query: who is the youngest appointed supreme court justice

pos: Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States time of his confirmation in 1991. As of the beginning of the 2017–18 term, Neil Gorsuch is the youngest justice sitting, at 50 years of age. The oldest person to have served on the Court was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who stepped down two months shy of his birthday. John Paul Stevens, second only to Holmes, left the court in June 2010, two months after turning 90. The average age of the Court as a whole fluctuates over time with the departure of older justices and the appointment of younger people to fill their seats. The average age of the

pos: Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination After his nomination on January 31, 2017, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on April 7, 2017. Gorsuch, age 49 at confirmation, is the youngest sitting Supreme Court justice since Clarence Thomas. In February 2016, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died, leaving a vacancy on the highest federal court in the United States. Article II of the U.S. Constitution requires the president to nominate justices to the Supreme Court, subject to the "advice and consent" of the United States Senate. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy.

neg: Hugh Kennedy Ireland, thereby becoming the first Chief Justice of the Irish Free State. He is also the youngest person appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: when he was appointed he was 44 years old. Although the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal had been abolished and replaced by the High Court and the Supreme Court respectively, one of his first acts was to issue a practice note that the wearing of wigs and robes would continue in the new courts. This practice is still continued in trials and appeals in the High Court and the Supreme Court

neg: Jeffrey J. Funke one of seven applicants who sought the open seat on the Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Supreme Court court on June 15, 2016, by Governor Pete Ricketts to succeed Justice William M. Connolly, who retired effective August 1, 2016. At the time of his appointment, he was the Court's youngest jurist. Jeffrey J. Funke Jeffrey J. Funke (born April 15, 1969) is an Associate Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Funke received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1991 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1994. After graduating

neg: George A. Malcolm other of Malcolm's students would later serve in the Supreme Court, including also Laurel, who would actually succeed to Malcolm's seat on the Supreme Court in 1936. Following the relocation of the university campus to Diliman, Quezon City after World War II, the building that housed the College of Law was named "Malcolm Hall" after Malcolm, a name that is carried as to this day. In 1917, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson appointed Malcolm to sit on the Philippine Supreme Court. At age 35, he was the youngest person ever appointed as Justice to the High Court. He would serve in

neg: Mohammad Hidayatullah of a High Court. In November 1956, he was then appointed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. On 1 December 1958, he was elevated as a justice to the Supreme Court of India. In his time he was the youngest judge of the Supreme Court of India. After serving as a judge for nearly 10 years, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on 28 February 1968 – becoming the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. He retired from this position on 16 December 1970. During his term as the Chief Justice of India, the

neg: Maria Lourdes Sereno Maria Lourdes Sereno Maria Lourdes "Meilou" Aranal Sereno (, born Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal; July 2, 1960) is a Filipina lawyer and judge who served as de facto Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines from 2012 until her removal in 2018. Appointed as Associate Justice by President Benigno Aquino III in August 2010, she became the second youngest person (at the age of 52) to assume the post of Chief Justice in August 2012. She was removed from office by way of an 8–6 decision by the Supreme Court over a "quo warranto" petition,

neg: J. B. L. Reyes who had briefly served on the Code Commission before the war, published widely read article outlining his criticisms of several articles. That article has since been cited favorably in a number of Supreme Court decisions. After nine years with the Court of Appeals, Reyes was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1954 by President Ramon Magsaysay. At 52, he was among the youngest justices appointed to the Court. However, Reyes would never get to serve as Chief Justice. This was in part because his close friend Roberto Concepcion, several months his junior, was appointed to the Court a few months

neg: Maria Lourdes Sereno United Nations, World Bank, and US Agency for International Development. Sereno served as a co-counsel with Justice Florentino Feliciano on the Fraport case in Singapore, in which the Republic of the Philippines won the case. In August 2010, she was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, its 169th Member and the first appointee to the High Court by President Benigno Aquino III. Sereno, the 13th woman appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court, was the youngest appointee to the court since Manuel Moran in 1945 until Marvic Leonen surpassed her at the age of 49 in

neg: William O. Douglas the Supreme Court of the United States]] [[Category:Whitman College alumni]] [[Category:World federalists]] [[Category:Yale Law School faculty]] William O. Douglas William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898January 19, 1980) was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–75), is the longest in the history of the Supreme Court. In 1975 "Time" magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed

neg: Louis H. Fead a judge in Michigan's 11th Circuit Court, located in Luce County. At the time of his first election, he was one of the youngest elected circuit court judges in the state. In 1928, Michigan Governor Fred W. Green appointed Fead to complete Richard C. Flannigan's term as Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. After his term as Chief Justice expired, Fead continued to serve as a Justice of that court, but returned to the Chief Justice position in 1937. The next year, he lost a bid for reelection to Thomas Francis McAllister. Fead's first reported decision on the Supreme

neg: William O. Douglas William O. Douglas William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898January 19, 1980) was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–75), is the longest in the history of the Supreme Court. In 1975 "Time" magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court". After an itinerant childhood, Douglas attended Whitman College

neg: James F. Byrnes build a strong political machine in the state with him. In part as a reward for his crucial support on many issues, Roosevelt appointed Byrnes an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in July 1941. He was the penultimate Justice appointed to the Supreme Court who had been admitted to practice by reading law and the last who had never attended law school. Byrnes resigned from the Court after only fifteen months to head the Office of Economic Stabilization. Byrnes' Supreme Court tenure is the second shortest of any Justice. Byrnes left the Supreme Court to head Roosevelt's Office of

neg: John Roberts Supreme Court nomination nomination and the withdrawal of Roberts's prior nomination. On September 29, Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice by a full Senate vote of 78–22. The 50-year-old Roberts became the youngest Chief Justice in recent history. Only John Marshall, who was 45 when he joined the court in 1801, and John Jay, appointed at age 44 in 1789, were younger. Prior to naming Roberts, Bush reportedly considered a wide range of candidates. With the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist, Bush withdrew Roberts' nomination for associate justice and renominated him for chief justice, with only a slight delay in his confirmation hearings

