query: what percent of the senate is needed to confirm a supreme court justice

pos: Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States attempted to block Harlan's confirmation, hence the decision to testify. Once the Committee reports out the nomination, the whole Senate considers it. A simple majority vote is required to confirm or to reject a nominee. Prior to 2017, a successful filibuster threat could add the requirement of a supermajority of 60 needed in favor of cloture, which would allow debate to end and force a final vote on confirmation. Rejections are relatively uncommon; the Senate has explicitly rejected twelve Supreme Court nominees in its history. The most recent rejection of a nominee by vote of the full Senate came in

pos: Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates Cruz, Texas; Jeff Flake, Arizona; David Vitter, Louisiana; David Perdue, Georgia; and Thom Tillis, North Carolina. After Garland's nomination, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated his position that the Senate would not confirm any Supreme Court nomination from Obama. Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017. On February 13, 2016, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead while vacationing at Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa, Texas. President Obama stated that he planned to nominate someone to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court. Scalia's death marked just the second time in sixty years that a sitting justice died. The White House

pos: Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination senators didn't vote, including Democrat Tom Harkin and Republican John Ensign, who had been injured in a car accident earlier that day. All of the members of the Gang of Fourteen voted for cloture with the majority. The Senate voted 58–42 on Tuesday, January 31, to confirm Alito as the 110th Justice of the Supreme Court. All but one of the 55 Senate Republicans voted to confirm Alito, as well as four Democrats: Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND). Forty-two Senators voted against Alito's confirmation (40 Democrats, Lincoln Chafee

pos: Filibuster in the United States Senate the 2013 change by invoking the "nuclear option" for Supreme Court nominees. This was done in order to allow a simple majority to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The vote to change the rules was 52 to 48 along party lines. The only bills that are not currently subject to effective 60-vote requirements are those considered under provisions of law that limit time for debating them. These limits on debate allow the Senate to hold a simple-majority vote on final passage without obtaining the 60 votes normally needed to close debate. As a result, many major legislative actions

pos: Mari Carmen Aponte Aponte to remain in office until the end of Obama's term in office in January 2013, the Senate would need to confirm Aponte before the end of 2011. In 2011, Aponte helped organize and hosted President Obama's state visit to El Salvador as part of a Latin American tour that also included Brazil and Chile. In August, 2011, she personally hosted a visit from U.S. Supreme Court Justice (and fellow Puerto Rican) Sonia Sotomayor, who met with her Salvadorean counterparts. In December 2011, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Aponte's nomination, in an effort to break Senate

pos: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania failed to win retention. Justice Russell M. Nigro received a majority of no votes in the election of 2005 and was replaced by Justice Cynthia Baldwin, who was appointed by Governor Rendell in 2005. Only one Supreme Court Justice, Rolf Larsen, has been removed from office by impeachment. In 1994, the State House of Representatives handed down articles of impeachment consisting of seven counts of misconduct. A majority of the State Senate voted against Larsen in five of the seven counts but only one charge garnered the two-thirds majority needed to convict. Under the 1874 Constitution and until the Pennsylvania

pos: Roger A. Page confirmation by the General Assembly. The legislature met on February 22, 2016 in a joint session where the Senate voted 30-0 and the House voted 97-0 to confirm the appointment. The confirmation also created a Republican majority for the first time in modern history on the five-member court. Prior to assuming a seat on the Supreme Court, Justice Page served as an appellate judge on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals from December 2011 to February 2016 where he wrote more than 330 appellate opinions. In 1998, he was elected to the position of circuit court judge where he presided

pos: Decius Wade Senate. Though he had no previous experience in the west, Wade was appointed the third Chief Justice of the Montana Territorial Supreme Court by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 14, 1871, and confirmed by the United States Senate on March 17. His sixteen-year tenure on that court was the longest served by any member. He was appointed to three more terms, serving on the court until 1887, when N. W. McConnell was appointed as his successor by President Cleveland. Wade authored roughly thirty percent of the court’s output during its 25-year history, writing 192 majority opinions, along with fourteen

pos: George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates the Senate. As the new Senate majority, the Democrats easily blocked several conservative appellate judicial nominees without resorting to the filibuster. Conservative appellate nominees like Peter Keisler, Robert J. Conrad and Steve A. Matthews were blocked in committee and never given a hearing. If a Supreme Court justice had chosen to retire during the 110th Congress, it would have been easy for the Democrats to have blocked his proposed replacement in committee, or even by a party-line vote on the Senate floor, if it somehow came to that. As it developed, no Supreme Court justice retired or died during the

pos: Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination on a Texas ranch. Scalia's death marked only the second time in sixty years that a Supreme Court justice had died in office, the other being Chief Justice Rehnquist in 2005. Scalia's death was the seventh occasion since 1900 in which a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States was vacant during a year in which a presidential election was set to occur. One hour after Scalia's death was confirmed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the Senate would not consider any replacement nominated by President Barack Obama. When Justice Scalia died, Democrat Barack Obama was

pos: Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination to endure", calling the Senate hearing "a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception." Justice Kavanaugh spoke thanking his family, friends, and those that had supported his nomination. He thanked President Trump for his "steadfast and unwavering support" and several Republican senators, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Susan Collins, who cast what was considered the deciding vote in his favor. He also thanked the only Democrat who voted for him, Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia. He closed saying, "As a Justice on the Supreme Court, I will always strive to preserve the

pos: Supreme Court of Chile members of the court. Two of the choices must be senior judges from appellate courts; the other three may have no judicial experience. The president's choice must then be ratified by a two-thirds majority of the Senate. Supreme Court justices must be at least 36 years old. Once appointed, a Chilean Supreme Court justice is entitled to remain on the Court until the compulsory retirement age of 75. The only exception is if a justice can be removed by "notorious abandonment of duty," as deemed by a majority of both chambers of Congress. The Supreme Court has twenty-one members, called

