Supreme Court of Justice

"The judicial branch has always been the tempered branch of government. The executive and legislative branches serve the people, and as elected officials, they serve lightning fast terms and must do things with electrifying efficiency. In contrast, the judicial branch moves almost at a turtle's pace. But we do this because unlike the other branches, our job is not to serve the people, our job is to defend the Constitution and administer justice. Unlike our executive and legislative branches, we're not subject to elections and accountability by the people because sometimes justice is unpopular, and we have to make unpopular decisions."

Article 10 – Supreme Court of Justice

§1. There shall be a Supreme Court of Justice, whose duty is to interpret the law, both constitutional and non-constitutional, as well as serve as an appellate court.

§1.1. The Supreme Court shall possess power of judicial review, that is a process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.

§1.2. The Supreme Court may therefore invalidate laws, acts and governmental actions that are incompatible with a higher authority; an executive decision may be invalidated for being unlawful or a statute may be invalidated for violating the terms of the Constitution.

§2. The Supreme Court shall be composed of three (3) Supreme Court Justices.

§3. The Supreme Court Justices shall choose a Supreme Court Chief of Justice among themselves.

§3.1. The duty of the Supreme Court Chief of Justice is to be the representative of the Judiciary branch.

§3.2. The duty of the Supreme Court Chief of Justice is to preside over all Supreme Court cases as well as lead the discussion of cases among Supreme Court Justices.

§3.3. The Supreme Court Chief of Justice shall have the right to reject cases brought before the Supreme Court with adequate reasoning.

§3.4. The Supreme Court Chief of Justice shall write the court’s judicial opinion when in majority, otherwise the oldest serving Justice shall choose who will write the opinion.

§4. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall serve for a two-week term.

§4.1. Another Chief Justice must then be voted in by the Supreme Court.

§4.2. In the event of a tie, the longest serving Supreme Court Justice wins.

§4.3. If there is a single Supreme Court Justice, this judge will be considered the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and will serve in this position indefinitely until an additional Supreme Court Justice is appointed.

§5. Supreme Court Justices shall serve indefinitely till impeachment or resignation.

§5.1. Supreme Court Justices shall be appointed by the President and confirmed by a 2/3 majority in the Senate.

§5.2. Supreme Court Justices may be impeached in the same way as judges.

§5.3. Supreme Court Justices shall be required to serve at least a month as judges and shall be also currently serving as judges.

§5.4. If there is an issue with vacancy of third Supreme Court Justice, with approval from the President, two (2) Supreme Court Justices may appoint a judge to the office of Supreme Court Justice who has yet to serve the required month.

§6. An appeal process shall follow standard trial procedures.

§6.1. If any of the Supreme Court Justices had been the judge in the appealed case, a random judge shall be chosen in their place.

§6.2. If the Supreme Court Chief of Justice has been the judge in the appealed case, the longest serving Justice shall instead temporarily assume the duties of Supreme Court Chief of Justice.