Supreme Court of the Grand Unified Micronational

The Supreme Court of the Grand Unified Micronational is the organisation's judicial branch. It's led by the supreme justice, and also consists of a number of associate justices (currently three). The Court is assisted by the registrar.

The court has jurisdiction over all cases of GUM law, and any case of international law where every party consents to the Court's jurisdiction. The supreme justice is elected by Quorum every six months. They then nominate associate justices, who must be confirmed by Quorum to take office.

The Court was previously known as the Justice Commission. Before August 2010, chair Robert Lethler was often seen as the man controlling its proceedings. Sometimes, this was with the collaboration of the supreme justices, who were often forced to follow him in the absence of any legal convention. The Justice Commission brought New Scientopia to trial over negligent disclosure of information regarding New Europe, offered possible trial to the Kingdom of Camuria, introduced the illegalisation of hacking, compiled a list of intermicronational legal terms with clear definitions, and declared official opinions regarding events such as the Rhodesian War.

The current Supreme Justice is Anthony Clark, who took office on 4 July 2022.

Supreme Justice

The Supreme Justice's office is one of the most powerful and prestigious in the organisation. It is a post which can be seen a stepping-stone to becoming Chair, with nine supreme justices going on to become Chair immediately following their term. This is moreso the case than even the vice-Chair of the organisation.

When the Supreme Court was known as the Justice Commission, the Supreme Justice was formally known as the Chair of the Presidium of the Supreme Tribune of the Grand Unified Micronational Justice Commission, a title that had some notoriety on account of its length.