neg: Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States identified himself as an agnostic, though he remained proud of his Jewish heritage. Unlike the offices of President, U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, there is no minimum age for Supreme Court justices set forth in the United States Constitution. However, justices tend to be appointed after having made significant achievements in law or politics, which excludes many young potential candidates from consideration. At the same time, justices appointed at too advanced an age will likely have short tenures on the Court. The youngest justice ever appointed was Joseph Story, 32 at the time of his appointment in 1812; the oldest

neg: Supreme Court of Nepal Supreme Court of Nepal The Supreme Court of Nepal () is the highest court in Nepal. It has appellate jurisdiction over decisions of the seven High Courts (including eleven Benches of the High Courts) and extraordinary original jurisdiction. The court consists of twenty Justices and one Chief Justice. The Supreme Court is composed of the Chief Justice, twenty Justices. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. S/he is appointed from among the justices having at least three years as a Supreme Court justice. Justices of the Supreme Court are appointed by the

neg: Dias Toffoli for the Supreme Federal Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito two weeks prior. Upon his nomination, Toffoli resigned as solicitor general and was replaced by Evandro Costa Gama. After being confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court, Toffoli took his seat as Justice on 23 October 2009, aged 41. He was, at the time, the youngest person to become Supreme Court justice since 1988, and remains as one of the youngest people to enter the court. He was the eighth Supreme Court nominee of President Lula. On 13 September 2018, Toffoli succeeded Justice

neg: Leah Ward Sears lawsuit to end that restriction. Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears (born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female Chief Justice in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court. Leah Ward Sears was born in Heidelberg, Germany to United States Army Colonel Thomas E. Sears and Onnye Jean Sears. The family eventually settled in Savannah, Georgia, where she attended and graduated

neg: Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears (born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female Chief Justice in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court. Leah Ward Sears was born in Heidelberg, Germany to United States Army Colonel Thomas E. Sears and Onnye Jean Sears. The family eventually settled in Savannah, Georgia, where she attended and graduated from Beach High School. Sears

neg: Phil S. Gibson right to criticize the court. Gibson dissented, joined by Douglas L. Edmonds. Upon appeal, in a 5-4 opinion by Justice Hugo Black, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed in "Bridges v. California". In June 1940, Chief Justice William H. Waste died in office, and Governor Olsen appointed Gibson to the position. Gibson served as Chief Justice from June 19, 1940, to August 30, 1964, the second longest term in that office, behind only William H. Beatty who served 25 years. At the time of Gibson's appointment, he was the second youngest Chief Justice in the court's history. In November 1940, Gibson

neg: Jean Dubofsky undergraduate, and then got a degree from Harvard Law School in 1967. She served as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Walter Mondale from 1967 to 1969, then moved to Boulder, Colorado to practice law there. In 1975 she was appointed Deputy Attorney General for Colorado. In 1979, Dubofsky became the first female justice on the Colorado Supreme Court and the youngest person ever appointed to the court, at age 37. She was the 11th woman to be appointed to any state supreme court. She served there until 1987. Dubofsky returned to private practice in 1988. In 1992, Colorado citizens voted

neg: Chief Justice of Gibraltar Judicial Services Act. During Schofield's suspension, Additional Judge Anthony Dudley was acting Chief Justice. On 1 February 2010, The Convent announced that acting on the advice of the Judicial Services Commission, Governor Sir Adrian Johns had on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, formally appointed Anthony Dudley as Chief Justice of Gibraltar. He is the first Gibraltarian judge to be appointed Chief Justice of Gibraltar. Court system of Gibraltar Chief Justice of Gibraltar The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme court of Gibraltar. Previously the Chief Justice was appointed

neg: Thomas R. Phillips Thomas R. Phillips Thomas Royal Phillips (born October 23, 1949) is an attorney with the Baker Botts firm in Austin, Texas, who was from 1988 to 2004 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. With nearly seventeen years of service, Phillips is the third-longest tenured Chief Justice in Texas history. He was appointed by Governor Bill Clements to fill a vacancy in the office in November 1987, becoming the youngest Chief Justice since Texas became a state. Phillips took office less than a month after CBS' "60 Minutes" ran a highly publicized story, entitled "Justice for Sale?," which

neg: K. T. Chitrasiri concurrently serve as Commissioner-General of Inland Revenue in 2009. On 19 November 2015 Chitrasiri was recommended to the Constitutional Council by President Maithripala Sirisena to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. On 3 December 2015 Chitrasiri was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court, at the President’s Office in the Parliament Complex. K. T. Chitrasiri Justice Kankanithanthri T. Chitrasiri is a sitting Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka who was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena in 2016 to replace Justice Rohini Marasinghe. He was Justice of the Court of

neg: Nebraska Supreme Court of the Court of Appeals are subject to further review by the Supreme Court. Nebraska Supreme Court The Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The court consists of a chief justice and six associate justices. Each justice is initially appointed by the governor of Nebraska; using the Missouri Plan, each justice is then subject to a retention vote for additional six-year terms. The six justices each represent a Supreme Court district; the chief justice is appointed (and retained) at-large. Unlike most other states, with the exception of North Dakota, the Nebraska Supreme Court

neg: Supreme Court of Zimbabwe Supreme Court of Zimbabwe The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe is the highest court of order and the final court of appeal in Zimbabwe. The judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who, like the other justices, is appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission. The court consists of five members including the chief Justice. It has original jurisdiction over alleged violations of fundamental rights guaranteed in the constitution and appellate jurisdiction over other matters. The Supreme Court is separate from the High Court. The Chief Justice, Luke Malaba, is the most