pos: Supreme Court of New Jersey least ten years. Following seven days of public notice, nominees are put before the Senate for "advice and consent". The salary of the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court is $192,795 while the salary of each Associate Justice is $185,482. Once in office, the salary of judges may not be decreased. While sitting on the bench, judges are not permitted to practice law or earn money from any other source. A majority of the General Assembly may pass articles of impeachment against a Justice, which the Senate will then try. Only a two-thirds majority will convict, and the

pos: William K. Sessions III states, aim to reduce emissions from cars by 30 percent when fully implemented in 2016. This precedent will likely have an important impact on similar cases pending in California and Rhode Island. On April 20, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sessions to be Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. Sessions' nomination languished with no full Senate vote for more than six months, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid contending that Senate Republicans had stalled Sessions' nomination in retaliation for the speed of Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation process. Reid filed cloture on Sessions' nomination on October 20,

neg: Ellsworth Court Ellsworth Court The Ellsworth Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1796 to 1800, when Oliver Ellsworth served as the third Chief Justice of the United States. Ellsworth took office after the Senate refused to confirm the nomination of Chief Justice John Rutledge, who briefly served as a Chief Justice as a recess appointment. Ellsworth served as Chief Justice until his resignation, at which point John Marshall took office. With some exceptions, the Ellsworth Court was the last Supreme Court to use seriatim opinions. The Ellsworth Court began in 1796 when the Senate confirmed President George

neg: Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination sexual assault allegations. On October 6, the Senate voted 50–48 to confirm Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (generally considered a moderate "swing" vote on the court) announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on June 27, 2018, after having served on the court for over 30 years. His resignation took effect on July 31, 2018. From 1993 to 1994, Kavanaugh served as a law clerk for Justice Kennedy. Kavanaugh was officially announced as the nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on July 9, 2018, selected as the Supreme Court

neg: House and Senate career of John McCain, until 2000 candidates. Further in 1993, a melanoma was discovered on his shoulder and removed. In 1990, McCain voted to confirm David Souter as a Supreme Court justice, and in 1991, he supported the contentious but eventually successful nomination of Clarence Thomas. In 1993 and 1994, McCain voted to confirm President Clinton's nominees Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, whom he considered to be qualified for the Supreme Court despite differing judicial philosophies from his. He would later explain that "under our Constitution, it is the president's call to make." McCain was a key member of the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on

neg: William Wood Porter a recess appointment as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on October 23, 1885. Among the individuals recommending him for the appointment was United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field. Porter took office on November 9. The United States Senate refused to confirm the nomination in June 1886 and Cleveland resubmitted the nomination a month later. The Senate confirmed the second bid on July 27, 1886. While Porter's nomination was being confirmed, Chief Justice John C. Shields was fighting an unsuccessful bid for his own confirmation. In October 1886, Porter wrote to Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland

neg: Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States 1987, when the Senate refused to confirm Robert Bork. Not everyone nominated by the President has received a floor vote in the Senate. Prior to 2017 a nominee could be filibustered once debate on the nomination had begun in the full Senate. A filibuster indefinitely prolongs the debate, preventing a final vote on the nominee. President Lyndon Johnson's nomination of sitting Associate Justice Abe Fortas to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice in 1968 was the first successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee. It included both Republican and Democratic senators concerned with Fortas's ethics. President Donald Trump's nomination of

neg: Franklin D. Roosevelt Supreme Court candidates the Senate to defeat the nomination. However, no conclusive evidence of Black's involvement was available at the time, so after six hours of debate, the Senate voted 63–16 to confirm Black; ten Republicans and six Democrats voted against Black. He resigned from the Senate and was sworn in as an Associate Justice two days later; Black would later explain that the haste in resigning was to avoid fallout from his Klan membership potentially going public. On January 5, 1938, 78-year-old Associate Justice George Sutherland announced he would retire from the Supreme Court as of January 18. On January 15, 1938,

neg: Montana Supreme Court candidates to the governor of Montana, who then must choose one from that list to appoint. If the governor fails to make a selection within thirty days of receiving the list, the Chief Justice or Acting Chief Justice makes the nomination. All appointments must be confirmed by the Montana Senate, though recess appointments serve on the court until the next session of the Senate begins. If the Senate fails to confirm the appointee, the seat on the court will remain vacant and the selection and nomination process restarts. If confirmed, the appointee serves only until the next general election, and

neg: Supreme Court of the United States elevated Harlan Fiske Stone to Chief Justice. The U.S. Constitution states that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Judges of the Supreme Court." Most presidents nominate candidates who broadly share their ideological views, although a justice's decisions may end up being contrary to a president's expectations. Because the Constitution sets no qualifications for service as a justice, a president may nominate anyone to serve, subject to Senate confirmation. In modern times, the confirmation process has attracted considerable attention from the press and advocacy groups, which lobby senators to confirm

neg: Ellsworth Court seat. Alfred Moore joined the court in 1800 after the death of Iredell. The Ellsworth Court issued some notable rulings: Ellsworth Court The Ellsworth Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1796 to 1800, when Oliver Ellsworth served as the third Chief Justice of the United States. Ellsworth took office after the Senate refused to confirm the nomination of Chief Justice John Rutledge, who briefly served as a Chief Justice as a recess appointment. Ellsworth served as Chief Justice until his resignation, at which point John Marshall took office. With some exceptions, the Ellsworth Court was

