Question: When does a newly elected body which has the power to remove a justice from the court of criminal appeals officially begin its work?

As with the former Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, appeals from many fields of law are likely to be selected for hearing, including commercial disputes, family matters, judicial review claims against public authorities and issues under the Human Rights Act 1998. The Supreme Court also hears some criminal appeals, but not from Scotland, as there is no general right of appeal from the High Court of Justiciary, Scotland's highest criminal court, other than with respect to devolution issues. The Supreme Court's focus is on cases that raise points of law of general public importance. <SEP> israel has a three-tier court system. at the lowest level are magistrate courts, situated in most cities across the country. above them are district courts, serving as both appellate courts and courts of first instance; they are situated in five of israel's six districts. the third and highest tier is the supreme court, located in jerusalem; it serves a dual role as the highest court of appeals and the high court of justice. in the latter role, the supreme court rules as a court of first instance, allowing individuals, both citizens and non-citizens, to petition against the decisions of state authorities. although israel supports the goals of the international criminal court, it has not ratified the rome statute, citing concerns about the ability of the court to remain free from political impartiality. <SEP> similar to the british system, article one of the united states constitution gives the house of representatives the sole power of impeachment and the senate the sole power to try impeachments of officers of the u.s. national government. (various state constitutions include similar measures, allowing the state legislature to impeach the governor or other officials of the state government.) in contrast to the british system, in the united states impeachment is only the first of two stages, and conviction during the second stage requires a two - thirds majority vote. impeachment does not necessarily result in removal from office; it is only a legal statement of charges, parallel to an indictment in criminal law. an official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. most constitutions require a supermajority to convict. although the subject of the charge is criminal action, it does not constitute a criminal trial; the only question under consideration is the removal of the individual from office, and the possibility of a subsequent vote preventing the removed official from ever again holding political office in the jurisdiction where he or she was removed. impeachment with respect to political office should not be confused with witness impeachment. <SEP> The Constitution provides that justices ``shall hold their offices during good behavior ''(unless appointed during a Senate recess). Only one justice has been impeached by the House of Representatives (Samuel Chase, March 1804), but he was acquitted in the Senate (March 1805). Moves to impeach sitting justices have occurred more recently (for example, William O. Douglas was the subject of hearings twice, in 1953 and again in 1970; and Abe Fortas resigned while hearings were being organized in 1969), but they did not reach a vote in the House. No mechanism exists for removing a justice who is permanently incapacitated by illness or injury, but unable (or unwilling) to resign. The term`` good behavior'' is understood to mean justices may serve for the remainder of their lives, unless they are impeached and convicted by Congress, resign, or retire. <SEP> Prior to 1934, the annual message was delivered at the end of the calendar year, in December. Since 1934, the message or address has been delivered to Congress in January or February. The ratification of the 20th Amendment on January 23, 1933, changed the opening of Congress from early March to early January, affecting the delivery of the annual message.