neg: Politics of Guatemala Supreme Court of Justice, one is appointed by the President, one is elected by Superior Council of the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, and one by the Bar Association "(Colegio de Abogados);" The Supreme Court of Justice "(Corte Suprema de Justicia)" is Guatemala's highest court. It comprises thirteen members, who serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number. The president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms). The Supreme Court has an Appeal Court formed by 43 members. When

neg: Utah Supreme Court Utah Supreme Court The Utah Supreme Court is the supreme court of the state of Utah, United States. It has final authority of interpretation of the Utah Constitution. The Utah Supreme Court is composed of five members: a chief justice, an associate chief justice, and three justices. All justices are appointed by the governor of Utah, with confirmation by the Utah Senate. The five justices vote among themselves for the position of chief justice and associate chief justice, who each serve a term of four years. In 1850, the United States Congress passed "An Act to Establish a Territorial Government

neg: Chief Justice of Albania the court. The incumbent President of the Supreme Court is Justice Xhezair Zaganjori, who was appointed to this position by the President on 24 April 2013, after a long and distinguished legal carrier, having last served as a member of the Constitutional Court of Albania. Chief Justice of Albania The Chief Justice of Albania, officially known as the President of the Supreme Court of Albania () is the most senior judge of the Supreme Court of Albania, who presides over every activity of the institution: he approves the internal regulations and the structure of the court, issues orders and directives

neg: Supreme Court of Zimbabwe senior justice. He succeeded the late Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku upon his retirement in 2017. The rest of the justices, ranked in order of seniority are: Supreme Court of Zimbabwe The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe is the highest court of order and the final court of appeal in Zimbabwe. The judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who, like the other justices, is appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission. The court consists of five members including the chief Justice. It has original jurisdiction over alleged violations of fundamental rights guaranteed in

neg: Joseph Aloysius Sheehy admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland, and was at the time the youngest barrister in the British Empire. In 1928, Sheehy left the Crown Solicitor's Office to practice privately at the Bar. Throughout this period, he continued to be retained as a crown prosecutor, and from 1932 to 1947 was also a member of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. In September 1947, Sheehy was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland and became the Court’s Central Judge, based at Rockhampton. On 15 April 1965, he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme

neg: Danladi Umar chairman of the Code Of Conduct Tribunal ("CCT"), the adjudication unit of the Code of Conduct Bureau. established under the Law of Nigeria. On July 11, 2011, he was appointed as the Chairman of the CCT, replacing his predecessor Justice Murtala Adebayo Sanni who died on January 24, 2011., the youngest person (age 40 years) to ever hold the office of chairman of the CCT. He was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) Justice Aloysius A. I. Katsina-Alu at the Supreme Court, who also took the oaths from two other

neg: Nebraska Supreme Court Nebraska Supreme Court The Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The court consists of a chief justice and six associate justices. Each justice is initially appointed by the governor of Nebraska; using the Missouri Plan, each justice is then subject to a retention vote for additional six-year terms. The six justices each represent a Supreme Court district; the chief justice is appointed (and retained) at-large. Unlike most other states, with the exception of North Dakota, the Nebraska Supreme Court requires a supermajority of five justices of the seven to rule unconstitutional a legislative

neg: Hugh Murray (judge) of the Supreme Court of California, the youngest ever appointed. In March 1852, upon the resignation of Henry A. Lyons, he became Chief Justice at the age of 27, the youngest ever Chief Justice of California. He was subsequently elected to another term as Chief Justice. As Chief Justice, his annual salary in 1854 was US$8,000. As Chief Justice, he was noted for his dislike of changing the law through his decisions and for his irascible temper. Having heard that a man had called him "the meanest Chief Justice ever," Murray found the man and beat him with his cane.

neg: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh Fáil supporter who served on the party's National Executive in the 1930s; he became Ireland's youngest Attorney General in 1946, under Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, serving until 1948. Unsuccessful in Dáil and Seanad elections in 1948 and 1951, he was re-appointed as Attorney General in 1951; in 1953, he was appointed as the youngest-ever member of the Supreme Court by his mentor, de Valera. Less than a decade later, he became Chief Justice when selected by the then Taoiseach Seán Lemass. He was a keen actor in his early years, and became a close friend of actor Cyril Cusack. It

neg: Hamer H. Budge Hamer H. Budge Hamer Harold Budge (November 21, 1910 – July 22, 2003) was an American politician. He was a five-term congressman from Idaho and later chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission. Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Budge was the youngest of eight children of a Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, Alfred Budge (1868–1951) and Ella Hoge Budge (1875–1970, m.1892). His father was appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court in November 1914, and the family relocated from Pocatello to Boise. Justice Budge retired from the state's highest court 34 years later in December 1948, at age 80. Hamer Budge attended

neg: Supreme Court of Nepal stakeholders of the justice sector. 11: Increase access to justice and increase public trust. 12: To strengthen institutional capacity of courts and tribunals. Supreme Court of Nepal The Supreme Court of Nepal () is the highest court in Nepal. It has appellate jurisdiction over decisions of the seven High Courts (including eleven Benches of the High Courts) and extraordinary original jurisdiction. The court consists of twenty Justices and one Chief Justice. The Supreme Court is composed of the Chief Justice, twenty Justices. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. S/he is appointed

neg: Chief Justice of Bangladesh consultation with the Supreme Court and urgent matters relating thereto are dispensed with in consultation with the Chief Justice. Chief Justice of Bangladesh The Chief Justice of Bangladesh ( — ) is the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and also head of the whole judicial establishments, including subordinate courts. The Chief Justice is appointed by The President of Bangladesh, who sits in the Appellate Division with other judges to hear and decide cases. Chief Justice presides over full court meetings to transact business relating to the administration of the Supreme Court, and control discipline of

