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Already cleared with George.

I protest my unjust exclusion from the ballot.

Politics. I did some... unscrupulous though legal things, and my political opponents made use of security legislation to remove me when they couldn't charge me with anything criminal. Because I'm too lazy to purge the region myself. This campaign is deadly serious.

Correct, as trial procedure is currently contained in it and I didn't want to move such around. I intend to present a "model" set of Court procedures dealing with that.

An odd number of justices is desirable, but there was a general consensus that some kind of specific investigator role was preferable to simply leading it in the hands of the justices collectively. That means either an elected or appointed official has to be in place, and no good means of...

Ok, me and Asta had a long debate in regards to the matter of standing in relation to legal review. As a general addition to this and to deal with the problem of removing the AG (who has standing in regards to any review) how does the following wording work for people; "The Court will conduct...

Oh. That was already in there, I just had to change the numbering of it to account for the removal of the section dealing with the AG.

Chapter three is minor changes, yes, but I got lazy in terms of strike lining and redtexting each bit. The Chief Justice has always assumed the burden of administrative duties, thankless task that they are. Yes. What rider? I am aware of no such element, as the entire bill is designed to move...

Ok, the following constitute the needed amendments to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Legal Code to transition to a non-adversarial model; The significant changes are as follows; 1. The abolition of the AG's officer entirely 2. Change of all references to trials to inquiries 3. An...

The seven day period has passed.

As a credible candidate, do you feel no shame in taking attention away from more deserving if less electable candidacies like Cormac and BEL/JAL?

As a credible candidate, do you feel no shame in taking attention away from more deserving if less electable candidacies like Cormac and BEL/JAL?

Ok, we all had a big old discussion on IRC and the following options were mooted; 1. Justices handle the investigation without a dedicated investigator 2. Dedicated investigator replaces AG 3. Justices/Chief Justice appoint investigator as needed 4. Delegate appoints investigator as needed 5...

Speaker: Bootsie Would you like to reopen nominations? No

Lore's passed the task on to me as The Official Map Pedant, I'm working on it right now.

The Court rules are at present determined by the court itself; I have no intention of changing that, but what will need to occur is a restructuring of the sections of the constitution and legal code to establish a non-adversarial system. The Court would then have to adjust the rules.

Ok, I'm seeing enough interest to justify coming up with draft legislation. I'll work on that over the next couple of days.

Oi! I already called dibs on the joke supper serious candidacy :P

Alas, that would conflict with my manifesto commitment to do nothing but hand my nation over to JAL.

The Fiqh is arbitrational, and thus unsuited for criminal matters. It's certainly better than the Constitutional Court is though.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The first three formal endorsements for the BEL/JAL candidacy shall receive a "Get out of purge free" card.

If JAL was to become DOS tomorrow I would instead hand my nation over to Mall.

I declare my candidacy on a "Vote Belschaft, get JAL" platform. Whilst I'm not eligible, JAL is* and thus I should be granted ballot access. My one and only manifesto item will be immediately handing my nation over to JAL upon attaining the Delegacy. * - JAL, as a TNP Medal of Merit holder...

Adjudication is still adversarial, but it is closer to a non-adversarial/inquisitorial system than traditional court cases.

We can call them whatever the hell we want, frankly. I've referred to them as "Assessors" merely to distinguish them from the present Justices.

I nominate Asta and the Eluturtle.

This change wouldn't effect judicial review, as the change from adversarial to non-adversarial systems is in relation to criminal matters. The "Assesors" could conduct judicial review identically to the present system.

As we are all aware, TNP's Courts are dysfunctional to the point of being a running joke in NationStates. This in of itself is fairly impressive, considering that almost all courts in NationStates are a joke. The problem is that adversarial justice systems are ill-suited to NationStates, for a...

Court Justice: < Gulliver > Would you like to reopen nominations? < No >