Chief Justice of Enderron

Chief Justice of EnderronOpperrechter van Enderron恩德龙首席大法官Ēndélóng Shǒuxí Dàfǎguānエンデロン最高裁判所長官Enderon Saikōsaibansho-chōkan 	Chief Justice of EnderronOpperrechter van Enderron恩德龙首席大法官Ēndélóng Shǒuxí Dàfǎguānエンデロン最高裁判所長官Enderon Saikōsaibansho-chōkan
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IncumbentMargaret Seeley SCsince 14 October 2017 	IncumbentMargaret Seeley SCsince 14 October 2017
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Style 	The Honourable
Appointer 	President of Enderron
Term length 	No set term, though retirement is mandatory at age 70
Formation 	16 September 1946
Inaugural holder 	Isaiah McDougall
Salary 	$345,000 (END)
The Chief Justice of Enderron is the presiding justice of the Supreme Court of Enderron, and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Republic of Enderron.
The Chief Justice is ceremonially appointed by the President of Enderron after being nominated by the Cabinet. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1946, nine people have served as Chief Justice.
The current Chief Justice is Margaret Seeley, since 14 October 2017.
==Role==
The Chief Justice is first among equals among the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the position differs little from that of the other Justices. All Justices, including the Chief Justice, are appointed by the President of Enderron, on the advice of the federal government. They can be removed only by the President, on a request from parliament (with a two-thirds majority), although this has never been done. Since 1972, appointment has been until the mandatory retirement age of seventy (before then, appointment was for life). The one substantial difference between a Chief Justice and the other Justices of the Court is that, where opinion on the court is evenly divided, ordinarily the side of the question that is supported by the Chief Justice prevails.
The Chief Justice also administers the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office to the President-elect when he or she takes up his or her appointment.
==List of Chief Justices==
№	Chief Justice	Chief Justice 	Tenure 	Nominating Prime Minister
№	Portrait 	Name(birth–death) 	Tenure 	Nominating Prime Minister
1	 	Isaiah McDougall(1877–1968) 	16 September 1946 – 22 March 1952() 	William Oxley
2	 	Ronald Griffin(1891–1960) 	22 March 1952 – 30 August 1959() 	William Oxley
3	 	John Harrigan(1908–1978) 	30 August 1959 – 12 September 1971()	William Oxley
4	 	Adrian Woodford(1907–2004) 	12 September 1971 – 21 May 1981() 	Calvin Rhinehart
5	 	Matthew Sedgwick(1926–) 	21 May 1981 – 5 December 1998() 	James Thorpe
6	 	John Lewis Clarence(1935–2020)	5 December 1998 – 22 February 2005()	Rick Clarkson
7	 	David O'Brien(1943–) 	22 February 2005 – 19 March 2013() 	Wally Koepke
8	 	Robert Dawe(1950–) 	19 March 2013 – 14 October 2017() 	Sherry Matsuda
9	 	Margaret Seeley(1959–) 	14 October 2017 – present() 	Lisa Kelsey Chan