The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary. Article II,Section 2,Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United States to nominate,and,with the advice and consent of the United States Senate,appoint "Judges of the supreme Court",who serve until they die,resign,retire,or are impeached and convicted. The existence of a chief justice is only explicit in Article I,Section 3,Clause 6 which states that the chief justice shall preside over the impeachment trial of the president;this has occurred three times,for Andrew Johnson,Bill Clinton,and for Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem,Oregon,near the capitol building on State Street. The building was finished in 1914 and also houses the state's law library,while the courtroom is also used by the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th chief justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Vinson was one of the few Americans to have served in all three branches of the U.S. government. Before becoming chief justice,Vinson served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1924 to 1928 and 1930 to 1938,as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1938 to 1943,and as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1945 to 1946.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It has the smallest geographical jurisdiction of any of the U.S. courts of appeals,and it covers only one district court:the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It meets at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington,DC.
Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who has served since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy,though he is primarily an institutionalist. For his willingness to work with the Supreme Court's liberal bloc,Roberts has been regarded as a swing vote.
John Mercer Walker Jr. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He served as chief judge from September 30,2000,to September 30,2006,when he assumed senior status. He was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,appointed in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan before being elevated to the Second Circuit in 1989.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation 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.
The Supreme Court of Argentina,officially known as the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation,is the highest court of law of the Argentine Republic. It was inaugurated on 15 January 1863. However,during much of the 20th century,the Court and the Argentine judicial system in general,lacked autonomy from the executive power. The Court was reformed in 2003 by the decree 222/03.
JoséAntonio Andreu García was a Puerto Rican jurist who served as the 13th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2003. He was known for his moderate approach to constitutional law.
Rana Bhagwandas was a Pakistani jurist who served as a senior judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP). He enjoyed extremely high reputation as a judge. He remained the acting CJP during the 2007 judicial crisis in Pakistan,and also briefly became the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan when the incumbent Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry went on foreign tours in 2005 and 2006,and thus became the first Hindu and the second non-Muslim to serve as chief of the highest court in Pakistan. Rana Bhagwandas also worked as the Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan. He headed the interview panel for the selection of the federal civil servants in 2009.
Ortiz is a Spanish-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Orti". "Orti" seems to be disputed in meaning,deriving from either Basque,Latin fortis meaning "brave,strong",or Latin fortunius meaning "fortunate". Officials of the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo,Spain,wrote in the 1590s that "this surname Ortiz,although they have few sanbenitos,is in this city a very converso lineage and surname".
This is a list of events that happened in 2007 in Mexico.
Thomas Hagan Roberts was an American attorney and jurist who served as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Adalberto Jose Jordan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law,his alma mater,and at Florida International University's College of Law. In February 2016,The New York Times identified Jordan as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. In early March,Jordan removed himself from consideration.
The Federal Government of Mexico is the national government of the United Mexican States,the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states,and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. The Mexican federal government has three branches:executive,legislative,and judicial and functions per the Constitution of the United Mexican States,as enacted in 1917,and as amended. The executive power is exercised by the executive branch,which is headed by the president and her Cabinet,which,together,are independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested upon the Congress of the Union,a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Judicial power is exercised by the judiciary,consisting of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation,the Council of the Federal Judiciary,and the collegiate,unitary,and district courts.
The Chief Justice of the Federated States of Micronesia is the seniormost judge of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia. The position is established in article XI,section 2 of the federal Constitution.
This is a list of events that happened in 2009 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Norma Lucía Piña Hernández is a Mexican lawyer,educator,and President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since 2 January 2023,being the first woman ever to hold that position. She's been a member of the Supreme Court since 1 December 2015,replacing Olga Sánchez Cordero.
Richard Darby is an American lawyer and the former chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. On April 5,2018,Governor Mary Fallin appointed Darby to the Oklahoma Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Joseph M. Watt.