neg: Chris Christie 2016 presidential campaign "I support her appointment to the Supreme Court and urge the Senate to keep politics out of the process and confirm her nomination. Qualified appointees should be confirmed and deserve bi-partisan support. Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito deserved that support based on their work as Circuit Court Judges. So does Judge Sotomayor. As a result, I support her confirmation. This is a historic moment and her inspiring success story should not only make the Latino community proud, but all Americans." In response to the 2015 Supreme Court rulings regarding the Affordable Health Care Act ("King v. Burwell") and same-sex

neg: The Federalist (website) the death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia that the Senate should refuse to confirm President Obama's nomination to the Court. Davis tweeted, "If Scalia has actually passed away, the Senate must refuse to confirm any justices in 2016." Republicans would later refuse to hold confirmation hearings for President Obama's nominee Merrick Garland. In May 2018, "The Federalist" published an article which suggested that former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe leaked a story to CNN. The article presented no evidence that this was the case, only that McCabe was aware that CNN would publish a story four days prior to

neg: Supreme Court of the United States final Senate vote since 1975 is 67 days (2.2 months), while the median is 71 days (or 2.3 months). When the Senate is in recess, a president may make temporary appointments to fill vacancies. Recess appointees hold office only until the end of the next Senate session (less than two years). The Senate must confirm the nominee for them to continue serving; of the two chief justices and eleven associate justices who have received recess appointments, only Chief Justice John Rutledge was not subsequently confirmed. No president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has made a recess appointment to the Court, and

neg: Ronald Reagan Supreme Court candidates since his contentious 1971 nomination to the Court. Rehnquist's elevation to Chief Justice was approved by the Senate by a vote of 65-33 on September 17, 1986. Senators Jake Garn (R-UT) and Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) did not vote. Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) made public note on the Senate floor that Senator Garn's vote would have been to confirm had he been present. Democratic Senators who voted against Rehnquist's confirmation as an Associate Justice in 1971 and as Chief Justice in 1986 were Alan Cranston (CA), Daniel Inouye (HI), Edward M. Kennedy (MA) and Claiborne Pell (RI). Two Democrats who voted

neg: Richard Nixon Supreme Court candidates the Senate floor that, out of the six senators not in attendance for the vote, all of them would have voted to confirm Blackmun. On August 28, 1971, Justice Hugo Black admitted himself to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Black subsequently retired from the Court on September 17, thereafter suffering a stroke and dying eight days later. At the same time, Justice John M. Harlan was suffering from deteriorating health, and he retired from the Supreme Court on September 23, 1971 (he died December 29, 1971). Nixon initially intended to nominate Virginia Congressman Richard Harding Poff, but

neg: Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination originally little-noticed idea as the "Biden rule". Biden responded that his position was and remained that the President and Congress should "work together to overcome partisan differences" regarding judicial nominations. Democrats also countered that the U.S. Constitution obligates the president and Senate to nominate and confirm a new Supreme Court justice in a timely manner, whereas Republicans argued that the Senate was fulfilling its obligation of "advice and consent" by saying that the next president should make the appointment. There were however 11 months left to President Obama's term at the time of Scalia's death, and the Democrats argued that

neg: Jeff Sessions Supreme Court, Sessions said the "Senate should not confirm a new Supreme Court justice until a new president is elected". In 1999, Sessions cosponsored the bill to award Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal. On December 11, 2013, Sessions cosponsored the Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013, a bill that would reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 and would authorize funding through 2018 to help child abuse victims. Sessions argued that "there is no higher duty than protecting our nation's children, and this bill is an important step to ensure the most vulnerable children

neg: Britt Grant July 30, 2018, the Senate voted 52–44 to invoke cloture. On July 31, 2018, the Senate voted 52–46 to confirm Grant. She received her judicial commission on August 3, 2018. She is married to Justin G. Grant, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. They have three children. Britt Grant Britt Cagle Grant (born February 1978) is an American attorney and judge who is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Born Elizabeth Britt Cagle in Atlanta, Georgia, Grant attended

neg: Senate career of John McCain, 2001–2014 remained disappointed that the compromise did not eliminate filibusters of judicial nominees in all circumstances. In September 2005, McCain voted to confirm John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States, and in January 2006, voted to confirm Sam Alito to the bench as well, later calling them "two of the finest justices ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court." In January 2005, McCain, began his second stint as chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Working with the rest of the Arizona delegation, in late 2004 he had helped pass the Arizona Water Settlements Act, the most extensive

neg: Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination of 63-37. 56 of the 57 Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kagan. The only Democrat who rejected the confirmation was Ben Nelson (D-NE). Both of the Senate independents, Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), voted to confirm Kagan. Additionally, five Senate Republicans broke party lines and voted to confirm Kagan; these were Richard Lugar (R-IN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Judd Gregg (R-NH), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Notes: D = Democratic; R = Republican; I = independent; ID = Independent Democratic Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination On May 10, 2010, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Elena

neg: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination President to obtain the "advice and consent" of the United States Senate to appoint a Justice to the Supreme Court. In July 2009, the Senate had 58 Democrats, 2 independents who caucused with the Democrats, and 40 Republicans. In order to block the nomination, Republicans would need to vote unanimously against Sotomayor and persuade eleven non-Republican Senators to follow suit or prevent a vote from taking place at all through a filibuster, which would have meant that the Democrats would have needed 60 senators to vote for cloture. Before the Senate vote took place, Sotomayor was questioned by the Senate

neg: Steve Daines four children. On October 4, 2018, Daines publicly announced he would be walking his daughter (Annie) down the aisle during her wedding on Saturday, October 6, 2018. This was the same day the US Senate was scheduled to vote on the confirmation of Federal Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to be the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice to replace the retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Ultimately, Daines did not vote as the Republicans secured the necessary votes to confirm Judge Kavanaugh. However, fellow Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte offered his private plane to Daines in the event he

