Supreme Court of Shushtrepistaz

The Supreme Court of the Shushtrepistaz is the highest court in Shushtrepistaz. It has ultimate (but largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. The Court, which meets in the Shushtrepistaz Supreme Court Building in Dras'kon, consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment.

Early Beginnings
When Shushtrepistaz had unified in 1720 the nation had not had a main court and was full of tribunal councils that decided crimes, but in 1722, the government had founded a tribunal council that would manage the hundreds scattered around the nation and which would handle cases that needed to be revised due to corruption or unfair reasoning. During this time period the nation had no Chief Justice and had an equal 8 member tribunal that would decide the fate of the accused. Because of this there were some occasions where there were draws, and since there was no law to state what to do then, the president was in charge tie breaking. In 1792, the Okuda had passed the Presidential Limitations Amendment causing there to be a need for a Chief Justice, Yamako Kuyur was the oldest one of the tribunal members and was chosen to be the first Chief Justice. During his court, he had pressed for reforms as lower courts had been sending too many court appeals to the main court, this had lead to the Appeal Regulation Act, which had caused stricter regulation on what goes through the appeals process.

Hagun to Yario
Hagun Mayuno was the second Chief Justice and was appointed in 1800 when Yamako had passed away, Hagun's court had been relatively stable and had very little important cases coming through, the only major event that happened was Umaji vs Suyahi in which a man named Umaji Jekori had not been paying his taxes to the city of Suyahi because of his house not being in the same district. The results of the case had the creation of the twelfth amendment that detailed the legality of taxes and regions. The next Chief Justice was Harino Jeibo, who was inaugurated in 1822 where he had undertook many cases dealing with Human Trafficking which was abolished in the constitution but began to flare up during the colonization of Okatabawashi. After Harino passed away in 1848, Yario Benjai had taken the role of Chief Justice and had had been the only Chief Justice that had been impeached due to corruption charges when he was taking bribes by affluent landowners during Hedjai vs Maiaski, he was impeached in 1856.

Umagi to Neino
After the impeachment of Yario Benjai, there was a mistrust in Chief Justices and the Supreme Court system in Shushtrepistaz, Umagi Hajau, the next Chief Justice did not help the healing, as he had retired after only one case, and was convicted a month later for corruption in that case. The inauguration of Hainau Kemai was a very quiet one as almost no one came to see the inauguration of the Chief Justice, and as an added measure he was put under protection due to an assassination attempt an hour after the inauguration. Hainau tried to restore the Supreme Court back to its glory, and under his 30 years, he had accomplished that by his many wise decisions on Human and Women's rights in Shushtrepistaz. After the death of Hainau Kemai in 1886, Haibul Janaro had taken over the position and had been the only non-native Shudonese Chief Justice, originating from Hoshisora, and brought new ideas from his homeland. In 1902 Neino Kawasaki had taken the Chief Justice office and had gone through cases that ended in the creation of the 16th, 17th and 18th amendments in the Constitution of Shushtrepistaz.