neg: Andrew P. O'Rourke was elected as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court and served concurrently as both a justice of the Court of Claims and a justice of the Supreme Court. Subsequently, O'Rourke was on the bench in the Putnam County Supreme Court. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, O'Rourke grew up in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. His mother was a member of the Sioux Nation and his father was a doctor who died when O'Rourke, the youngest of five children, was just under two years old. He graduated from Fordham University and Fordham University

neg: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Chairman of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Balochistan. On 4 February 2000 he was nominated as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. On 30 June 2005 he became the Chief Justice of Pakistan. He is said to be the youngest Chief Justice of Pakistan, who will be serving the longest period that any chief justice has ever served in the history of Pakistan's judiciary. At present, Justice Iftikhar is also functioning as Chairman of the Enrollment Committee of Pakistan Bar Council and as Chairman of the Supreme Court Building Committee. After the proclamation of PCO, on 26 January

neg: Lynne J. Boomgaarden University of Wyoming College of Law. In December 2017 Governor Matt Mead appointed Boomgaarden to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Boomgaarden replaced Justice William U. Hill who retired on February 17, 2018. She was sworn into office on March 12, 2018. Boomgaarden is the third woman appointed the Wyoming Supreme Court. Lynne J. Boomgaarden Lynne J. Boomgaarden is an American judge who serves as an Associate Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Boomgaarden received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Wyoming in 1983 and her Juris Doctor with honor from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1991.

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice. The Senior Associate Justice is also usually designated as the chairperson of the second division of the Court. The following names became Senior Associate Justices in their term in the Supreme Court Only two persons appointed as Chief Justice had not previously served as Associate Justices. These were Cayetano Arellano, the first Chief Justice, and Jose Yulo, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives who was appointed as Chief Justice during the Japanese period. All other Chief Justices, except for Victorino Mapa, were incumbent Associate Justices at the time of their appointment as Chief Justice. Mapa had

neg: Antonio Negrón García García had fulfilled the Supreme Courts requirement for membership: ten years as a licensed jurist in Puerto Rico. At the time, he was the youngest person ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court. In 2000 Negrón García stepped down after 26 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He is currently a professor at the Universidad Interamericana. He writes occasional columns for El Nuevo Día, and he serves as an advisor to the Joint Commission on the Revision of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico in the matter of torts. Antonio Negrón García Antonio S. Negrón García

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice Reynato Puno was also the subject of some controversy. Puno was eventually appointed as Chief Justice in 2006. Another contender for Chief Justice in 2006 was Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. Had Santiago been appointed Chief Justice, she would have been the first person since Jose Yulo in 1942 to have been appointed Chief without serving as Associate Justice. When Justice Renato Corona assumed as Chief Justice on May 17, 2010, the most senior Associate Justice was Antonio Carpio, who was appointed to the Court in October 2001, 6 months before Corona's own appointment. Associate Justice of the Supreme

neg: Supreme Court of Vanuatu Supreme Court of Vanuatu Supreme Court of Vanuatu is the superior court of Vanuatu and is based in Port Vila. The Court consists of the Chief Justice and three puisne judges. Appeals from the Supreme Court are heard by the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, which is the supreme appellate court in the country. The Court of Appeal is constituted from time to time as the need arises. With the exception of the Chief Justice, all members of the judiciary are appointed by the President of Vanuatu, who acts on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, pursuant to Article

neg: K. M. Joseph Court collegium has recommended the name of Justice Joseph for their appointment as judge of the Supreme Court. While recommending Justice Joseph's name for elevation to the Supreme Court, the 5 member collegium unanimously said that "The Collegium considered that at the time of recommendation, Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph, who hails from Kerala High Court and was functioning as Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, is "more deserving and suitable in all respects than other Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges of High Courts for being appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India"". Despite the strongly worded recommendation

neg: James Edelman also a patron and former editor of the "Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal". Edelman has been noted as having a "prodigious" record of publications. At the time of his appointment to the Supreme Court, his publications included six books and more than 80 articles, reviews, and notes. Edelman was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in April 2011 following the retirement of Justice Peter Blaxell. He took the oath of office on 22 July 2011. It was reported that, at the age of 37, Edelman was the youngest person to join the Supreme Court bench. However, at the

neg: Francis Flaherty (judge) victory over the incumbent, Governor Bruce Sundlun, in 1992. In the years after, Flaherty returned to private law practice, served on the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education from 1998 to 2003, and was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2003. Francis Flaherty (judge) Francis X. Flaherty (born January 8, 1947) is an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Justice Flaherty was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Donald Carcieri in 2003. Prior to his service on the Supreme Court, Justice Flaherty's career

neg: Augustine Nshimye Augustine Nshimye Augustine Nshimye is a Ugandan judge who has served as a member of the Supreme Court of Uganda since 2015. His career started in 1967 as a senior clerk. From 1986 until 1988, he served as deputy chief registrar. In 1988, he went into private practice. In 2008, he was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal (which also serves as the Constitutional Court). In 2010, he temporarily served as an acting Justice of the Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in September 2015. Between 1988 and 2008, he served as the member of

neg: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines The Chief Justice of the Philippines () presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of November 28, 2018, the position is currently held by Lucas Bersamin, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the mandatory retirement of his predecessor Teresita Leonardo-De Castro in October 2018. The Chief Justice, who was first named in June 11, 1901 in the person of Cayetano Arellano, is the oldest existing major governmental office continually held by a Filipino, preceding the

neg: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago Consuelo Ynares-Santiago Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (born October 5, 1939) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada. Appointed on April 6, 1999, Justice Ynares-Santiago is the first female member of the Supreme Court who rose from the ranks, having begun her career as a municipal judge. A product of the UP College of Law where she graduated in 1962, Justice Santiago started her career in the judiciary in 1973 when she was appointed Municipal Judge of Cainta, Rizal, a position she held for thirteen years. In November

