]] | ||
|Phoenix | |[[Phoenix (Aurora)|Phoenix]] | ||
|February 26, 2023<br>''(10-4)'' | |February 26, 2023<br>''(10-4)'' | ||
| February 26, 2023<br>–<br>March 2, 2023 | | February 26, 2023<br>–<br>March 2, 2023 | ||
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|Eureka | |Eureka | ||
|December 26, 2023<br>''(11-0)'' | |December 26, 2023<br>''(11-0)'' | ||
|December 26, 2023<br>–<br>Incumbent | |December 26, 2023<br>–<br>January 31, 2024 | ||
| | |36 days | ||
|Retired. | |||
|Setrus | |||
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|[[File:Jaglos.png|75px]] | |||
|JAGL05 | |||
|[[Pyramid Lake]] | |||
|January 30, 2023<br>''(9-1)'' | |||
|January 31, 2024<br>–<br>Incumbent | |||
|18 days | |||
|'''''Incumbent''''' | |'''''Incumbent''''' | ||
|Setrus | |Setrus | ||