neg: George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates Women's Law Center, counseled Senate Democrats in April 2001 "to scrutinize judicial nominees more closely than ever." Specifically, they said, "there was no obligation to confirm someone just because they are scholarly or erudite." On May 9, 2001, President Bush announced his first eleven court of appeals nominees in a special White House ceremony. There was immediate concern expressed by Senate Democrats and liberal groups like the Alliance for Justice. Democratic Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York said that the White House was "trying to create the most ideological bench in the history of the nation." From June 2001

neg: Ebenezer R. Hoar this would ruin the economy. On March 31, 1870, Attorney General Hoar went before the Supreme Court and argued that the "Hepburn" decision caused instability in the national economy, in case the country needed to print money during an emergency, as had been done during the American Civil War. One year later, with Justice Strong and Justice Bradley on the bench, the Supreme Court reversed the "Hepburn" ruling in a 5–4 decision, making paper money legal tender. Although President Grant and Hoar were accused of packing the court, Strong and Smith's names had been submitted to the Senate prior to

neg: Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush. Many pundits and politicians at the time expected Souter to be a conservative; however, after becoming a Justice, his opinions generally fell on the liberal side of the political spectrum. Because the Constitution does not set any qualifications for service as a Justice, the President may nominate any individual to serve on the Court. However, that person must receive the confirmation of the Senate. In modern times, the confirmation process has attracted considerable attention from special-interest groups, many of which lobby senators to confirm or to reject a nominee, depending on whether

neg: Impeachment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 2018 how to proceed being made. Senate President Mitch Carmichael did announce after the session had adjourned that the Senate would ask the Supreme Court of Appeals to reconsider their decision. Former Justice Davis' impeachment trial was scheduled to begin on October 29. However, the reconstituted Supreme Court of Appeals ruled on October 25 that the injunction blocking Justice Workman's trial also retroactively applied to Justice Davis' and Justice Loughry's trials. The impeachment trial for Justice Loughry was set for November 12. However, the reconstituted Supreme Court of Appeals ruled on October 25 that the injunction blocking Justice Workman's trial also

neg: Ken Starr 1983 and received the commission on September 20, 1983. His service terminated on May 26, 1989, due to resignation. Starr was the United States solicitor general, from 1989 to 1993, under George H. W. Bush. When the Senate Ethics committee needed someone to review Republican senator Bob Packwood's diaries, the committee chose Starr. In 1990, Starr was the leading candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court nomination after William Brennan's retirement. He encountered strong resistance from the Department of Justice leadership, which feared that Starr might not be reliably conservative as a Supreme Court justice. George H. W. Bush nominated David

neg: 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: Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates During his two terms in office, President Harry S. Truman appointed four members of the Supreme Court of the United States: Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Associate Justice Harold Burton, Associate Justice Tom C. Clark, and Associate Justice Sherman Minton. When Supreme Court Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts retired in 1945, Truman decided to appoint a Republican as a bipartisan gesture. Truman had first met Harold Hitz Burton in 1941, when Burton was elected to the United States Senate, where Truman was then serving. Burton served with Truman on the Senate investigative committee that

neg: Robert M. Marionneaux the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 18, which encompassed Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes. Marrionneaux's Senate District 17 include all or portions of East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, and West Baton Rouge parishes. In the primary for the state Senate held on October 23, 1999, Representative Marionneaux led the Republican candidate, Tim Johnson, 18,204 votes (45.5 percent) to 12,502 (31.2 percent). A third candidate, Democrat Clyde Kimball, the husband of retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball, held the remaining 9,335 ballots (23.3 percent). Marionneaux narrowly won

neg: Mitch McConnell 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died. Later that day, McConnell issued a statement indicating that the U.S. Senate would not consider any Supreme Court nominee put forth by President Barack Obama to fill Justice Scalia's vacated seat. “‘The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president,’” McConnell said. On March 16, 2016, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, a Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, to the Supreme Court. Under McConnell's leadership, Senate Republicans refused to take any

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: Lisa Murkowski April 2017 the Republican leadership of the Senate used the nuclear option to win approval of Neil Gorsuch to the Court, and Murkowski voted for it. Because of her pro-choice position, she is often considered a possible "no" vote on appointments to the Supreme Court. In 2017 she voted to confirm the appointment of conservative Neil Gorsuch to the Court. On September 28, 2018, she sided with Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and stated she will not vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh unless the FBI conducts an investigation of sexual assault allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford and

neg: John Roberts Supreme Court nomination John Roberts Supreme Court nomination The Senate hearings on the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, began on September 12, 2005, with U.S. Senators posing questions to Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush to fill the vacancy of Chief Justice of the United States. Roberts had been nominated to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; however, on September 5, following Chief Justice William Rehnquist's death, President Bush announced the nomination of Roberts for the position of Chief Justice and formally sent notice to the United States Senate of the new

neg: James L. Morse Circuit from 1969 to 1970, and then entered private practice in Burlington, Vermont. From 1981 to 1988, Morse was a judge of the Vermont Superior Court 1981-88. On September 23, 1988, Morse was appointed to the state supreme court by Governor Madeleine Kunin, following the death of Thomas L. Hayes, and the failure of the state senate to confirm Frank G. Mahady to the seat. On January 16, 2003, Morse resigned from the court to become Commissioner of the Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services. James L. Morse James L. Morse (born September 11, 1940) was an Associate Justice of