neg: Chief Justice of Gibraltar Chief Justice of Gibraltar The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme court of Gibraltar. Previously the Chief Justice was appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar on the advice of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Under the 2006 Constitution the Governor, on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, makes the appointment on behalf of the Monarch. As a judge of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice is responsible for hearing civil and criminal proceedings, including Family Jurisdiction, Court of Protection, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Ordinary (Chancery) Jurisdiction,

neg: Roger A. Page Roger A. Page Roger A. Page (born October 7, 1955) is an American lawyer and judge who is a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Having been appointed to the court by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. Justice Page was sworn in as a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court in February 2016. He was appointed to this position by Governor Bill Haslam. He was the first Justice to be confirmed by the state legislature under the state's appellate court selection process ratified by state voters in 2014. This amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee requires appointment by the governor and

neg: Street family to put Australia on a war footing. In November 1939, Menzies abolished the position of Minister of Defence and appointed Street Minister for the Army and Minister for Repatriation. Street died while holding these offices in the 1940 Canberra air disaster, along with two other Cabinet ministers. Commodore Sir Laurence Whistler Street, (3 July 1926 - 21 June 2018) was the fourteenth and second-youngest Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. He was first appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in the Equity Division. He

neg: Noma Gurich Noma Gurich Noma D. Gurich (born September 26, 1952) is an American attorney and judge who is serving as a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gurich was appointed the State's highest court by Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry in 2010 and assumed office on February 15, 2011. Gurich was appointed to the Court following the death of long-time Justice Marian P. Opala. Gurich is the third woman in state history to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Gurich was born in South Bend, Indiana. She received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1975 from Indiana State University and

neg: Supreme Court of India Hegde, R. F. Nariman, U. U. Lalit, L. Nageswara Rao and Indu Malhotra—have been appointed to the supreme court directly from the bar (i.e. who were practising advocates). The supreme court saw its first woman judge when Justice M. Fathima Beevi was sworn into office in 1989. The seventh and the most recent woman judge in the court is Justice Indu Malhotra. In 1968, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah became the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. In 2000, Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge from the "dalit" community. In 2007 he also became the first "dalit" Chief Justice of

neg: Javaid Iqbal Javaid Iqbal Javed Iqbal (; b. 1 August 1946) is a retired Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a philosopher who is currently serving as the Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), appointed since 8 October 2017. A jurist and professor of law by profession, he served as the Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2004 until his retirement in 2011. Prior to the appointment at the Supreme Court, Justice Iqbal shortly tenured as the Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court which lasted only a month. During his career as jurist, he

neg: Noma Gurich in the Oklahoma Supreme Court, following the death of Justice Marian Opala on October 11, 2010. She was sworn in on March 31, 2011. Gurich was sworn in as to serve as the third woman on the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Justice Gurich was sworn in by fellow Justice, Yvonne Kauger. Noma Gurich Noma D. Gurich (born September 26, 1952) is an American attorney and judge who is serving as a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gurich was appointed the State's highest court by Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry in 2010 and assumed office on February 15, 2011. Gurich was

neg: Wade L. Hopping Wade L. Hopping Wade Lee Hopping (August 12, 1931 – August 11, 2009) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1968 to 1969. Appointed by Governor Claude Kirk at the age of 37, Wade was the youngest justice to be appointed to the Court. He was defeated in an election for the seat the following year. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Hopping received a B.A. in Political Science from Ohio State University in 1953, and an L.L.B./J.D. from that university's Moritz College of Law in 1955. While a student at Ohio State, he became a member of the Sigma

neg: Wade L. Hopping the law firm of Hopping Green & Sams. He specialized in the areas of environmental and land use law, often representing utilities and corporate interests in efforts to protect property rights and engage in development activity in compliance with land use restrictions and environmental protections. Hopping died in Tallahassee, Florida of esophageal cancer. Wade L. Hopping Wade Lee Hopping (August 12, 1931 – August 11, 2009) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1968 to 1969. Appointed by Governor Claude Kirk at the age of 37, Wade was the youngest justice to be appointed to the Court. He

neg: South Dakota Supreme Court not receive its own chambers until the autumn of 1905. In 2002, Judith Meierhenry was appointed by Governor William Janklow as the first female Supreme Court Justice. She served until her retirement in 2011. In 2014, Janine Kern was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard. At the time of her appointment she was the only Justice on the South Dakota Supreme Court to not receive admission via diploma privilege. In 2017, she was joined by Steven R. Jensen who sat for the bar exam in 1988. The current justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court. South Dakota Supreme Court The South

neg: Alaska Supreme Court in the city where the case was heard in the trial court. The Supreme Court is composed of the Chief Justice and four associate justices, who are all appointed by the governor of Alaska (see List of Governors of Alaska) and face judicial retention elections and who choose one of their own members to serve a three-year term as Chief Justice. Justices, like other Alaska state court judges, are selected in accordance with the Missouri Plan. The governor of Alaska appoints a supreme court justice from a list of qualified candidates submitted by the Alaska Judicial Council. To be eligible

neg: Roger A. Page Tennessee. Justice Page has also been a Dixie Youth Baseball Coach, and was part of a Jackson (TN) city champions team for Senior Olympics Softball (Age 50-55 division). Roger A. Page Roger A. Page (born October 7, 1955) is an American lawyer and judge who is a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Having been appointed to the court by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. Justice Page was sworn in as a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court in February 2016. He was appointed to this position by Governor Bill Haslam. He was the first Justice to be confirmed by the

neg: Suzanne Côté to Gerald R. Tremblay, who is also a lawyer practicing in the province of Quebec. Suzanne Côté Suzanne Côté (born September 21, 1958) is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. She was nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to replace retiring justice Louis LeBel. Prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court, she was a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and previously Stikeman Elliott LLP in Montréal. She is the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court directly from private practice. She has wanted to be a lawyer since age 11. While her mother wanted

