Supreme Court circuit and speciality courts, magistrate courts and justices of the peace. Eligibility of Justices The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Liberia must be a citizen of the country for the past ten years previous to his appointment, should be 30 years of age and should be a Counselor at Law Licensed to practice in the supreme court bar, and engaged in the active practice of law for at least seven (7) years prior to his appointment (Judicial Service, Governmental Service and Teaching of Law) citation: Judiciary Law – Title 17 – Liberian Code of Laws Revised 2.4 There are four Associate Justices in the supreme court and they are ranked based on their order of superiority. Any three members of the five can form a quorum and when agreement is not arrived by the quorum in any case, the President of Liberia appoints an ad-hoc judge from the circuit judges based on seniority. There are five special seat of honor in the Supreme Court chambers and the center seat is reserved for the Chief Justice. The two seats immediately adjacent to the Chief Justice are occupied by Associate judges next in rank and the corner most seats on either side for the lower ranked Associates. The seat of the judges are conferred during the appointment ceremony and the chair would remain vacant in the event of death or such extraneous situation until a new judge is appointed. The current Associate judges of the Supreme Court are Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh, Kabineh Ja'neh, Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie and Philip A. Z. Banks, III. History In 1864 one of the most controversial legal battles was fought between two presidents, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia during 1848–55 against Stephen Allen Benson, another president of the country during 1856–63 over charges of land speculation. Roberts won in the lower court on account of his powers, the Supreme Court overturned the decision. During August 2007, the Supreme Court allowed proceedings against Gyude Bryant, who was an interim President and allegedly stole $1.3 million of government property. The Court noted he was not immune to prosecution as a head of the state as he was not elected by people and was not abiding by laws of the nation. Criticism The Supreme Court, as in other democratic countries, is found to be the weakest among the three arms of democracy. Some experts