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|authority=[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMHbF3_LMXcxvepi-jmDul4orlqx-p0gL7CoHxMf2oc/edit?usp=sharing National Constitution of Cascadia] | |authority=[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMHbF3_LMXcxvepi-jmDul4orlqx-p0gL7CoHxMf2oc/edit?usp=sharing National Constitution of Cascadia] | ||
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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 '''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 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 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), WrestlingWithGod (since May 22, 2025), Farosh_ (since May 22, 2025), and HawaiianDPG (since May 22, 2025). | ||
==Notable rulings == | ==Notable rulings == | ||
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|[[File:SayerQT-Forward.png|60px]] | |[[File:SayerQT-Forward.png|60px]] | ||
|(Chief) | |(Chief) | ||
'''SayerQT'''<br>Olympia, | '''SayerQT'''<br>Downtown Olympia, Olympia | ||
|EmpressCorgo | |EmpressCorgo | ||
|10–0 | |10–0 | ||
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|[[File:Xbest.png|60px]] | |[[File:Xbest.png|60px]] | ||
|'''xBest_Name_Everx'''Ravenwood, | |'''xBest_Name_Everx'''Ravenwood, Owyhee County | ||
|EmpressCorgo | |EmpressCorgo | ||
|6–0 | |6–0 | ||
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| Furballen | | Furballen | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:Dracnoian. | |[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|60px]] | ||
|''' | |'''WrestlingWithGod'''<br>Chaeronea, Frontier County | ||
| | |Capitanfra | ||
| | |TBD | ||
|–– | |||
|May 22, 2025 | |||
| Dracnoian | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:Farosh.png|60px]] | |||
|'''Farosh_'''<br>Fresno, San Joaquin County | |||
|Capitanfra | |||
|14–1 | |||
|–– | |||
|May 22, 2025 | |||
| ''Position created'' | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:HawaiianDPG.png|60px]] | |||
|'''HawaiianDPG'''<br>Redwoods, Columbia County | |||
|Capitanfra | |||
|10–1 | |||
|–– | |–– | ||
| | |May 22, 2025 | ||
| | | ''Position created'' | ||
|}The constitutional office of '''Justice-in-Training''' is currently vacant. The most recent occupant of the post was | |}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== | ==List of judges of the Supreme Court== | ||
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|Chaeronea | |Chaeronea | ||
|April 22, 2025<br>''(13-1)'' | |April 22, 2025<br>''(13-1)'' | ||
| | |May 22, 2025 | ||
|1 month | |||
|'''''Incumbent''''' | |||
|Moxicodone | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:WrestlingWithGod.png|75px]] | |||
|WrestlingWithGod | |||
|[[Chaeronea]] | |||
|May 22, 2025<br>''(TBD)'' | |||
|May 22, 2025<br>–<br>Incumbent | |||
|1 day | |1 day | ||
|'''''Incumbent''''' | |'''''Incumbent''''' | ||
| | |Capitanfra | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Politics]] | [[Category:Politics]] | ||
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]] | [[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]] | ||
{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | {{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | ||