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Why not, I may be fairly new here, but I'll run.

I agree that the Court should be able to suspend posting rights within the Court as a procedural issue, rather than having a criminal contempt charge. We may wish to consider a criminal charge that can be bought against repeat offenders (something like obstruction of justice), but it probably...

I rather like the proposal, but that's just because the prospect of writing a whole new set of laws is my twisted idea of fun; it's probably not the most practical thing to do right now. It works with a small group, but trying to write a whole law set with a large body like the RA would probably...

I agree that all laws contain a degree of ambiguity. However, I believe the laws in question contain a needless degree of ambiguity. The fact that perfect clarity is an impossible task does not mean that we shouldn't strive to make the law as clear as possible. There may be something to be said...

Nominations are fairly pointless at present anyway. Seen as candidates don't require a nomination to run, and nominees don't become candidates until they accept (essentially, declare) they're really nothing more than a public statement that you'd like somebody to run.

It's worthy of note that nothing in the current Constitution or Bill of Rights requires that the Delegate is elected, or how candidates in elections are determined. The equal protection clause would make any law that unfairly affected one nation over another unconstitutional, but that leaves a...

@Eluvator: How exactly do we define eligibility requirements though? There is a difference between requiring that a candidate posses certain inherent qualities and requiring that all candidates comply with an election protocol. The EC and Court both seem happy to require that candidates post in...

As I've said elsewhere, the extent of power the term "oversee" gives the EC is at the hear of the controversy around the recent elections. I think we should address that here. To me, the term oversee suggests very limited power, little more than watching for people trying to cheat. However, the...

Please check my IP for security purposes on this post, as discussed privately.

I don't have permission to post there yet, but I will. It doesn't (yet) address the issue of what powers the term "oversee" grants the EC yet - if anyone wants to jump in and raise that before I do... :)

As a newcomer, I'd like to interject that the real problem seems to be that the relevant laws are distinctly ambiguous. All of the interpretations of the election law I've seen expressed with regards to the various controversies in this current election cycle are reasonable, and many of them...

Thank you for the compliments. I enjoyed the trial and have decided to apply for Regional Assembly membership and stick around. I think that the system could benefit from some reforms - I've been thinking about this for a while.

Thank you - let me know if you want any more information.

My TNP Nation: Malashaan TNP My WA Nation: Malashaan Colony I, the leader of The North Pacific nation of Malashaan TNP, pledge loyalty to The North Pacific, obedience to her laws, and responsible action as a member of her society. I pledge to only register one nation to vote in The North...

All I will say is that, purely in my role as the defence attorney in this case, I was very pleased to avoid a speech ban for my client. You can read into that what you will regarding my thoughts on the wider legal question... ;)

Like the Prosecution, for the sake of clarity, the Defence will address each charge separately in presenting its case. With regards to both charges, The Bill of Rights, Clause 7 states that "a Nation is presumed innocent unless guilt is proven to the fact finder by reasonably certain evidence."...

Thank you Madam Justice, as I said to your privately, I'm currently traveling for work and hadn't seen that the Court had moved out of recess. I will submit the defence's case shortly. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

No problem Madam Justice, I will keep checking back for a resumption of the trial.

In the interests of justice, the defence is willing to proceed with the trial with exhibit E being admissible either publicly, or in private chambers under a privacy order, as the Court sees fit.

Now the Court is back in session, the Defence formally submits it is happy with the evidence on record and is ready to proceed.

No objections here, it saves me rushing around today finalizing things.

The following is submitted as Defence Exhibit B, the deposition of Kiwi. There were no objections to questions at any point in this deposition, so we agreed to simply submit it as evidence, as with Eluvator's deposition.

I confirm this is accurate and as witnessed.

Below is Defense Exhibit A, the testimony of Ravania, taken in a deposition witnessed and managed by myself on behalf of the Defence and Gaspo on behalf of the Prosecution.

Thank you Madam Justice, the Defence and Prosecution have been communicating to schedule deporisitions, the first of which is scheduled for tomorrow evening.

The defence requests that the prosecution identifies the witnesses that they would call independently of their presence on the defence's list.

Thank you madam Justice, the defence submits the following witness list: Ravania - as the defendant, testimony will be sought regarding the actions in question Mahaj - as an eyewitness, testimony will be sought regarding the events in question and mindset of Ravania Kiwi - as Minister of...

The defence hereby submits the following three motions for dismissal of charges for consideration by the Court, one relating to the espionage charge and two relating to the treason charge. Motion 1 Treason is defined under chapter 1, section 1.1 of the Legal Code: Thus, for treason to have...

The defence has no objections to the prosecutions request to extend discovery.

The Defence hereby informs the Court that the previous masking issues have been resolved and thanks them for their patience.