Timeline

List of Supreme Justices

№	Picture	Name	Country	Term start	Term end	Associate Justices	Notes
–		Robert Lethler	Democratic People's Republic of Erusia	February 2009	13 April 2009	N/A	De-facto Supreme Justice.
1		James Stewart	Democratic Duchy of Francisville	13 April 2009	13 July 2009	N/A	First official Supreme Justice.
2		Robert Lethler	Democratic People's Republic of Erusia	13 July 2009	13 October 2009	N/A
3		James Stewart	Democratic Duchy of Francisville	13 October 2009	13 January 2010	N/A
4		Wilhelm von Hartmann	Empire of New Europe	13 January 2010	14 June 2010	N/A
–		Vacant		14 June 2010	13 July 2010
5		Jonathan Nobilissimus Caesar	Empire of Austenasia	13 July 2010	13 September 2010	N/A
–		Vacant		13 September 2010	14 August 2011
6		Jonathan Nobilissimus Caesar	Empire of Austenasia	14 August 2011	13 December 2011	N/A
7		Wilhelm von Hartmann	Empire of New Europe	13 December 2011	13 March 2012	N/A
8		Jacob Tierney	Free State of Renasia	13 March 2012	13 June 2012	N/A
9		Ciprian I	Kingdom of Juclandia	13 June 2012	13 September 2012	N/A
10		Jonathan Nobilissimus Caesar	Empire of Austenasia	13 September 2012	19 January 2013	N/A	First Supreme Justice to become Acting Chair, after both the Chair and Vice-Chair resigned.
–		Alex Ulbricht	Union of South London Soviet Socialist Republics	20 January 2013	13 March 2013	N/A	Acting Supreme Justice.
11		Quentin I	Kingdom of Wyvern	13 March 2013	13 September 2013	N/A
12		Jacob Tierney	Free State of Renasia	13 September 2013	27 October 2013	N/A
13		Ciprian I	Kingdom of Juclandia	27 October 2013	13 December 2013	N/A
14		Bradley of Dullahan	Kingdom of Wyvern	13 December 2013	13 March 2014	N/A
15		Brooklyn Hewitt	Ashukov Federation	13 March 2014	13 June 2014	N/A
16		Taeglan I Nihilus	Reylan Imperial Triumvirate	13 June 2014	13 December 2014	N/A
17		Arthur I	Technocratic Capital of Würdigeland	13 December 2014	1 April 2015	N/A
18		Jonathan I	Empire of Austenasia	1 April 2015	14 June 2015	N/A
–		Vacant		14 June 2015	5 June 2016	N/A
19		Taeglan I Nihilus	Reylan Imperial Triumvirate	5 June 2016	2 January 2017	N/A
20		Bradley of Dullahan	Kingdom of Wyvern	2 January 2017	3 December 2017	• Anthony Clark of Mcarthia (2 Jan - 21 Oct)  • Shiro of Zenrax (2 Jan - 17 May)  • Jonathan I of Austenasia (from 8 May)
21		Bilal I	Shorewell	3 December 2017	11 February 2018	• Jonathan I of Austenasia  • Henry Clémens of Uber-Esse (from 19 Jan)
–		Vacant		11 February 2018	14 April 2018	• Jonathan I of Austenasia  • Henry Clémens of Uber-Esse (to 16 Mar)
22		Adam I	Empire of Adammia	14 April 2018	7 July 2018	• Jonathan I of Austenasia
–		Vacant		7 July 2018	8 September 2018	• Jonathan I of Austenasia
23		Horatio Eden	Amissopian Federation	8 September 2018	25 August 2019	• Jonathan I of Austenasia (to 7 Jul)  • Bradley of Dullahan of Wyvern (20 Jan - 7 Jul)  • Shiro of Zenrax (from 14 Jul)  • Thomas I of Hrafnarfjall (from 14 Jul)	Heard Quebec et al. v. Baustralia, the GUM's first court case since the Lethler era.
24		Shiro of Zenrax	State of Zenrax	25 August 2019	11 January 2020	• Thomas I of Hrafnarfjall (to 31 Dec)  • Matthew S. of Essexia (from 8 Sep)
25		Bradley of Dullahan	Kingdom of Wyvern	11 January 2020	2 January 2021	• Jonathan I of Austenasia (from 29 Feb)  • Newton von Uberquie of Uber-Esse (29 Feb - 30 Jun)  • Henry Clémens of Uber-Esse (from 4 Jul)
26		Anthony Clark	New Florence	2 January 2021	11 July 2021	• Jonathan I of Austenasia (to 9 Jan)  • Newton von Uberquie of Uber-Esse (from 2 Jan)  • Brooklyn Hewitt of New Virginia (9 Jan - 20 Mar)  • Ashley Jaax of Iustus (from 20 Mar)  • James Frisch of the Serene Beaconite Republic (from 29 Mar)
27		Newton von Uberquie	Uber-Essian Union	11 July 2021	30 December 2021	• Ashley Jaax of Iustus (to 22 Aug)  • James Frisch of the Serene Beaconite Republic  • Patrick Renwick of Paravia (from 22 Jul)  • Adam I of Adammia (from 22 Jul)	Was declared incapacitated due to inactivity for the final few weeks of his term. Emperor Adam I briefly became Acting Supreme Justice, but stood down in order to contest the Chair election. James Frisch then served as Acting Supreme Justice until his suspension on 30 December. Von Uberquie resigned in protest at the suspension of Frisch.
28		Abrams I	Serene Beaconite Republic	4 January 2022	31 January 2022	• Newton von Uberquie of Uber-Esse (from 25 Jan)  • Bradley of Dullahan of Wyvern (from 25 Jan)  • Sander II of Revalia (from 25 Jan)	Won immediate election called by Quorum after Von Uberquie's resignation, defeating Anthony Clark and Bradley of Dullahan after two rounds in perhaps the most closely-contested three-way GUM election ever. Served the shortest term of a GUM Supreme Judge in history, at 27 days. Became the first ever Supreme Judge to lose a vote of no confidence, as a result of causing widespread destruction to the MicroWiki@Discord server as part of wider protests against the MicroWiki administrators.
29		Bradley of Dullahan	Kingdom of Wyvern	31 January 2022	4 July 2022	• Newton von Uberquie of Uber-Esse (to 18 Jun)  • Bradley of Dullahan of Wyvern (to 9 Feb)  • Sander II of Revalia  • Jonathan I of Austenasia (from 18 Jun)	Won the election that was held in the Quorum of Delegates after the removal of Abrams I due to a vote of no-confidence, with 22 votes against 7. Served as Acting Supreme Justice until his confirmation on 9 February. Became the longest serving Supreme Justice of the Grand Unified Micronational.
30		Anthony Clark	New Florence	4 July 2022	8 January 2023	• Jonathan I of Austenasia (26 Jul - 6 Sep)  • Newton von Uberquie of Uber-Esse (26 Jul - 6 Sep)  • Horatio Eden of the Serene Beaconite Republic (from 26 Jul)  • Patrick Renwick of Paravia (from 11 Sep)  • Shiro of Zenrax (from 11 Sep)
31		Henry Clémens	Uber-Esse	8 January 2023	30 April 2023	• Patrick Renwick of Paravia  • Sertor Valentinus of West Sayville • James Bornstein of Desert District
–		Sertor Valentinus	West Sayville	30 April 2023	4 May 2023	• James Bornstein of Desert District
32		James Bornstein	Desert District	4 May 2023	Incumbent	• Sertor Valentinus of West Sayville

Associate Justices by seniority

Associate Justices - of which there are currently three - are ranked by the total number of days served in office. The chronological terms of different Associate Justices can be seen in the table above.

Those currently in office are in bold; former office-holders are in ordinary type.

• Patrick Renwick of Paravia: 11 September 2022 – present (has previously served 162 days)
• Shiro of Zenrax: 11 September 2022 – present (has previously served 80 days)
• Horatio Eden of the Serene Beaconite Republic: 26 July 2022 – present
• Jonathan I of Austenasia: 1,167 days
• Newton von Uberquie of Uber-Esse: 502 days
• James Frisch of the Serene Beaconite Republic: 282 days
• Henry Clémens of Uber-Esse: 240 days
• Anthony Clark of Mcarthia: 203 days
• Bradley of Dullahan of Wyvern: 185 days
• Thomas I of Hrafnarfjall: 171 days
• Adam I of Adammia: 163 days
• Sander II of Revalia: 161 days
• Ashley Jaax of Iustus: 156 days
• Matthew S. of Essexia: 126 days
• Brooklyn Hewitt of New Virginia: 71 days

See also

• Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational
• Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational