8th Supreme Court

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8th Supreme Court
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Membership
Justice 1 Libertasnia/Llorens
Justice 2 Rathfarnham
Justice 3 VegemiteIsGross
Dates
Start 22 December 2017
End 22 March 2018

The 8th Supreme Court was appointed by Secretary South Miruva and confirmed by citizens in individual confidence votes. This consisted of three Justices, and each served a three-month term from 22 December 2017 to 22 March 2018. The final members of the 8th Supreme Court were Llorens, Rathfarnham, and VegemiteIsGross.

Libertasnia stepped down due to personal reasons and was replaced on 24 February by Llorens.

This was the first term where Justices did not serve concurrently as voting members of the General Assembly, following the passing of the Judicial Separation Act, which completely separative the judicial and legislative branches of government.

Members

Date
Event
22 December
Confirmed by citizens
24 February
Libertasnia resigned
Justice 1 Libertasnia Llorens
Justice 2 Rathfarnham
Justice 3 VegemiteIsGross

Confirmations

Initial

The following are the results of the confidence votes on Secretary South Miruva's initial appointees to the Supreme Court:

Appointee Result
Libertasnia 12-1
Rathfarnham 10-3
VegemiteIsGross 12-1

As a result, all three appointees were confirmed to their posts.

Llorens

Following Libertasnia's resignation, Secretary South Miruva appointed Llorens to fill the vacant position. The following is the result of the confidence vote on their appointment:

Llorens confidence vote
Yes
  
21
No
  
0

As a result, Llorens was confirmed to their post.