The position of Attorney General is very important, and as such, the AG must conduct themselves utterly without silliness, frivolity, or whimsy. I'm sure you will agree that these traits are utterly foreign to me, SillyString, and thus I am putting myself forward for the role. 
I have not served as AG before, although I was Deputy AG under Gracius Maximus for a while, and I have never prosecuted a case in TNP. I am not sure this last one can be counted against me, though, given the overall dismal prosecution record, and with a record of 0 for 0 I am clearly doing better than former AGs who were 0 for 1 or 2 or 3.t
While I was deputy AG, I undertook a project to review all existing R4Rs and determine which of them merited bringing back to the Court for revision or reversal. If I am recalling correctly, I examined roughly half of the cases on the books, with the majority of them not needing to be addressed. We did only end up bringing one case forward (the review of case 1.1, the role of the Attorney General), which took several months and like five justices to resolve, and after that ordeal I was admittedly a bit lacking in energy to proceed to case #2. However, with a fresh new court (probably with some new blood), I would very much like to get back to this project.
As AG rather than as deputy AG, though, my focus would be somewhat different - rather than taking on each review myself, I would like to provide 1 or 2 deputies the opportunity to hone their legal training by tackling questions themselves. They would have the opportunity to select, research, and/or argue a case, and I would provide advice and proofreading as required. I think this would be an excellent way to help train a new set of legal minds in TNP.
If any criminal trials come up (and they might - I can't make any determination right now as to whether or how I will pursue any of the concerns that were raised during the last term), I will handle them on a case-by-case basis. Factors I will consider when deciding whether the AG's office should prosecute will include:
I am not going to make sweeping promises regarding activity - in a perfect world, the AG's office would be extremely quiet. But I can promise that anything brought to me will be handled in a timely fashion, and I will do what I can to spread any experience around.
I have not served as AG before, although I was Deputy AG under Gracius Maximus for a while, and I have never prosecuted a case in TNP. I am not sure this last one can be counted against me, though, given the overall dismal prosecution record, and with a record of 0 for 0 I am clearly doing better than former AGs who were 0 for 1 or 2 or 3.t
While I was deputy AG, I undertook a project to review all existing R4Rs and determine which of them merited bringing back to the Court for revision or reversal. If I am recalling correctly, I examined roughly half of the cases on the books, with the majority of them not needing to be addressed. We did only end up bringing one case forward (the review of case 1.1, the role of the Attorney General), which took several months and like five justices to resolve, and after that ordeal I was admittedly a bit lacking in energy to proceed to case #2. However, with a fresh new court (probably with some new blood), I would very much like to get back to this project.
As AG rather than as deputy AG, though, my focus would be somewhat different - rather than taking on each review myself, I would like to provide 1 or 2 deputies the opportunity to hone their legal training by tackling questions themselves. They would have the opportunity to select, research, and/or argue a case, and I would provide advice and proofreading as required. I think this would be an excellent way to help train a new set of legal minds in TNP.
If any criminal trials come up (and they might - I can't make any determination right now as to whether or how I will pursue any of the concerns that were raised during the last term), I will handle them on a case-by-case basis. Factors I will consider when deciding whether the AG's office should prosecute will include:
- Whether there is reasonable evidence that a crime occurred
- Whether I or one of my deputies is available and capable of pursuing the case, so as not to hold up prosecution with our own unavailability
- The severity of the alleged crime - that is, accusing someone of treason and espionage is significantly more serious than accusing them of spamming the RMB, and it may not always make sense to devote the AG's office to investigating and prosecuting every allegation. Similarly, the more serious the crime, the more important it is to put an experienced prosecutor on the case. Criminal cases are really not the right things to start learning on.
- The complainant's own wishes. The Constibillicode requires all complaints to be presented to the AG's office first, even if the filer would really prefer to take the case on themselves. I have little problem declining a case in such a circumstance.
I am not going to make sweeping promises regarding activity - in a perfect world, the AG's office would be extremely quiet. But I can promise that anything brought to me will be handled in a timely fashion, and I will do what I can to spread any experience around.
