Judicial Log

[DaveShack]

Term 1 Judicial Log

Official ruling on C4DG1JR1, Ratification of Code of Laws
By a 3-0 decision, the court rules that the Code of Laws ratification poll was performed according to the law, and thus the Code of Laws was ratified and is in force.

Official ruling on the Absence of Alphawolf
By a 3-0 decision, the court has ruled that Alphawolf has been absent from the forum for longer than the time period proscribed by law, and the office of President is declared vacant. Secretary of State greekguy assumes the duties of President.

Official ruling on C4DG1JR2
By a 3-0 ruling the court ruled that the amendment to CoL Section 7 on Impeachment, relating to Impeachment of Governors, did not conflict with any existing law. The amendment was posted as a poll and was ratified.

Official ruling on C4DG1JR3
By a 2-1 decision the court ruled that impeachment of the Triumvirate affects all members therein, and that there is no mechanism in place to allow impeachment of a single member of the Triumvirate.

Official ruling on C4DG1AI2
The court ruled 3-0 that Aythanaeus was absent from the office of Minister of the Interior, and said office was declared vacant.

Official ruling on C4DG1JR4
By a 3-0 decision the court ruled that a cabinet official may be a deputy of another cabinet office, and a citizen may hold two cabinet offices.

[DaveShack]

CC-1, People v Curufinwe in the matter of not appointing a Chief Justice pro-tem to hear the JR on the appointment of Nobody has concluded. The verdict is Innocent. Poll located here.

[Curufinwe]

Official Ruling on C4DG1JR5

The court ruled 3-0 that the amendment process to the Code of Laws applies to a complete re-writing of the same.

Official Ruling on C4DG1JR6

The court ruled 3-0 that offices may not be held by more than one person at a time.

Official Ruling on C4DG1JR7

The court ruled 2-1 that the Secretary of State may not assume the powers of the Presidency, and may not use those powers to make appointments, and the appointment of Nobody as Chief Justice by those powers was illegal.

Official Ruling on C4DG1JR8

The Court ruled 3-0 that the Code of Laws does not specify the time for which an office is provisional and subject to confirmation polls.

Official Ruling on C4DG1JR10

The court ruled 2-1 the extension of the confirmation poll on the Chief Justice as posted by Donsig was illegal, and that confirmation polls must be 48 hours long.

[mhcarver]

DGJR11

This case began at the beggining of term 1 under a different chief justice who issued a ruling prior to vacating the office, as a result his ruling will be referened

Details: Strider approached the court asking if . section 8A.II and Section 8.A.I include appointed no-power duties like Chief Bureau's for the Information Department?

Ruling: the court ruled 3-0 that non elected appointed positions were not included, CJ Black Hole also ruled that section 6 if the code of laws was unconstititonal


Chief Justice Ruling

Judge Advocate ruling

Public Defender ruling

DGJ1R14
In this review Ravensfire requested that the court review proposed legislation to make sure it did not conflict with the COL or code of laws
Ruling: the court determined 3-0 that the proposed legislation was not in conflict with the constitution or code of laws

proposed legislation

[donsig]

Case 5-1: Confirmation of robboo as Secretary of State.
Ruling: The judiciary ruled 3-0 to confirm the appointment.

Case #5-2: Judical Review requested by GeorgeOP regarding the 72 hour clause and its effect on appointments. Status: Case closed. The judciciary ruled 3-0 that YES 72 hours must elapse from the time a call is made for applicants to a vacant office before an appointment can be made to the office.

Case #5-3: Proposed CoL amendment.
Status: Case closed. The judiciary ruled 3-0 that the proposed amendment is not eligible for ratification.

[DaveShack]

Case 6-1, on whether Article B section 2C permits restrictions on citizen eligibility to hold an office.

The Court has ruled 2-1 that Article B section 2c requires that every citizen must be eligible to hold some office, but that this does not extend to the point of requiring every citizen to be eligible to hold any office.

Case 6-2, on whether impeachment of the triumvirate as a whole is constitutional, was initially accepted and then re-evaluated as having no merit.

Case 6-3, on whether disallowing impeachment of the judiciary is constitutional, was initially accepted and then re-evaluated as having no merit.

Case 6-4, on amending the CoL article on Designated Players, was ruled 3-0 as having no conflicts with existing laws and sent to the assembly for a vote. The amendment was ratified.

Case 6-5, on how the restrictions of CoL 6.A should be interpreted, was decided 3-0 that a citizen who holds the same office for any part of two consecutive terms is prohibited from running for that office in the following term, but that this does not prevent the same citizen from being appointed to the same office.

Case 6-6, an amendment on vacancies and appointments, was initially accepted using the form of the amendment presented by robboo. Donsig volunteered to resubmit a modified amendment to avoid having a re-review of the exact same text, given that the amendment had been ruled in conflict by the previous term. Although the grounds for that conflict had been struck down by this term's court, the revised amendment was accepted as a substitute for the original. The court ruled 3-0 that the new amendment did not conflict with the Constitution according to this court's ruling on case 6-1, with an objection noted by the Judge Advocate that he still disagrees with the result of 6-1 and would have ruled a conflict in this case if 6-1 had not already been decided. The amendment was presented to the assembly for ratification.

[DaveShack]

Case 7-1
The court ruled 2-0-1 that a cease fire is not the same as a peace treaty, so does not fall under the category of decisions which may only be made by a floor vote.

Case 7-2
The court ruled 2-0-1 that an amendment to remove the Minister of Culture from the CoL did not conflict with any existing law, and could proceed to ratification. The measure subsequently passed.