Chief Justice of the Arstotzkan Union

Chief Justice of Arstotzkan Union
Flag of the Supreme Federal Court
Incumbent Ethan Brinkman since 26 November 2020
Supreme Federal Court of the Arstotzkan Union
Style	Comrade Chief Justice (Formal) Your Honour (Within Court)
Abbreviation	CJ
Member of	Federal Judiciary Federal Judicial Council Arstotzkan Executive War Council Executive Committee
Reports to	Federal Judicial Council Executive Committee
Seat	Supreme Federal Court Building, Te Whakapaipai Territory, Central Arstotzkan State, Arstotzkan Union
Appointer	First President of the Arstotzkan Union
Term length	For-Life
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union Arstotzkan Statute on Government Systems (2021)
Precursor	Head Judge of the Arstotzkan National Court
Formation	26 November 2020
First holder	Ethan Brinkman
Deputy	Attorney-General of the Arstotzkan Union

The Chief Justice of the Arstotzkan Union is the chief judge of the Supreme Federal Court of the Arstotzkan Union and is the highest ranking member of the Federal judiciary of the Arstotzkan Union. The office of the Chief Justice was created officially on 26 November 2020 following the creation of the Supreme Federal Court from the Arstotzkan National Court, which for most of the history of the Arstotzkan Union up until then was the only part of the judicial body of the Arstotzkan Federal Government and other previous governments.

The Chief Justice has significant influence in the selection of cases for review, presides when oral arguments are held, and leads the discussion of cases with the other Justice. Additionally, when the court renders an opinion, the chief justice, if in the majority, chooses who writes the court's opinion; however, when deciding a case, the chief justice's vote counts no more than that of any other justice.

Outside the Supreme Federal Court, the Chief Justice acts as the chief administrative officer for the lower appellate courts. The Chief Justice also administers justice in the Federal Court of Appeals (along with the President of the Federal Court of Appeals) and the Federal Executive Court (along with the President of the Federal Executive Court) and advises the Federal Judicial Council on matters regarding function of the four circuits.

Roles

As Chief Justice, they have a lot of roles in the federal judiciary. Some of these include:

• Heading the Supreme Federal Court
• Acting as the head of the Federal Court of Appeals and Federal Executive Court along with their respective presidents
• Advises fellow judges on judicial matters and offers support to lower appellate judges with cases brought to the Federal Judicial Council.
• Appoints Federal Judges to the four Federal District Circuit Courts.

Chief Justices

Since the creation of the judiciary, only one person has served as the Chief Justice:

Name	Date Confirmed	Tenure	Tenure Length	Appointed by	Prior Position	Court
Ethan Brinkman	25 August 2019	25 August 2019 - 26 November 2020	1 year, 64 days	National Assembly of the Arstotzkan Union	Office Established	Arstotzkan National Court
Ethan Brinkman	26 November 2020	26 November 2020 - Present day	7003124900000000000♠3 years, 154 days	National Assembly of the Arstotzkan Union	Head Judge of the Arstotzkan National Court	Supreme Federal Court

Cases heard

Since the judicial body was the most inactive for much of the Arstotzkan Union's history, the Chief Justice has not heard many cases. However there have been more in recent years.

• Confederacy v. Arstotzkan Union (2022) - Chief Justice Ethan Brinkman ruled in favour of the plaintiff and banned discriminatory laws from being made.
• Arstotzkan Union v. Bendolf (2023) - Court ruled that the Empire of the Benereich King Bendolf breached Arstotzkan Law while in the country.

See also

• Attorney-General of the Arstotzkan Union
• President of the Federal Court of Appeals
• Federal Executive Court of the Arstotzkan Union