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is the title of all members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution grants plenary power to the president to nominate, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the Senate, appoint justices to the Supreme Court. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution

neg: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines be removed thru "quo warranto" after it was determined that she had been unlawfully holding office "ab initio"). The Chief Justice also names the three justices each from the Supreme Court in the memberships of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and the Senate Electoral Tribunal. The chief justice is the chief executive officer of the Philippine judiciary system and together with the whole Supreme Court, exercises administrative supervision over all courts and personnel. 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

neg: Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination place on October 6, 2018. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) was attending his daughter's wedding in Montana that day, but said he was prepared to fly back to Washington that evening to vote for Kavanaugh. To spare him from having to do that, Lisa Murkowski agreed to pair her vote with Daines' by voting "Present" on the nomination, while registering her opposition in the "Congressional Record". The Senate voted 50–48 to confirm Kavanaugh's nomination. Hours after his Senate confirmation, Kavanaugh was sworn in at a private ceremony, followed by a public ceremony in the White House on October 7. Chief Justice

neg: 2008 North Carolina judicial election re-election unopposed. Incumbent James A. Wynn was opposed by attorneys Dean R. Poirier and Jewel Ann Farlow in the May 6 primary. Wynn and Farlow advanced to the November general election. Wynn won approximately 48 percent of the vote in the primary, followed by Farlow (37 percent) and Poirier (15 percent). 2008 North Carolina judicial election One justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and six judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected to eight-year terms by North Carolina voters on November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and Council of

neg: History of women in the United States harassed her. Hill had worked for Thomas years earlier when he was head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and she charged that Thomas harassed her with inappropriate discussion of sexual acts and pornographic films after she rebuffed his invitations to date him. When Thomas testified against Hill's claims before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he called the hearings, "a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks," although Hill herself was black. In the end, the Senate voted 52–48 to confirm Clarence Thomas as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The 1990s brought more firsts for women in politics and the military.

neg: Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts of the Federation Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts of the Federation The Joint Senate of the Federal Supreme Courts of Justice ("Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes", also called the "Common Senate") is often regarded as one of the supreme courts of justice in Germany, but it is rather, as the name suggests, an "ad hoc" judicial body, that is convened in specific cases only. The Joint Senate consists of the Presidents of the five Federal Supreme Courts (excluding the Bundesverfassungsgericht) and two members of each of the senates involved ("Senate" denotes a judicial 'sub-unit' within a court, usually consisting of

neg: Connecticut Supreme Court of 70. They may continue to hear cases as Judge Trial Referees in the Superior Court or the Appellate Court. Justices may assume Senior Status before attaining age 70 and continue to sit with the Supreme Court, as needed. Multiple justices have availed themselves of this option. For example, Justice Ellen Ash Peters took senior status in 1996, continuing to sit until 2000 and Justice Angelo Santaniello assumed senior status in 1987 and continued to sit as needed until 1994. Justice Armentano assumed senior status in 1983 but continued to sit with the Court as needed. Chief Justice Callahan assumed

neg: Mike Pompeo Senate floor vote took place on April 26 and Pompeo was confirmed by the full Senate by a 57–42 vote, with several Democratic senators running for reelection in 2018 in states that Trump won in 2016, voting to confirm Pompeo. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito swore Pompeo in as the U.S. Secretary of State on April 26, 2018. In August 2018, Pompeo thanked the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman "for Saudi Arabia’s support for northeast Syria’s urgent stabilization needs." Pompeo and Crown Prince also discussed the situation in war-torn Yemen. Pompeo condemned the military crackdown by the Myanmar Army and

neg: Supreme Court of Burundi Commission and appointed by the President of the Republic after the approval of the Senate. The Supreme Court may sit together with the Constitutional Court constituting the High Court of Justice which has special powers, such as the ability to try an incumbent President or government ministers for treason. The Supreme Court was established with the independence of Burundi in 1962 and its current form is regulated by the Law of 25 February 2005. The President of the Supreme Court is referred to as the Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Burundi The Supreme Court of Burundi () is the highest

neg: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination assure that if confirmed, Judge Sotomayor would not use her seat on the Supreme Court to advance liberal policy preferences, rather than applying the Constitution as it is written." Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 2009 by

neg: John Rutledge George Washington appointed Rutledge as one of the inaugural Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Rutledge left the Supreme Court in 1791 to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas and Sessions. He returned to the Supreme Court, this time as Chief Justice, following the resignation of John Jay in June 1795. As the vacancy came during a long Senate recess, Washington named Rutledge as the new chief justice by a recess appointment. When the Senate reconvened in December 1795, it rejected Rutledge's nomination by a 10–14 vote. Rutledge resigned his commission

neg: Helen E. Hoens the anticipated vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the elevation of then-Associate Justice James R. Zazzali to replace Poritz as Chief Justice. On August 12, 2013, Governor Chris Christie announced that he would not renominate Justice Helen Hoens for lifetime appointment to the state's Supreme Court. She is the second Justice of the Supreme Court to be denied tenure in more than 66 years since the adoption of the 1947 State Constitution. Her non-reappointment is a result of the impasse between Republican Governor Chris Christie and the Democratic State Senate over the Supreme Court appointments. Christie said he wished

neg: Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination Court pick was critical of the president's escalating attacks on the federal judiciary in private meetings with legislators. President Trump announced the nomination of Gorsuch on January 31, 2017. The nomination was formally transmitted to the Senate on February 1, 2017. His nomination was pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. At age 49, Gorsuch would become the youngest sitting Supreme Court justice since Clarence Thomas. Having clerked for Anthony Kennedy, Gorsuch would also become the first Supreme Court Justice to have previously clerked for a Justice still sitting on the court. In July 2006, Gorsuch's nomination to the United States

neg: Patrick Morrisey its brief with the Supreme Court, was referring to a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the ban. If the appeals court's decision is upheld, it would set case law that governs similar laws in West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. In late January 2017, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court to replace the late Antonin Scalia. The following day, Morrisey sent a letter to Senate leaders along with the Attorneys General of 19 other states to express support for Gorsuch and urge the Senate to confirm

