Case from Beijing Financial Court incorporated into database The Case Database Work Procedures specify that the application of Case Database cases in the hearing of cases should be incorporated into a judge’s performance evaluation. From the number of WeChat articles on local court websites anno...
A highly experienced Chinese judge commented to me that an important reason for lower court judges to request instructions is to avoid “making mistakes” that may have negative consequences on the individual judges or panel of judges involved or may lead a higher court to reverse the lower court...
After serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives (1794–99; speaker, 1798–99), Johnson was elected by the legislature to the Court of Common Pleas, at that time the highest tribunal in the state. During his tenure as a state judge he was active in organizing at Columbia a co...
Supreme Court justices are appointed after they have been nominated by the United States president. The President selects an individual of merit — note that a Supreme Court judge does not have to have a law degree, they just have to be trained in the law. Typically, the President select...
Before beginning their duties, Supreme Court judges are required to take an oath or affirmation before the President or a representative he has designated for this purpose. The tenure of a Supreme Court judge is not specified by the Constitution. In this regard, it does, however, make the fol...
Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the Court in June 2022, and was replaced by Ketanji Brown Jackson. An MQ score for Judge Jackson has yet to be calculated as of October 2022. Ideological scores of Supreme Court justices in the United States in 2022 ...
“I have consistently and repeatedly said that I am willing to do my part to uphold the Montana Constitution,” Bidegaray said. “I have taken hard cases during my tenure as a district court judge … and have held firm to protecting people’s rights.” ...
The justices of the Supreme Court have life tenure and can serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and removed from office.■
Ketanji Brown Jacksonwas sworn in as the116th Supreme Court justiceupon the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the 2021 term, on June 30, 2022. Here's what you need to know about the 51-year-old federal appeals court judge who has become the first Black woman to serve...
Court watchers say Jackson is expected to vote very similarly to Breyer and her ascension won't change the Supreme Court's ideological balance, in which conservatives have a 6-3 majority over liberals. The justices have life tenure and can serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeach...