T2-JR7 Public Discussion Thread

[ravensfire]

donsig has requested the following Judicial Review:

I would like a Judicial Review of CoL B.2.e7. Specifically, does this section of the CoL give the ministry of Internal Affairs the authority to over-ride gubernatorial and Senate instructions on land use and slider settings given that: 1) article E of our constitution charges our Senators / governors the responsibilty for the care and mangement of our cities; and 2) C.1.c of the CoL grants control of the slider settings to the Senate.? this JR request is filed in the hope of determinig if the recent instructions posted by DaveShack (see below) are legal.

The laws for which this review is conducted are:

Section B.2.e of the Code of Laws

B. Executive Branch
  2. Council
    e. Ministry of Internal Affairs 
      1. Is responsible for settler placement. 
      2. Is responsible for wonder building, including prebuilds. 
      3. Governor of cities that do not have a provincial governor. 
      4. Is responsible for the mapping of Provincial Borders. 
      5. Evaluate Cultural needs of all cities.
      6. Monitor overall happiness of COUNTRY_NAME.
      7. Coordinate efforts of Governors on national 
projects.

Also relevant to this discussion are Con. Article E (Executive Branch), CoL B.2.c, CoL C.1.b, CoL C.1.c and CoL C.1.d.

In dispute is the following instruction:

Under the authority of CoL B.2.e.7 "Monitor overall happiness of COUNTRY_NAME", the Internal Affairs ministry assumes control of that event according to the CoC. If a city is about to riot, or has rioted, and the slider and/or laborer instructions do not cover this event, the DP is authorized to adjust either the sliders, the laborer allocations, or both as needed to minimize the effects of civil unrest. The specific adjustments to make (raising lux, hiring specialists) are left to DP discretion. If more specific instructions are posted either by the Governor or the Senate, those instructions supercede this general instruction.

-- Ravensfire

 

[zorven]

After my first, short look at this issue, my attention keeps coming back to CoL. B.2.e.7. The word that is criticial here is "Monitor". This basically means that the IA Minister has the duty to observe and report on the happiness. No authorization is given to act on that information.

 

[ravensfire]

Public discussion on this Judicial Review has ended.

-- Ravensfire, Chief Justice of Fanatica