In the United States,a state supreme court is the highest court in the state judiciary of a U.S. state. On matters of state law,the judgment of a state supreme court is considered final and binding in both state and federal courts.
The Supreme Court of Maryland is the highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. The court,which is composed of one chief justice and six associate justices,meets in the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in the state capital,Annapolis. The term of the Court begins the second Monday of September. The Court is unique among American courts in that the justices wear red robes.
Anne Marie Burke is an American jurist who served on the Illinois Supreme Court from 2006 until 2022. She served a term as the chief justice from 2019 until 2022. Burke had previously been appointed to the Illinois Appellate Court in 1995 and was elected to that seat in 1996. Burke was a founder of the Special Olympics in 1968. She is married to former 14th Ward Chicago Alderman Edward M. Burke,who was convicted of racketeering,bribery,and extortion on December 21,2023.
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court,the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution,which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state:three justices from the First District and one from each of the other four districts. Absent mid-term vacancy,each justice is elected for a term of ten years,which may be renewed and the chief justice is elected by the court from its members for a three-year term.
Robert Randall Thomas is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4,2000,and as chief justice from September 6,2005 to September 5,2008. His political affiliation is Republican.
Thomas L. Kilbride is an American judge who served on the Supreme Court of Illinois from 2000 to 2020. Kilbride served as Chief Justice of the court from October 2010 through October 25,2013. He was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Third District in 2000 and elected Chief Justice by his colleagues in October 2010 for a three-year term. After losing a retention election in 2020,his tenure on the court ended in December 2020.
Lloyd A. Karmeier is a former American judge who served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from the 5th district. He served as chief justice of that court from 2016 to 2019. Karmeier retired at the conclusion of his second term in December 2020.
Rita B. Garman is a former American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She represented the Fourth Judicial District on the Supreme Court. She was elected by her peers to serve a three-year term as chief justice from October 26,2013,to October 25,2016. Garman announced on May 9,2022,that she would retire from the Supreme Court on July 7,2022. On May 10,2022,the Illinois Supreme Court announced that Fourth District Appellate Justice Lisa Holder White would be appointed to succeed Garman effective July 8,2022.
Howard Christopher Ryan was an Illinois attorney and judge,including service as judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois,and that court's Chief Justice (1982–1985).
Michael Patrick McCuskey is the Illinois Legislative Inspector General since his appointment on February 17,2022. He has served as a state circuit and appellate judge,and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
The judiciary of Illinois is the unified court system of Illinois primarily responsible for applying the Constitution and law of Illinois. It consists of the Supreme Court,the Appellate Court,and circuit courts. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the court system.
Mary Kay O'Brien is an American judge and politician who serves as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court since 2022.
Paul E. Rink was an American judge and politician.
Stephen Patrick McGlynn is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
The 2020 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections,including those for three seats on the Supreme Court of Illinois and 10 seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. Primary elections were held on March 17,2020,and the general election was held on November 3,2020. These elections were part of the 2020 Illinois elections.
The 2018 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections,including those for one seat on the Supreme Court of Illinois and five seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. Primary elections were held on March 20,2018,and general elections were held on November 6,2018. These elections were part of the 2018 Illinois elections.
The 2012 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections,including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. Primary elections were held on March 20,2012,and general elections were held on November 6,2012. These elections were part of the 2012 Illinois elections.
David K. Overstreet is a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.
The 2022 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections.
Lisa Holder White is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court since July 2022. She previously served as a judge of the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court from 2013 to 2022,and as a trial judge in the Illinois Sixth Judicial Circuit Court from 2001 to 2013. She is the first Black woman to be elevated to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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