In response to Sir Donald III, I see no mention of a Judicial Review in your post, nor is any Law or rule mentioned. Therefore, I gather you are presenting these questions to the Court in hopes of getting an informal answer. Please keep in mind that this post is exactly that.
1. Should a significant event (one on the order of stopping a turnchat prematurely) allow for the reconsideration of orders still standing? And, if so, who should do the reconsideration, the appropriate Minister/Governor, the President, the House writ large, the Judiciary, or any combination of the above?
To begin with, I can assume that a Turn Chat
has been stopped and that is the premise behind this question. The orders in question were the Instructions posted legally for the Turn Chat (t/c) that was stopped. This is the context for which I am answering. As a t/c was stopped, obviously the next t/c to be conducted will be a new one. For this next t/c a Turn Chat Instruction thread must be posted for Leaders enabled to do so, to post Instructions for the DP in. The time in between the Turn Chats warrants reconsideration by all Leaders in light of new and important information. Those Leaders need to divine the WOTP as to whether new or different Instructions should be posted for the
next t/c. Reconsideration is always an option anytime the t/c is not in session. Which brings us to your next question.
2. If an event occurs that disrupts or threatens to disrupt standing orders (i.e. Enemy Stack approaching City with minimal or no defense which is building improvemetns, Rival Civ founding a city within a Radius 2 of a determined City Sire, etc.) in the middle of a TC, but is not judged significant enough to stop a TC, can the appropriate Minister/Governor and/or Designated Player reconsider/rescind standing orders with a justifiable reason, posted in a relevant place such as the Turnchat thread?
In this situation we are still in the active t/c session, and you ask if that same real time reconsideration only with "on the fly" implementation is allowed. This is a very tricky question to answer, as you ask about Ministers AND the President/DP. I believe it's common knowledge (or common law
) that Minister's are unable to recind (or change) their posted Instructions during a t/c. They may present advice to the President/DP for situations that fall within their jurisdiction, but they niether demand action or justify such action by the means of their Office.
I have answered this question about the DP before, and still believe my answer to be correct. Regardless of what happens in a t/c, the DP needs to follow the legally posted Instructions in the Turn Chat Instruction (TCI) thread (some people call this the TCIT). It doesn't matter if the Instruction is for a pre-turn move or for something on the 5th turn. Legally posted Instructions need to be followed if gameplay is to continue. That's the key. The DP has the authority to stop the t/c before the 10 turn limit. Anytime a justifiable t/c stopping event occurs, the DP may halt the chat. At this time, my answer to your first quetion would apply (time in between t/cs used for possible new Instructions). But if the DP chooses to go on and proceed taking turns in the t/c, all legally posted Instructions need to be followed. It's this occurance when one (the DP) must tread lightly, as there are consequences for not following legally posted Instructions. Having a CC filed against you when you are Preident is not good resume material
. Niether is making a serious mistake due to unforeseen circumstances.
I hope this helps.