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    POSC 110 – Lecture 9D

    The Supreme Court


    Structure of Supreme Court

    ➢3 Quebec
    ➢3 Ontario
    ➢2 West
    ➢1 Atlantic
    Two Critiques of Supreme Court
    Appointment Process
    ➢the republican critique
    ➢the federal critique

    US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh defending himself against


    allegations of sexual assault during his confirmation hearing in the
    US Senate, September 2018.
    Paul Martin’s Advisory Committee
    for Supreme Court Nominations
    ➢one MP from each party in Parliament
    ➢a retired judge from the region where the vacancy arises
    ➢a representative of the provincial minister of justice from the region
    ➢a representative of the law societies from the region
    ➢two prominent Canadians who are neither lawyers or judges
    Justin Trudeau & the New New Process
    ➢A seven-member Independent Advisory Board for Supreme
    Court of Canada Judicial Appointments
    ➢a retired judge nominated by the Canadian Judicial Council;
    ➢two lawyers, one nominated by the Canadian Bar
    Association and the other by the Federation of Law Societies
    of Canada;
    ➢a legal scholar nominated by the Council of Canadian Law
    Deans;
    ➢the other three members, including two non-lawyers, have
    been nominated by the Minister of Justice.

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