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I offer my service as Justice once again. The last Court term has been rather more quiet than several of the preceding. This is due to Tlomz, as Court Examiner, having worked through a backlog of cases that those previous Courts were asked to examine. That’s not inherently good or bad; instead I...

Application for Admission to the Bar Applicant name: Attempted Socialism Part One: Experience as a Justice or counsel 1. Have you served as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? <Yes> (if No, move to question 5) 2. Between what dates did you serve as a Justice (including as a...

The prosecution has called @St George as a witness. I note, because of the fairly lengthy objection to calling St George as a witness, that I will aim to resolve any objections to specific questions faster. St George, please swear the following oath as a witness: "I swear to tell the truth, the...

I will start with a bit of explainer this time, because 'nolo contendere' or, in English, 'no contest', is not as straightforward as guilty and not guilty are. Many crimes, both in real life and in this game, require two elements: An overt act, and a criminal intent (Mens rea, literally...

Whenever a Justice is unavailable, the Court shall appoint a Temporary Hearing Officer (THO). This list contains people willing to serve, with relevant prior experience, and notes whether they are currently available to serve as THO. While the list is intended to give future Courts a shortlist...

The Court has discussed codifying prosecutor discretion n the Court Procedures. This is not something that should be done lightly, as one can easily see from adverse results in real life, and as such the Court invites public feedback on the topic. Our system of open submission of indictments...

It has been an unspoken tradition that Justices who are functionally absent have been labelled as ‘abstaining’ on R4Rs. That has not been necessary while I have been on the Court, but one needs only to go back in the Rulings Registry to see that absence without temporary replacement has been a...

In the matter of The North Pacific v. KEKISTON, GrandEngland, the indictment is accepted by the Court. The Court is now in session. @Attempted Socialism will serve as Moderating Justice, @Simone will serve as Standby Hearing Officer. @Lord Dominator serves as Temporary Hearing Officer in place...

St George presented an indictment. https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/6989211/8#post-10604428 I'm not sure what to think... It feels like shooting sparrows with cannons, but the evidence presented is prima facie credible enough to support the charge.

Dear Citizens. In the current Court term we have been discussing various options to improve the Court as such. One of the simpler ideas is a public list of available THOs, where interested and available citizens can sign up. The Court has often employed an informal shortlist of candidates...

We have to appoint a THO. My inclination is to ask Lord Dominator or Sanctaria. How do you feel, @Eluvatar ?

As Pallaith brought up: We don't have a style guide, and the current style has been developing organically over time, as different Justices have contributed. Do we want an actual style guide, some additions to the current templates, or continue with the current system without any suggestions on...

We have a case. https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9197320/ I would take it, as would Pallaith (per Discord). Do any of you want to be moderating Justice? From a quick scan I believe it's an easy case because the ruling has been superceded by legislation. That would void the ruling as...

Yes, I probably should have made a separate topic for this. To just make sure we're on the same page, there's nothing here I suggest we do unilaterally. Some of it definitely requires changes to the legal code and/or buy-in from e.g. the Bar Members, and some should at least be up for public...

May 19, 2023. [09:34]Pallaith, King of the North: @Lord Dominator I thought we were past this [09:34]Pallaith, King of the North: See ya on the next merry go round, if you even see this message by the time you’re around May 19, 2023. [10:21]Pallaith, King of the North: @Attempted Socialism the...

Alright, with the election over let's get the paperwork sorted. I'll see if I can take care of the declassification of 1-year old materiel tonight. I'll also copy the Discord material to a thread so it's there for later declassification. By nr of votes Pallaith is in line for the position as...

Hello dear students! Some of you have asked whether I would be interested in hosting a lesson on a topic I know something about. I put out feelers to those who expressed the most interest, and they picked Politics of Authoritarian Rule by Milan Svolik. However, as I suspect that most of you...

First things first. I had not planned to run for a third term at this point. My plan was to step down for a while and do other things. But there can be no doubt that the last month has revealed deficiencies in both how the Court operates and how our general culture both incentivise and pressure...

In the matter of The North Pacific v. St George, the indictment is accepted by the Court. The Court is now in session. @Eluvatar will serve as Moderating Justice, @Oracle will serve as Standby Hearing Officer. As Pallaith is recused in the matter and @Sanctaria resigned as Temporary Hearing...

Okay. I have read the indictment and it alleges a serious crime with enough evidence to make a prima facie case for the allegations. I will accept the indictment unless given points to the contrary. In terms of bookkeeping, @Pallaith the accused has asked for your recusal, and as you are a...

Okay, so we need 1 to nominate (I suggest Comfed, but I would prefer someone as qualified who is not also serving in other positions), and 1 from the Court. I would delay the Court member until after the special election, but I am not set on that.

It has been brought to my attention that Zyvet's citizenship lapsed back in April. From a cursory glance that means the Delegate shall appoint a replacement. If you agree then I will notify the Delegate. https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9191694/19#post-10578694

Cross-posting from the Discord staffing section, to make sure we get in touch with everyone masked as MoFA Staff on the forum: You can also write in this topic if it suits you better. Current list of MoFA masked: @Caius @Chipoli @Comfed @Eluvatar @Federation of Atlanktrop @Greater Cesnica...

The thread is here: https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9196870/ The nation seems to have CTE 150 days ago, so I don't know how Hulldom could ban it yesterday. I suspect that the nation was deleted by mods, in which case I would be unwilling to take the case...

July 12, 2022 02:22]Sil Dorsett: It's been a pleasure serving with all of you! Now, I give my seat to Dreadton. See ya! [02:23]Kronos: See ya Sil pleasure having you! July 13, 2022 [22:49]Dreadton von Ship: @Kronos https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9196063/#post-10514726 [22:51]Kronos...

March 14, 2022 [00:16]Pallaith, King of the North: @Court the first order of business has been completed, as you may have noticed. I couldn’t help but notice there was talk of a potential r4r floating around. Would be silly for us not to take note of it. But since it’s coming up, seems like a...

November 18, 2022 [15:13]Dreadton von Ship: @Court The Court Examiner has wasted no time and making their first filing https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9196448/ please discuss [18:07]Dreadton von Ship: ive added my thoughts [18:21]Attempted Socialism: Sorry if it was unclear Dreadton. My...

We need to select a Chief Justice and a Bar Commissioner. I'm willing to serve as Chief Justice for a full term, but but with Pallaith returning to the bench there may be more competition for the post than last term.

During the last election I said that I was not the likeliest of candidates. I did not expect to get elected back then, as a complete newcomer. My expectation was to put my name out there and have a good showing in preparation for running the next time -- this time. Instead I got elected, and the...

I went to check how to update the rulings page, and realised that not only is the pinned post not referring to the index that our Laws page links to, but neither indices have been updated for a while. The index linked to through the Laws header was last updated June 20th 2022, with a ruling from...