The inaugural bench (with the exception of the chief justice, who had automatic appointment) were the most senior judges of the New Zealand Court of Appeal at the time. To further protect the independence of the judiciary, Judges in the three highest general courts may not be removed from office or have their salaries cut. It’s Congress, not the Constitution, that decides the size of the Supreme Court, which it did for the first time under the Judiciary Act of 1789. Court workload is seasonal, especially relating to numbers of active cases. Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court 12:21. Correspondent David Spunt has a preview of the slate of big cases facing the high court in 2020. Marcus said that no one at the time quibbled about the fact that six is an even number, which leaves open the possibility of 3-3 split decisions. Ulysses S. Grant was elected president in 1868 with the backing of the congressional Republicans who had hated Johnson. Under the proposed legislation, all sitting justices older than 70 would be asked to resign. These key court statistics provide a picture of court workloads over the past 12 months, and are updated every six months. Reserved decisions. Honorable Judges of The Supreme Court. Annual courts statistics for all other courts and special jurisdictions will in due course be available on these webpages : Archived courts statistics covering all jurisdictions are available here: Display pages under How decisions are made, Pōwhiri and Ceremonial Sitting new Chief Justice, Information about other courts and tribunals. Judges in New Zealand are not elected into their role. There are currently 30 judges (including the Chief Justice of India) and maximum possible strength is 34. If any of them refused, FDR would be allowed to nominate an additional justice to the bench. As per the Constitution of India, judges of the Supreme Court … The U.S. Constitution is silent about how many justices should sit on the Supreme Court. The last time Congress changed the number of Supreme Court justices was in 1869, again to meet a political end. While there’s a lot of controversy today around replacing a Supreme Court justice in an election year, Adams had no such qualms. The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., is the 17th Chief Justice of the United States, and there have been 103 Associate Justices in the Court’s history. The Supreme Court may make rules governing administration, practice, and procedure in all courts. In those days, the post-election “lame duck” session of Congress lasted until the following March, says Marcus, and Adams and his Federalists in Congress wanted to do everything in their power to deny Jefferson a Supreme Court pick. FDR and his Justice Department responded with a proposed bill that would have allowed him to name six new Supreme Court justices to reach a grand total of 15. Each circuit court would be presided over by three judges: one district court judge from the state and two Supreme Court justices. Acting Judges. In 1984 Justice France joined Victoria University of Wellington as a lecturer, later becoming senior lecturer and at various times dean of students and deputy dean of the law faculty. Only since 1869 have there consistently been nine justices appointed to the Supreme Court. All Rights Reserved. FDR’s plan, decried as “packing the court” with his political supporters, was shot down in the Senate by a vote of 70-20. More than a quarter of currently active federal judges are now Trump appointees. The Federalist's grip on power didn’t last, however, prompting the very first political controversy over Supreme Court nominations. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Governor's Council. As the country focused on the aftermath of riots in the US Capitol and the unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald Trump, the liberal justices of the Supreme Court …