Category: Recent Arguments

Mr. President;
Madam Vice President;
Mr. Speaker & Members of the House of Representatives;
Mr. President Pro Tempore & Members of the Senate;
My Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench;
Retired and Former Chief Justices & Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
The Minister of Justice & Attorney General, R.L.
& Dean of the Supreme Court Bar;
The Doyen & Members of the Diplomatic & Counselor Corps;
The President & Members of the National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia;
The President & Members of the Liberian National Bar Association;
The President & Members of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia;
The President & Members of the National Association of Public Defenders;

Mr. President; Madam Vice President; Mr. Speaker & Members of the House of Representatives; Mr. President Pro Tempore & Members of the Senate; My Colleagues of the

Madam Vice President;
Mr. Speaker & Members of the House of Representatives;
Mr. President Pro Tempore & Members of the Liberian Senate;
My Colleagues of the Supreme Court;
Former Chief Justices & Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
The Resident Coordinator & Staff of the United Nations in Liberia;
The Doyen & Members of the Diplomatic Corps;

On behalf of my Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench and the entire Judiciary, I welcome you to this ceremony marking the opening of the October A.D. 2021 Term of this Court. We are exceedingly grateful to God Almighty for His protection amid the Covid -19 global pandemic; we humbly pray for His continued guidance and gift of wisdom and fortitude as we commence this Term.

I am pleased, on behalf of my esteemed Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench, to welcome all of you to this ceremony marking the formal opening of the March 2021 Term of this Court.