neg: Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria The Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria are members of the Supreme Court of Nigeria headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Justices are often recommended by the National Judicial Council to the President of Nigeria, who will send the names to the Senate for confirmation. Currently, there are 16 Justices of the Supreme court of Nigeria, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Prior to the appointment of Justice Olukayode Ariwola and Mary Odili, the wife of Peter Odili, there were 14 Justices of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice

neg: Judicial system of Finland two highest courts. The Senate Department of Justice became the Supreme Court, and part of the Senate Finance Department was the basis of the Supreme Administrative Court. The two court systems are entirely separate, and they have no jurisdiction over one another. The establishment of the two courts was confirmed by the Constitution Act of 1919. Overseeing the system of justice are the Chancellor of Justice and the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Although these two officials have largely parallel functions and each is required to submit an annual report of their activities to Parliament, the Chancellor of Justice is appointed for life

neg: Senate Electoral Tribunal top of their regular salary. Successful electoral protests: The chairperson of the SET is always the most senior justice of the Supreme Court that's sitting in the tribunal. These are the members as of the 17th Congress, which first convened on July 25, 2016. Senate Electoral Tribunal The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the Senate of the Philippines. It consists of 6 senators nominated by the Senate, and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the lower

neg: Thurmond rule Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. President Barack Obama said he would nominate a candidate for the open seat, but with just under one year remaining in Barack Obama's second term, Republicans claimed the Thurmond Rule for categorically refusing to vote on any Obama nominee. Thurmond rule The Thurmond rule, in US politics, posits that at some point in a presidential election year, the US Senate will not confirm the president's nominees to the federal judiciary except under certain circumstances. The practice is not an actual "rule" and has not always been followed in the past, with presidents continuing to appoint

neg: Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Revolución was opened in 2002. The following persons were once Presidents of the Supreme Court under the 1917 Constitution: 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

neg: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination confirmation hearing. Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on July 1, 1987. The U.S. Senate rejected his nomination, 42–58. Of the 42 Yea votes, 40 came from Republicans and 2 from Democrats. The Nay votes were from 52 Democrats and 6 Republicans. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell was considered a moderate, often referred to as a "swing vote" in close decisions. After he announced his retirement on June 26, 1987, Senate Democrats had asked liberal leaders to form a "solid phalanx" to

neg: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on July 1, 1987. The U.S. Senate rejected his nomination, 42–58. Of the 42 Yea votes, 40 came from Republicans and 2 from Democrats. The Nay votes were from 52 Democrats and 6 Republicans. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell was considered a moderate, often referred to as a "swing vote" in close decisions. After he announced his retirement on June 26, 1987, Senate Democrats had asked liberal leaders to form a "solid phalanx" to oppose an

neg: Supreme Court of the United States considers it. Rejections are relatively uncommon; the Senate has explicitly rejected twelve Supreme Court nominees, most recently Robert Bork, nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. Although Senate rules do not necessarily allow a negative vote in committee to block a nomination, prior to 2017 a nomination could be blocked by filibuster once debate had begun in the full Senate. President Lyndon B. Johnson's nomination of sitting Associate Justice Abe Fortas to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice in 1968 was the first successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee. It included both Republican and Democratic senators concerned with Fortas's

neg: Luiz Fux currently a 7th degree black and red belt. Luiz Fux Luiz Fux () is a Brazilian judge. He was appointed justice minister of the Supreme Federal Court by President Dilma Rousseff and had his nomination approved by the Senate. He is of Romanian Jewish extraction, and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court. He was a minister of the Superior Court of Justice before assuming his position at the Supreme Court. In an interview with Folha de S.Paulo December 2, 2012, justice Fux revealed details of the lobbying effort that preceded his nomination to the Supreme Court by President

neg: Luiz Fux Luiz Fux Luiz Fux () is a Brazilian judge. He was appointed justice minister of the Supreme Federal Court by President Dilma Rousseff and had his nomination approved by the Senate. He is of Romanian Jewish extraction, and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court. He was a minister of the Superior Court of Justice before assuming his position at the Supreme Court. In an interview with Folha de S.Paulo December 2, 2012, justice Fux revealed details of the lobbying effort that preceded his nomination to the Supreme Court by President Dilma Rousseff. Among his requests for political support,

neg: Judah P. Benjamin "The New York Times" reported on February 15, 1853, that "if the President nominates Benjamin, the Democrats are determined to confirm him." The new president, Franklin Pierce, a Democrat, also offered Benjamin a place on the Supreme Court. Pierce Butler, a future Supreme Court justice, suggested in his 1908 biography of Benjamin that the newly elected senator likely declined these offers not only because he preferred active politics, but because he could maintain his law practice and substantial income as a senator, but could not as a justice. As an advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court, Benjamin won 13 of

neg: Leah Ward Sears Emory University School of Law. Sears was appointed by Mayor Andrew Young to the City of Atlanta Traffic Court in 1985. She then became a Superior Court judge in 1988, becoming the first African-American woman to hold that position in the state. Sears was appointed as a state Supreme Court justice in 1992. Twelve years later, in what is historically a non-partisan election, the Georgia Republican Party and Georgia Christian Coalition targeted Sears for defeat in 2004. However, she easily defeated her challenger with 62 percent of the vote, and became Chief Justice of the Court in June 2005. Sears

neg: Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria of Nigeria.<ref> Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria The Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria are members of the Supreme Court of Nigeria headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Justices are often recommended by the National Judicial Council to the President of Nigeria, who will send the names to the Senate for confirmation. Currently, there are 16 Justices of the Supreme court of Nigeria, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Prior to the appointment of Justice Olukayode Ariwola and Mary Odili, the wife of Peter Odili, there were 14 Justices of the Supreme Court, including the

