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DG7JR8 – How should Article 3 of the Constitution be interpreted?

Question: May we take 1 city per civ, or 7 cities total, from any combination of civs?
By a 2-0-1 decision, we may only take 1 city per civ. The Chief Justice and the Public defender voted for this ruling, the Judge Advocate abstained.

Question: Question: Does recapturing a city we built count as taking a city from a civ?
By a 2-0-1 decision, we may recapture cities we've founded without counting them as conquering a foreign city. The Chief Justice and the Public defender voted for this ruling, the Judge Advocate abstained.

Question: May we abandon a city from a civ to take another city from that civ?
By a 2-0-1 decision, we may not abandon a city we've conquered to take another city from that civ. The Chief Justice and the Public defender voted for this ruling, the Judge Advocate abstained.

Question: If we capture a city, then the civ recaptures that city back, may we recapture that city, any other city the civ has, or no city from that civ?
By a 2-0-1 decision, we may recapture cities we've conquered and lost, but may not conquer another city from that civ. The Chief Justice and the Public defender voted for this ruling, the Judge Advocate abstained.

Question: If we capture a city from Civ A that was founded by Civ B, and we keep that city, which civ did we take that city from, A (who we conquered it from) or B (who founded it)?
By a 2-0-1 decision, the origin of cities is based on the founder of the city, not the current owner. The Chief Justice and the Public defender voted for this ruling, the Judge Advocate abstained.

Link to Ruling by the Court

Link to Chief Justice's ruling
Link to Judge Advocate's ruling
Link to Public Defender's ruling
 
DG7JR11 - Approval of an amendment to Article C of the Constitution

By a 2-0 decision, an amendment proposed by DaveShack to Article C of the Constitution has failed Judicial Review because it was submitted too early, violating Article N of the Constitution as well as the Judicial Procedures. The Chief Justice and the Judge Advocate voted for this ruling, with the Public Defender not casting a vote. The review was concluded early due to the resubmission of the amendment at such a time that it did not violate Article N, making this review obsolete.

Chief Justice's ruling
Judge Advocate's ruling
 
DG7JR13 - Meaning of "5 cities built" clause - Article C

This ruling was on the interpretation of Article C of the Constitution. It came with two questions. These questions and the rulings the Term 3 Judiciary has made are as follows:

1. Can we rebuild a city that has previously been destroyed?

In a 3-0 ruling, the Judiciary decided that cities that are destroyed by a foreign power can be rebuilt.

2. Can we abandon our own cities and then resettle them?

In a 2-1 decision, the Judiciary ruled that the abandonment of our own cities, with the consent of the people, is constitutional. The Chief Justice and the Judge Advocate voted for this ruling, the Public Defender dissented.

Chief Justice's ruling
Judge Advocate's ruling
Public Defender's ruling
 
in this case Daveshack filed a request with the judiciary asking to know who had the power to post the poll for a declaration of war if the Foreign Affairs minister was absent, the court did not speak with one voice on this matter , it ruled 2-1 that the president may post the poll if the FA office and the FA deputy were both absent/vacant, the CJ dissented and ruled only members of the FA department may post polls dealing with going to war

Majority Opinion
Judge Advocates Ruling
Public Defenders Opinion

Minority Opinion
Chief Justice Opinion
 
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