Arkansas Supreme Court: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Highest court in the U.S. state of Arkansas}}

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| authority = [[Constitution of Arkansas]]

| appealsto = [[Supreme Court of the United States]]

| positions = 7 (by statute)

| website = {{URL|arcourts.gov/courts/supreme-court}}

| chiefjudgetitle = Chief Justice

| termstart = {{start date|2017|1|1}}

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The '''Supreme Court of Arkansas''' is the [[State supreme court|highest court]] in the state judiciary of [[Arkansas]]. It has ultimate and largely discretionary [[appellate jurisdiction]] over all [[State court (United States)|state court]] cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases. The Supreme Court holds the power of [[Judicial review in the United States|judicial review]], the ability to invalidate a [[statute]] for violating a provision of the [[Constitution of Arkansas|Arkansas Constitution]]. It is also able to strike down gubernatorial directives for violating either the Constitution or [[statutory law]]. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction.

 

 

 

The Court meets in the Supreme Court Building in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].

 

==Membership==

There are currently seven justices on the Supreme Court: Chief Justice [[John Dan Kemp|Dan Kemp]] and six associate justices.

! Position

! Born

! Law school

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| 2024

| [[University of Arkansas School of Law|Arkansas]]

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| 2026

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| {{Birth based on age as of date|60|2017|12|21}}

| 2028

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| 2024

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==Further reading==

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* {{Official website}}

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