neg: John Rutledge continued mental decline. The Senate rejected his appointment on December 15, 1795 by a vote of 14–10. This was the first time that the Senate had rejected a Supreme Court nomination. To date, it is the only Supreme Court recess appointment not to be subsequently confirmed, and Rutledge remains the only Supreme Court justice unseated involuntarily by the Senate. The Senate's rejection of his nomination left Rutledge mentally ruined. On December 26, 1795, he attempted suicide by jumping off a wharf into Charleston Harbor. He was rescued by two slaves who saw him drowning. Though the Senate remained in session

neg: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 2009 by a 68–31 vote and was commissioned by President Obama the same day. She was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on August 8, 2009. When nominated, Sotomayor was

neg: Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina committees, including the Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee. Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina (born February 15, 1952) is an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Justice Fernandez-Vina was nominated to the Supreme Court by Governor Chris Christie on September 30, 2013, and was sworn into office on November 19, 2013, following confirmation by the New Jersey Senate. Born on February 15, 1952, in Santiago, Cuba, Justice Fernandez-Vina was appointed to the Superior Court bench by then-Gov. James E. McGreevey on July 16, 2004. Judge

neg: Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States in August 1937. By the end of 1941, Roosevelt had appointed seven Supreme Court justices and elevated Harlan Fiske Stone to chief justice. It is constitutionally possible for a justice to be removed from office through Congressional impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate, another possible situation creating a vacancy. Only one justice—Samuel Chase, late 1804-early 1805—has ever been impeached; however, Chase was acquitted by the Senate, and thus not removed from office. Removal of a justice through an impeachment process has therefore never taken place. Less substantial efforts towards impeachment of a sitting justice, not reaching a

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: Stanley Matthews (Supreme Court justice) the end of Hayes's term, the Senate did not act on it. Upon succeeding Hayes, incoming President James A. Garfield renominated Matthews in March 1881, and the Senate confirmed him by a vote of 24 to 23, the narrowest confirmation for a successful U.S. Supreme Court nominee in history. He served on the Court until his death in 1889. His funeral was attended by many people. His remains are interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also interred there is John McLean, another Associate Justice. A collection of Justice Matthews's correspondence and other papers are located at the Rutherford

neg: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia the Federal District, and served as a Circuit Judge in Villahermosa, Tabasco, and Veracruz, Veracruz. In 1993 he was appointed to the appeals chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal. On 27 January 1995 his Supreme Court appointment, proposed by President Ernesto Zedillo, was ratified by the Senate. He was elected Chief Justice, with seven votes out of eleven, by the Supreme Court on 2 January 2007. Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia (born 10 February 1941) is a Mexican jurist and former Supreme Court Justice. He previously served as the President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of

neg: Joseph Rodney Moss Joseph Rodney Moss Joseph Rodney Moss (July 15, 1903 – April 20, 1993) was an associate justice and chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court. In 1941, he was elected to the South Carolina Senate. In 1948, he became a trial court judge. He was chosen as an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1956. He was chosen as chief justice of the court in 1966. He remained chief justice until he retired in 1975. During that time, he supervised the relocation of the Supreme Court from the South Carolina State House to its current location

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: King's Bench jurisdiction be done." Amid troubles and public feuds involving Supreme Court justices in the early 1990s, specifically including Justice Rolf Larsen, who was criminally convicted and impeached by the house then subsequently convicted and removed from office by the state senate, Pennsylvania voters sought to limit the "king's" power. The public image of Larsen made him a poster child for the need for court reform. The upheaval surrounding Justice Larsen's time on the bench served as a catalyst for a much-needed change in the state judicial system. Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts credits the public turmoil he caused with leading to the

neg: Chet D. Traylor Chet D. Traylor Chet D. Traylor (born October 12, 1945) is a retired associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from Monroe, Louisiana, who was defeated in the Republican primary election on August 28, 2010, for the U.S. Senate seat held from 2005 to 2017 by David Vitter of New Orleans. Traylor polled fewer than 10 percent of the ballots cast in a low-turnout election, compared to nearly 90 percent for Vitter. Traylor was born in Columbia, Louisiana and graduated in 1963 from Caldwell Parish High School. One of his classmates was future Louisiana Secretary of State Fox McKeithen, son

neg: Michael Gerhardt House committee considering whether to impeach Judge Thomas Porteous. He has also testified before the Senate regarding the constitutionality of filibustering. Gerhardt has worked and testified in Senate confirmation proceedings for Supreme Court Justices, beginning in 1994 when he counseled the White House regarding Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's confirmation hearings. In 2005, he consulted with senators on John Roberts' nomination as Chief Justice of the United States. Gerhardt then served as a witness in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the nomination of Samuel Alito, to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Along with Professor Laurence Tribe of

neg: Frank J. Pino 168th, 169th and 170th New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on October 6, 1955, to run for the State Senate seat vacated by the appointment of Louis L. Friedman to the New York Supreme Court. Pino was a member of the New York State Senate from 1956 to 1963, sitting in the 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures. In November 1963, he was elected to the New York Supreme Court. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court from 1964 to 1979, and a Senior Justice from 1980 to 1981. In 1975, St. John's

neg: Supreme Court of Palau of land interests. The Supreme Court also handles disciplinary and other special proceedings. The Supreme Court comprises a Chief Justice, Arthur Ngiraklsong, and three Associate Justices, Kathleen M. Salii, M. Lourdes Materne, and R. Ashby Pate. Other judges are invited to sit on an as-needed basis as Associate Justices Pro Tem or Part-Time Associate Justices. Palau Supreme Court was created in 1981, pursuant to Article X of the Constitution. Mamoru Nakamura was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Educated in Hawaii and Oregon, Justice Nakamura worked in a variety of legal capacities in Micronesia before being appointed the