neg: Geoffrey Eames because a judge of the Court of Appeal. Geoffrey Eames Geoffrey Michael Eames (born 26 November 1945) is an Australian jurist, who was a Court of Appeal justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria. He served on the Trials court from 1992 to 2002, and then on the Court of Appeal until 2007. After retirement he also served as acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 2007 to 2008. In December 2010, he was appointed Chief Justice of the two-member Supreme Court of Nauru. In January 2014, the Nauru government cancelled Eames' visa, and he resigned

neg: Alisa Kelli Wise Alisa Kelli Wise Alisa Kelli Wise (born 1962) is an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, who was first elected as a Republican in 2010, and re-elected in 2016. She previously served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, to which she was first elected in 2000. Upon taking office in 2001, she became the youngest woman to ever serve on an Alabama appellate court. Re-elected in 2006, she resigned from the appellate court upon her election to the Alabama Supreme Court. Justice Wise is a graduate of Auburn University and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at

neg: Gordon R. Thompson bachelor's degree in 1940, Thompson, like his brother, left Reno to attend California's Stanford Law School, where he earned his LL.B. in 1943. From 1957 to 1959, Thompson served as one of five members of the Advisory Committee to the Supreme Court of Nevada on Rules of Civil Procedure. In 1961, Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer appointed Thompson to the Nevada Supreme Court, making him, at 42 years old, the youngest appointee to any state supreme court in the nation at that point. Re-elected three times, Thompson also served as Chief Justice several times. Among Thompson's opponents for re-election was future

neg: Deepak Raj Joshee Deepak Raj Joshee Deepak Raj Joshee () is an Acting Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal on 19 March 2018. He had been recommended as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal on 12th june, 2018. But he is rejected for Chief Justice of Supreme Court by Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee on 3 August 2018. Designated Doctor Title – The Open International University For Complementary Medicine from Sri- lanka Nepal Branch. Tribhuwan University, Kritipur, Nepal Nepal Law Campus, Pradrashani Marg,Kathmandu, Nepal. 1. Appointed as Acting Chief

neg: Jenny Blokland briefly practiced as a barrister. Blokland then worked at the Department of Justice as Director of Policy, before being appointed as a magistrate to the Magistrates court in 2002, becoming Chief Magistrate in 2006. Blokland was appointed to the Supreme Court on 9 April 2010 replacing Justice David Angel who retired in January 2010. Justice Blokland was the third female appointment to the Court since it was established in 1911, following the appointment of Sally Thomas in 1992 and Judith Kelly in 2009. Blokland's appointment to the Supreme Court alongside Justice Kelly meant that for the first time the Court

neg: Geoffrey Eames Geoffrey Eames Geoffrey Michael Eames (born 26 November 1945) is an Australian jurist, who was a Court of Appeal justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria. He served on the Trials court from 1992 to 2002, and then on the Court of Appeal until 2007. After retirement he also served as acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 2007 to 2008. In December 2010, he was appointed Chief Justice of the two-member Supreme Court of Nauru. In January 2014, the Nauru government cancelled Eames' visa, and he resigned two months later. Eames was born in Melbourne

neg: Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lords of Appeal in Ordinary became judges of the Supreme Court, except for Lord Scott of Foscote, who retired the day before the Court began business, and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, who resigned to become Master of the Rolls. The former Master of the Rolls, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, became a judge of the Supreme Court on its first day, the first Justice directly appointed to the Court, and Sir John Dyson was appointed on 13 April 2010, the first Justice not to be a peer. The Senior Law Lord on 1 October 2009, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, became

neg: Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation The National Supreme Court of Justice ( (SCJN) is the Mexican institution serving as the country's federal high court and the spearhead organisation for the judiciary of the Mexican Federal Government. It consists of eleven magistrates, known as "ministers of the court", one of whom is designated the court's "president". Judges of the SCJN are appointed for 15 years. They are ratified through affirmation by the Senate from a list proposed by the President of the Republic. The ministers chosen will select from among themselves who shall be the President of the Court

neg: Chief Justice of Nigeria Chief Justice of Nigeria The Chief Justice of Nigeria or CJN is the head of the judicial arm of the government of Nigeria, and presides over the country's Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council The current Chief Justice is Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen who was appointed by the President on acting capacity after the retirement of Mahmud Mohammed who attained the prescribed retirement age. The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the highest court in Nigeria aqond its deciposion thumb yet is final. The Chief Justice of Nigeria is nominated by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria upon

neg: Cynthia D. Kinser Cynthia D. Kinser Cynthia Dinah Kinser (born December 20, 1951) is a Virginia lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice Kinser was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to her first 12-year term to the Virginia Supreme Court in 1998, after being appointed by Governor George Allen to fill a 1997 vacancy. Justice Kinser was elected to a second 12-year term during the 2010 session of the General Assembly. Justice Kinser became Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court on February 1, 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office of

neg: Supreme Court of Kenya has a composition of five judges. In the event that a Chief Justice serves the mandatory ten years as Chief Justice before turning 70, the retired Chief Justice can opt to continue serving as an associate justice, even though this may raise the membership of the court above seven. Following a protracted case on the retirement age of judges who were appointed under the old Constitution of Kenya, the Supreme Court delivered a ruling which effectively set the retirement age at 70 years, sending the Deputy Chief Justice and one other Supreme Court Judge who had reached 70 on retirement.

