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Judicial
Topic Started: May 16 2012, 10:21 PM (64 Views)
Zander
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How should our Judicial system work? Powers?
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Muscovite
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The Court of Valtamrei should be made up of four Justices and one High Justice.

The High Council* shall appoint citizens of the nation to the Court, to be approved by a simple majority vote in the Federal Assembly.

The Court of Valtamrei shall hear all legitimate cases put before it, but not necessarily decide on 'nonviable cases'.

'Nonviable cases' include unjustifiable retrials, multiple appeals for the same issue or crime; 'nonviable cases' do not include legitimate crimes as stated in law or situations that can be argued as such.

The High Justice shall moderate discussion in the Court, approve witnesses and evidence, and, if s/he deems fit, moderate public* debate on the specific case.

The Justices shall excuse themselves if they are directly involved in the case. If this is the High Justice, then the Justices shall appoint a temporary High Justice.

Citizens are not allowed to participate in a court case unless they are granted express permission from the Court.


*EDITS: 1. Typo, "High Court" changed to "High Council". 2. Specified what kind of debate.
Edited by Muscovite, May 19 2012, 12:34 AM.
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Zander
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This is good. If anyone can think of something to imrpove it please add to it.
Are we going for an elected judicial system?
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I personally like the idea of an appointed Judiciary. Maybe we do something like the "Missouri Plan" where justices are appointed and after a certain amount of time they face a retention election where people simply vote yes or no on if they want that Justice to continue. If a majority says no, a new justice is appointed. This allows judges to maintain some more independence while also being held accountable for their actions on the court.
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Zander
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I do aswell but what is unclear is who appoints the justices.
Do we elect the High Justice who then appoints them? It may just be a typing error but it says
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The High Court shall appoint.........

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It was a typing error, specified the changes in my previous post.
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