neg: John Roberts Supreme Court nomination written questions to Roberts, which were to be answered by him as thoroughly as practicable. On September 22, the committee voted 13–5 to send Roberts's confirmation to the full Senate. Senators Biden, Durbin, Feinstein, Kennedy, and Schumer were the five "no" voters. The full 100-member Senate subsequently debated Roberts' nomination, beginning on September 26. The Senate voted on the nomination beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT on September 29, with Roberts winning confirmation by a 78–22 vote. All 55 Republicans voted to confirm Roberts; 22 Democrats, including Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Patrick Leahy of Vermont, also voted to confirm Roberts,

neg: Chief justice the United Kingdom, which operates across all three jurisdictions and is headed by the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The chief justice can be selected in many ways, but, in many nations, the position is given to the most senior justice of the court, while, in the United States, it is often the President's most important political nomination, subject to approval by the United States Senate. Although the title of this top American jurist is, by statute, Chief Justice of the United States, the term "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" is often used unofficially. In

neg: New Hampshire Supreme Court increased from four to five. Two Supreme Court justices have been the only two state officials to be impeached in New Hampshire: Justice Langdon resigned prior to his trial in 1790, and Chief Justice David Brock was acquitted by the New Hampshire Senate in 2000. Retired Associate Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States served on the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1983 to 1990. The Colony of New Hampshire adopted the temporary . The newly formed legislature abolished the existing executive courts made up of the governor and council, and established the "Superior Court of

neg: Jefferson D. Hughes III In the lower-turnout runoff contest on December 8, 2012, Hughes defeated Guidry, 52,939 votes (52.8 percent) to 47,259 (47.2 percent), to claim the ten-year term on the Supreme Court to succeed the retiring Catherine D. Kimball, the chief justice in her last years on the tribunal. Justice Hughes resides in Walker and attends the Shady Bower Pentecostal Church there. Jefferson D. Hughes III Jefferson Davis Hughes III, known as Jeff Hughes (born January 1952), has been since 2013 a Republican associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Hughes is the son of Jefferson Hughes Jr. (1924–2017), a former executive with

neg: Woodrow Wilson Supreme Court candidates a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. After having Newton Baker (Wilson's Secretary of War and a close friend of Clarke's) speak with Clarke to confirm his opposition to trusts, Wilson offered Clarke the nomination. Though Clarke was reluctant to abandon trial for appellate work, he felt he could not pass on such an honor and accepted. Wilson sent his name to the Senate on July 14, 1916 and Clarke was confirmed by the United States Senate unanimously ten days later. Woodrow Wilson Supreme Court candidates Woodrow Wilson appointed three Associate Justices to

neg: P. Shiv Shankar of preference) and to obtain from potential judges ‘their consent to be appointed to any other high court in the country.’ The written consents and preferences were to be sent to Shiv Shankar within two weeks In the Lok Sabha, Shiv Shankar asked if the independence of the Judiciary meant “touch-me-not”. He seemed to confirm that he sent the circular without consulting the then Chief Justice of India, Y.V.Chandrachud. What happened thereafter is history. On December 30, 1981, the Supreme Court’s seven Judge bench gave its decision in S.P.Gupta vs Union of India, in which the Court held that Shiv

neg: Michigan Supreme Court Court was the only court created by the first Michigan constitution in 1835. It had three members and each also oversaw one of the three judicial circuits, located in Detroit, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo. The court needed a quorum of two to operate and members were appointed to seven-year terms by the governor with the consent of the senate. In 1838, Justice William A. Fletcher proposed a new plan for the court that the legislature approved. This increased the number of circuits to four and thus expanded the bench to four justices, but left the quorum at two. In 1848,

neg: Sandra Day O'Connor High School (Arizona) Sandra Day O'Connor High School (Arizona) Sandra Day O’Connor High School, part of the Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD), is located just west of I-17 and north of Happy Valley Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The campus is named after former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who grew up in Arizona, served as an assistant attorney general, was member of the state senate, and eventually became the first woman appointed as a Supreme Court Justice. When confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1981, O’Connor was the only sitting member of the Court who had been elected to a public

neg: Rutledge Court Rutledge Court The Rutledge Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from June 1795 to December 1795, when John Rutledge served as the second Chief Justice of the United States. Rutledge took office as a recess appointment of President George Washington to succeed John Jay. However, Rutledge was denied confirmation by the United States Senate, partly due to his attacks on the Jay Treaty. Rutledge was succeeded in office by Oliver Ellsworth. This was the first time that the Senate rejected a Supreme Court nomination; it remains the only time a "recess appointed" justice was not subsequently

neg: Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination Coalition for America, Freedom from Religion Foundation and Union for Reform Judaism all voiced concerns with Gorsuch's nomination. The Judicial Crisis Network enthusiastically rallied behind Gorsuch after running a campaign against Merrick Garland, spending a total of $17 million to these ends. 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

neg: Maite Oronoz Rodríguez García, Hernández Denton, and Fiol Matta. After being confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico on February 22, 2016, she was sworn in as Chief Justice the same day. Maite Oronoz Rodríguez Maite Oronoz Rodríguez (born 1976) is a Puerto Rican jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Oronoz Rodríguez is the fifth woman to serve on Puerto Rico's highest court. She is also Puerto Rico's first openly gay chief justice and, as such, the first openly gay chief justice in U.S. history. She is also the third woman to preside the Supreme Court of Puerto