neg: Judiciary Act of 1869 circuit judge appointed who would reside in that locale and have the same power and jurisdiction as the Supreme Court justice assigned to the circuit. It was stipulated that the Chief Justice and each of the associate justices had the duty to sit at least one term in the circuit every two years. The circuit court could be held by the circuit judge, the Supreme Court justice, or the two could hold the court together, in which case the Supreme Court justice would preside. Up until this time, circuit courts were normally only staffed by district judges and Supreme Court

neg: Supreme Court of Fiji that it has previously rendered. Section 123 authorised the President of Fiji, on the advice of the Cabinet, to ask the Supreme Court to rule on actual or potential disagreements pertaining to the Constitution. The Supreme Court is required to pronounce its opinion in open court. The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice, who is also the President of the Supreme Court, all Justices of Appeal (who are also members of the Court of Appeal), and others specifically appointed as Supreme Court judges. The puisne judges, who sit on the High Court and the Court of Appeal, are not

neg: Supreme Court of Israel Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court (, "Beit HaMishpat HaElyon") is the highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme Court consists of 15 Justices, who are appointed by the President of Israel, upon nomination by the Judicial Selection Committee. Once appointed, Justices serve until retirement at the age of 70, unless they resign or are removed from office. The current President (equivalent to Chief Justice) is Esther Hayut. The Court is situated in Jerusalem's Givat Ram governmental campus. When ruling as the High Court of

neg: William J. Sullivan William J. Sullivan William J. Sullivan (born March 12, 1939) is a Judge Trial Referee of the Connecticut Superior Court. He has served as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court by Gov. John G. Rowland in 1997 and remained there until his elevation to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1999. Justice Sullivan was nominated to be Chief Justice by Gov. Rowland in 2000 and was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2001. Justice Sullivan took senior status on April 15, 2006 and continued to serve as a Senior Justice until

neg: John Charles Thomas (judge) to make partner. In 1983, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia, becoming the first African American and (being 32) the youngest person of any race to sit there. In the middle of his seventh year on the court, he resigned (due to illness) and was succeeded by Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr.. who later became the court's first black chief justice. Judge Thomas now practices law in Richmond, Virginia as part of the Hunton & Williams LLP law firm. In 1995, he received the NAACP's Lifetime Image Award. In 2005, Thomas was named a member of the Court

neg: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico fill three vacancies. Added to one Justice already on the Court, appointed by another pro-statehood Governor, the justices appointed by statehooders became a majority in the Court. Four women have been appointed justices since 1952; one of them, Miriam Naveira, was Chief Justice for a period of one year. Only one black, Justice Erick Kolthoff, has served in the Court. He is also the Court's only Protestant. The recently retired Chief Justice, Liana Fiol Matta, appointed by Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, was the second woman to hold the post, succeeding Federico Hernández Denton, who was appointed in 2004 by Governor

neg: Yvonne Kauger appointed to the Supreme Court. Appointed by Governor Nigh in 1984, Justice Kauger has served on the Oklahoma Supreme Court ever since. Kauger served as the Chief justice from January 2007 to December 2008. Yvonne Kauger Yvonne Kauger (born August 3, 1937), is an Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, and was appointed to the Court's District 4 seat by Governor George Nigh in 1984, and served as Chief Justice from 1997 to 1998. She was born in Cordell, Oklahoma, and grew up in Colony, Oklahoma, and is an honorary member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.

neg: Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio-Herrera (born 11 May 1922) served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979-92. She was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Cecilia Muñoz-Palma. Born in Cabanatuan City to Jose P. and Carmen (née Aguinaldo) Melencio, Herrera is a granddaughter of Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines. Among the future Justice's baptismal godfathers was Supreme Court Justice George A. Malcolm, who also happened to be the founder of the law school she would later attend,

neg: Supreme Court of Pakistan High Court until judgement was rendered against them. These judges were appointed by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Justice Zahid Hussain, who is still a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and is not being tried before the Supreme Judicial Counsel. The petition also noted that none of the sacked judges were made parties to the decision against them, nor were they able to comment in the hearing or in some cases aware that the hearing was taking place. They also allege that no copy of the decision was sent to the High Court or to the judges concerned.

neg: Philip Nnaemeka-Agu House of Representatives in 1965. In 1974, he was appointed High Court judge and in 1977, he moved to the Court of Appeals. He was appointed justice at the Supreme Court in 1987. Philip Nnaemeka-Agu Philip Nnaemeka-Agu (1928 - 2011) was a Nigerian jurist who was a justice at the Federal Court of Appeals. He was Commissioner of Justice, East Central State (1970-1972) and justice at the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1987 to 1993. Nnaemeka Agu was born in Obinagu, a community under Udi Local Government in Enugu State. His parents were Chime and Mary Agu. From 1936 to

neg: William J. Sullivan active as a Judge Trial Referee, sitting regularly with the Connecticut Appellate Court. William J. Sullivan William J. Sullivan (born March 12, 1939) is a Judge Trial Referee of the Connecticut Superior Court. He has served as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court by Gov. John G. Rowland in 1997 and remained there until his elevation to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1999. Justice Sullivan was nominated to be Chief Justice by Gov. Rowland in 2000 and was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2001. Justice Sullivan took senior status

neg: Randall T. Shepard Evansville, and later as a special assistant to the Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He was judge of the Vanderburgh County Superior Court from 1980 to 1985. He was appointed the ninety-ninth justice of the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor Robert D. Orr in 1985. He was chosen to become the Chief Justice of Indiana in March 1987, then the youngest state chief justice. Chief Justice Shepard was a chairperson of Indiana's State Student Assistance Commission and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for eleven years. He has also served as chair of the

neg: William H. Beatty was elected a Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court. In November 1874, William Beatty was elected to the Nevada Supreme Court and took his seat in January 1875. He served for six years on the Supreme Court, the last two as Chief Justice. In January 1881, soon after the conclusion of his term, Beatty returned to Sacramento and resumed a private practice. In 1888, both the Republican and Union Labor parties placed Beatty on the ticket for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California. He won the election, defeating Niles Searls (who was appointed Chief Justice

neg: History of the Supreme Court of Canada Minister of Justice who introduced the "Supreme and Exchequer Court Act, 1875", and Jean-Thomas Taschereau, a judge of the Quebec Court of Queen's Bench. The remaining two seats went to William Johnston Ritchie, chief justice of New Brunswick, and William Alexander Henry, a former Nova Scotia MLA who lost his seat for his role as a Father of Confederation. The average age of the first six members of the Court was fifty-seven years, which would in fact be one of the youngest benches in the history of the Court. Public reaction to the appointments were mixed, especially in Montréal, where

