28 U.S.C. § 171 — Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 143 words · no verdicts yet

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The President appoints 16 judges, with Senate approval, to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, a court created under Article I. The President also names a chief judge under 70, who can keep serving as a regular judge after leaving that role.

(a) The President appoints, with the Senate's approval, sixteen judges. Together they make up the United States Court of Federal Claims, a "court of record." Article I of the Constitution is the basis for creating this court. (b) The President picks one of these judges, who must be younger than seventy, to be chief judge. That judge can keep serving as chief judge until turning seventy or until the President names someone else to the job. After a new chief judge is named, the former chief judge may keep serving as a regular judge of the court until his or her term ends.

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(a)

The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, sixteen judges who shall constitute a court of record known as the United States Court of Federal Claims. The court is declared to be a court established under article I of the Constitution of the United States.

(b)

The President shall designate one of the judges of the Court of Federal Claims who is less than seventy years of age to serve as chief judge. The chief judge may continue to serve as such until he reaches the age of seventy years or until another judge is designated as chief judge by the President. After the designation of another judge to serve as chief judge, the former chief judge may continue to serve as a judge of the court for the balance of the term to which appointed.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat 898; July 28, 1953, ch. 253, § 1, 67 Stat. 226; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 39(a), 68 Stat. 1240; Pub. L. 89–425, § 1(b), May 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 140; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 105(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 27; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646
1953Amended · Act of July 28, 1953, ch. 253 · 67 Stat. 226
1954Amended · Act of Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263 · 68 Stat. 1240
1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-425 · 80 Stat. 140
1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-164 · 96 Stat. 27
1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-572 · 106 Stat. 4516

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.

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