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The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands is a federal territorial court whose jurisdiction comprises the United States-affiliated Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It was established by Act of Congress in 1977,pursuant to an international agreement between the United States and the CNMI that brought the CNMI under United States sovereignty. The court began hearing cases in January 1978. The court regularly sits in Saipan but may sit elsewhere in the CNMI. The court has the same jurisdiction as United States district courts,including diversity jurisdiction and bankruptcy jurisdiction. However,the District Court is not an Article III U.S. District Court,and because of that its judge is appointed for a 10-year term instead of for life. Appeals are taken to the Ninth Circuit.
The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. It began as a purely local territorial party and is now officially affiliated with the United States' national Democratic Party.
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3,2009,in the states of New Jersey and Virginia,as well as in the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on November 7,2009. Both state governorships were previously held by Democrats elected in 2005,and both were won by Republicans in 2009;the local Covenant Party maintained control of the governorship of the Marianas. These elections formed part of the 2009 United States elections. As of 2023,this is the last election after which the Democratic party held a majority of governorships.
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and former election commissioner. Elected in 2008,Sablan became the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sablan is the only Chamorro member of Congress.
The 2009 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Saturday,November 7,2009. This was the last general election to be held on a odd year. This election also saw the extension all office holding officials by one year to move the elections to even-years,corresponding with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the nationwide United States House of Representatives elections and the United States general elections. This election also oversaw the first run-off to be held in the Northern Mariana Islands,which were held on Monday,November 23,2009.
The Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) is the governing body of football in the Northern Mariana Islands. It was founded in 2005 by US-Attorney Peter Coleman to replace the now-defunct NMISF,who had aministered the sport on the islands up to around 2002. The Association received associate membership into the East Asian Football Federation in December 2006,with full membership coming in August 2008. The association was admitted as a provisional member of the Asian Football Confederation in July 2009. On 9 December 2020 during the 30th AFC Congress,the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) became the 47th full member association of the AFC. In October 2021 FIFA Head of MA Governance Rolf Tanner announced at the 11th Northern Mariana Islands Football Association Ordinary Congress that the global organization had received the island's application for membership.
Juan "Pan" Tenorio Guerrero is a Northern Mariana Islands politician and businessman. He has been a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands in the past,and ran for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2009 as an independent,with Representative Joe Camacho as his running mate.
Edward Taylor Buckingham,III is a former Attorney General of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Donald Glen Pangelinan Flores was a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Flores served as the Mayor of Saipan,the capital and largest municipality of the Northern Mariana Islands,from January 2010 till his death on June 2,2014. He succeeded retiring Saipan Mayor Juan B. Tudela.
Joey Patrick San Nicolas is a politician in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) who served as Mayor of Tinian. He previously served as Attorney General.
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Same-sex marriage was legalized in the Northern Mariana Islands by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015,which struck down same-sex marriage bans nationwide. On June 29,Governor Eloy Inos issued a statement hailing the decision as "historic",and said he would work with the Attorney General and local officials to bring the U.S. territory into compliance. Attorney General Edward Manibusan issued a memorandum on June 30 confirming that the territory was bound by the court decision and said that marriage license forms would be changed to include same-sex couples.
Abortion in the Northern Mariana Islands is illegal by legislation,but legal by judicial ruling and legal review. A law passed in 1985 made abortion illegal,but a review by the Attorney General said it was legal in 1995. Women in the 1990s went to the Philippines to get abortions,but went to Japan or Hawaii by 2018 because of changing legality in the region.
Gilbert Joseph Birnbrich was the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2014 to 2015.
Edward Eladio Manibusan is a Northern Marianan politician serving as the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands since January 12,2015 and previously from July 1,1989 to January 8,1990. He is the first elected attorney general;previous AGs were appointed by the governor.
The Office of the Attorney General of Guam aims to serve,protect,and represent the government and the people by enforcing the laws of Guam and the United States. The Office is composed of the following divisions:
The Office of the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands provides "legal counsel and representation to the...government and its agencies in many issues vital to the people’s interest. These issues include the protection of children from abuse and neglect,preservation of the environment,protecting the Commonwealth’s financial assets,the protection of consumers,and public safety." The office has the following divisions:
The 2022 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022 to elect the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and the lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to a four-year term in office. Because no candidate received 50% of the vote in the general election,the two highest-placing candidates advanced to a runoff election on November 25,2022.
David Mundo Apatang is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who is serving as the 13th lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands since 2023. He previously served as the mayor of Saipan from January 12,2015 to January 8,2023. As a Republican,Apatang formerly served in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. Apatang was elected lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 2022 election on an independent ticket headed by Arnold Palacios.
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- ↑ "Torres turns down offer to be attorney general". Saipan Tribune . May 12, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Eugenio, Haidee (August 15, 2009). "Senate confirms Buckingham as AG". Saipan Tribune . Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
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