neg: Anwar Zaheer Jamali reappointed as Judge and Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court on 27 August 2008. He was elevated as judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 3 August 2009 and appointed as Acting Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of Pakistan on 3 July 2014. He was appointed as 24th Chief Justice of Pakistan on 10 September 2015 by President Mamnoon Hussain. Anwar Zaheer Jamali Anwar Zaheer Jamali ( born 31 December 1951), is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 24th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He remained in the Supreme Court from 3 August 2009 to 30

neg: Percival L. Shangraw to become the chief judge. In 1958, Chief Justice Olin M. Jeffords retired from the Vermont Supreme Court. Associate Justice Walter H. Cleary was promoted to Chief Justice, and Shangraw was appointed to succeed Cleary, in keeping with the state's tradition of promoting the chief judge of the superior court to the supreme court as vacancies arose. In 1972, Shangraw was promoted to chief justice, succeeding James Stuart Holden, who had been appointed to a federal judgeship. He served as chief justice until retiring in 1974, and was succeeded by Albert W. Barney Jr. In retirement, Shangraw continued to reside

neg: Tan Boon Teik was started in 1956. In 1961, he represented Singapore at the Seminar on the Protection of Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice organised by the United Nations in Wellington, New Zealand. With effect from 1 September 1963, he became the Solicitor-General, succeeding T. Kulasekaram who had been appointed a Supreme Court judge. He was then appointed Acting Attorney-General from 1 February 1967 to 31 December 1968, and as Attorney-General from 1 January 1969 to 30 April 1992. Tan was 39 years old when he became Attorney-General, and is believed to have been the youngest person to hold this

neg: Maine Supreme Judicial Court Court were: There is one active retired justice. Maine Supreme Judicial Court The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the state of Maine's judicial system. It is composed of seven justices, who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Maine Senate. From 1820 until 1839, justices served lifetime appointments with a mandatory retirement age of 70. Beginning in 1839, justices are appointed for seven-year terms, with no limit on the number of terms that they may serve. Known as the Law Court when sitting as an appellate court, the Supreme Court's other functions include hearing

neg: Richard S. Brown attorney in Racine County from 1971 until 1973, when he entered private practice in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, specializing in commercial litigation. In 1978, Brown was elected to a judgeship on the newly created Wisconsin Court of Appeals, serving in the court's Waukesha-based District II. At the time of his election, Brown was the youngest judge serving in Wisconsin's courts. In 1983, Brown was appointed presiding judge of District II. Also in 1983, Brown, who is hearing-impaired, became the first judge to use a real-time, computerized transcription system in a Wisconsin courtroom. In 1990, Brown challenged Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Donald Steinmetz,

neg: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP is a leading Toronto-based Canadian law firm founded in 1862. Clients include industry and business firms in all segments of the market and at various stages in the growth of their businesses. Two Osler partners have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada: Bertha Wilson, who became the first female Justice on the Supreme Court; and Suzanne Côté, who currently serves on the Court. Former Supreme Court justice Marshall Rothstein is currently an Osler partner in the firm's Vancouver office. Former Governor General of Canada David Johnston completed his articles

neg: Wyoming Supreme Court Wyoming Supreme Court The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming from a list of three nominees submitted by the judicial nominating commission, for an eight-year term. One year after being appointed, a new justice stands for retention in office on a statewide ballot at the next general election. If a majority votes for retention, the justice serves the remainder of the term and may stand for retention for succeeding eight-year terms by means

neg: Jens Edvin A. Skoghøy Jens Edvin A. Skoghøy Jens Edvin A. Skoghøy (born 16 February 1955) is a Norwegian judge. He hails from Ringvassøya. He graduated as cand.jur. at the University of Oslo in 1976 and took the dr.juris degree at the University of Tromsø in 1990. He subsequently became a professor there, and has also worked as a lawyer. He was appointed Supreme Court Justice in 1998, as one of the youngest ever. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In early 2017 he resigned from the Supreme Court—the third to do so before the retirement age, after

neg: Shivaraj Patil Shivaraj Patil Shivaraj Virupanna Patil (born 12 January 1940) is a retired Indian judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of India between 2000 and 2005. Patil joined the bar in 1962, practising in Hyderabad until the late 1970s. In 1990 he became a judge of the Karnataka High Court, transferring to the Madras High Court in 1994. He served as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from late 1998 until becoming Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court in early 1999. Patil was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of India in March 2000,

neg: Supreme Court of Nauru Supreme Court of Nauru The Supreme Court of Nauru is the highest court in the judicial system of the Republic of Nauru. It is established by part V of the Constitution, adopted upon Nauru's independence from Australia in 1968. Art. 48 of the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court as "a superior court of record", with jurisdiction prescribed constitutionally and by law. Art.49 stipulates that the Chief Justice is appointed by the President and sits with other justices, likewise appointed by the President, whose number is to be determined by law. Only barristers and solicitors who have been practising for at

neg: Alvin Peterson Hovey were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court two years later. In 1854, Hovey was appointed by Governor Joseph A. Wright to fill a vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court until an election could be held. At the time of his appointment, he was 34, making him the youngest justice in the history of the court. It also made him the only constitutional delegate to become the interpreter of a document which he himself had helped write. His most important decision was in voting to strike down taxing laws created by some townships to increase funding for their schools. His

neg: Joette Katz unit in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She served as Chief of Legal Services for the Office of the Chief Public Defender from 1983 to 1989 and was the first woman to serve in this role in Connecticut. Katz was nominated for the Superior Court bench by Gov. William A. O'Neill in 1989. She was elevated to the state Supreme Court by Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. in 1992. Her appointment at age 39 made her the youngest justice ever appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court. She was reappointed by Gov. John G. Rowland in 2001 and Gov. M. Jodi Rell in 2009