The Judiciary
10 provisions
Courts and terms
Inferior judges serve one non-renewable twelve-year term. The Civic Consul nominates without undue delay from the Judicial Pool; Senate confirmation needs a majority of full seated membership. Abolition takes effect for each occupied seat only at its incumbent’s term expiry. The Supreme Court may reassign cases to prevent vacancies delaying justice.
§4.1 — full provision →Supreme Court selection
At least five justices, single non-renewable twelve-year terms in staggered classes. Size changes need two-thirds of both chambers; reductions occur through attrition. Nomination is due within the statutory period, at most ninety days; the Senate must vote within its period, at most 120 days. A senior eligible appellate judge supplies temporary service immediately.
§4.4 — full provision →When selection stalls
Missing nomination or Senate-vote deadlines submits the Temporary Associate Justice for public confirmation at the next federal electoral period: sixty percent of votes cast. Ordinary confirmation before ballot certification ends that route. Rejection leads to the next eligible temporary justice and a restarted vacancy process. Timely Senate rejection alone does not trigger public confirmation.
§4.4.a — full provision →Review and independence
Courts adjudicate concrete legal injuries, not advisory policy questions. Monitor findings are admissible evidence. Supreme Court original jurisdiction is limited to the listed categories; federal statutes do not all begin there. Equal division grants no relief in an original proceeding and creates no binding precedent. Courts may issue interim protective orders. Removal for lawful grounds follows §§4.2(3) and 4.3.a; policy disagreement is not cause.
§4.5 — full provision →