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accordance with specific congressional legislation directing the construction of such a building and appropriating funds for it. Occasionally, courthouses have been created through the federal purchase of existing privately owned or state-owned buildings, or through the conversion of federally owned buildings initially built for other purposes. In each of these cases, substantial renovations are often required before the structure is suitable for use as a federal courthouse. Rarely, the federal government has leased space in privately owned buildings for use by a particular federal court for the period of the term of the lease, particularly to serve as temporary quarters while existing facilities are renovated or while new facilities are constructed.
207:. These locations are sometimes referred to as "duty stations" with respect to the judges assigned to them. However, even though a single duty station may see the use of different courthouses over time, these are not considered separate courts. It is possible that such important events occur in the federal district courts of a particular city that a separate article on the history of that duty station might be merited, but a duty station would need to have an extraordinary level of notable activity to merit an article separate from that of the district that contains it.
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notability will become inherent. Although a nominee who withdraws, dies, is withdrawn by the
President prior to a vote on the nomination, or is returned by the United States Senate without being processed is not inherently notable, such a nominee is inherently notable if their withdrawal from consideration is prompted by conflict over the nomination which makes it tantamount to a defeat in the Senate.
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President prior to a vote on the nomination, or are returned by the United States Senate without being processed are not inherently notable. If a withdrawal from consideration is prompted by conflict over the nomination, which makes it tantamount to a
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Congress establishing the court, its authority, location, and number of judges. The determination that a court is unconstitutional is an inherently notable event, as it requires the judicial branch of the
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Such judges are not inherently notable, but holding such a position is strong evidence of notability that can be established by other indicia of notability. In particular, state courts of appeals judges who serve for a comparatively long time, who preside over important cases, or whose opinions are
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States that have a bifurcated justice system for civil and criminal matters have two high courts, typically a state
Supreme Court with civil jurisdiction and a state Court of Criminal Appeals with criminal jurisdiction; justices of each of the high courts in these systems are inherently notable, as
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Article I tribunals, which are appointed by the President, require Senate confirmation, are appointed to serve for terms lasting longer than two presidential terms, and which hold substantial authority over their area of specialization, are inherently notable. Courts to which this
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by the state legislature, where approval of the legislature is required, are not inherently notable; however, as the rejection of a nominee to such a position is a rare and politically important event, this is strong evidence of notability that can be established by any other indicia of
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geographic jurisdictions, either by county or by region in the state. These individual jurisdictions are not inherently notable, although an individual state jurisdiction might be notable if other evidence exists of notable events occurring in the court of that jurisdiction.
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President of the United States, require confirmation by the United States Senate, are appointed for life terms, and have substantial influence in the development of the law over a wide variety of
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All such judges are inherently notable, as they are selected by the
President of the United States, require confirmation by the United States Senate, are appointed for life terms, and have the power to overturn as unconstitutional decisions of state supreme
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Persons whose names are widely and independently reported in media sources as being under consideration for nomination are not inherently notable, but this is evidence of notability that can be established by any other strong indicia of
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Purpose-built structures constructed to serve, in whole or in part, as facilities for state appellate courts, are not inherently notable, but are highly likely to be notable, particularly if appeals of notable cases were heard in
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