Commownealth v. Guerrero, 2014 MP

a message from the chief justice

This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Commonwealth Judiciary. Since its establishment in 1989, the Judiciary has accomplished a number of milestones including: - Creation of the Supreme Court - 1997 Constitutional amendment establishing an independent judiciary - Appointment of four chief justices - Completion of Centron Hustisia on Rota - Improvement of Tinian Courthouse - Transfer of appellate review from the Ninth Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 - Establishment of the Judicial Council in 2009 Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro makes a Nevertheless, much more needs to be presentation at Marianas High School during the accomplished, and the idea of being an annual Justices and Judges in the Classroom program. independent, fair, and innovative court can only be achieved with the help of