It means "Deeds, not words".
It sounds like irony for a man of action like me to seek a seat on the Court, a place famous for its exotic excitement, but I am, indeed, running for Justice. I have no pretty graphics or grand proclamations to offer all of you this time, just my practical views and approaches to the Court if elected, hence the title of this campaign.
I may not have as much legal experience as other candidates, but I have served as Delegate once and Deputy Speaker three times, the latter of which position I am still holding. I have also tried my hand at writing our laws, namely the Amendment to the Vice Delegate's Citizenship Evaluation Procedure which was passed by the RA, and authored a brief in an R4R concerning Ropanama's ban as a result of their RMB posts which the Court upheld, albeit with certain caveats. Therefore, I have familiarised myself with the laws concerning our executive, legislative and judicial branches, and applied them in my work.
In terms of judicial philosophy, I am a reform-minded and efficiency-driven person. I have long held that if there are reforms which can fix the problems ailing our government system or make it stronger, more responsive, and more resilient, we should adopt them. That means I would welcome any suggestions or proposals to improve the Court, and implement them after careful review and evaluation. I also value efficiency, and one of the ways that can be achieved is by identifying, correcting, and eliminating outdated rulings and other redundancies in our legal system, thus achieving a leaner, simpler, and less byzantine one.
If elected to the Court, I would aspire not only to work with my fellow Justices on ensuring timely delivery of rulings, but also to create resources that can educate the region about our laws. The former I believe is entirely an accomplishable goal, since activity is one of my greatest strengths. Regarding the latter, I would look into revitalising our Court clerk program. From my experience, inactivity usually stems from the fact that staffers (or clerks in this case) have nothing to do, or are not regularly reminded to do their jobs. That can be rectified by simply being attentive and giving them meaningful work, whether that is authoring hypothetical briefs arguing a certain position in current or historical court cases, or deliberating on ideas to reform the Court. I was also quite enamoured with online law guides like this one about the US Constitution, which summarises the context, interpretation, and debate behind every clause of that document. I believe the Court can work on something similar: a simple and practical guide to our Constibilicode, easy to understand for any interested layman. It shouldn't be hyper-detailed and loaded with context or legalese as our laws often do, but is instead written in simple terms for all citizens and residents to know their rights and how our system operates at a base level.
Thank you for reading, I am open to questions.
It sounds like irony for a man of action like me to seek a seat on the Court, a place famous for its exotic excitement, but I am, indeed, running for Justice. I have no pretty graphics or grand proclamations to offer all of you this time, just my practical views and approaches to the Court if elected, hence the title of this campaign.
I may not have as much legal experience as other candidates, but I have served as Delegate once and Deputy Speaker three times, the latter of which position I am still holding. I have also tried my hand at writing our laws, namely the Amendment to the Vice Delegate's Citizenship Evaluation Procedure which was passed by the RA, and authored a brief in an R4R concerning Ropanama's ban as a result of their RMB posts which the Court upheld, albeit with certain caveats. Therefore, I have familiarised myself with the laws concerning our executive, legislative and judicial branches, and applied them in my work.
In terms of judicial philosophy, I am a reform-minded and efficiency-driven person. I have long held that if there are reforms which can fix the problems ailing our government system or make it stronger, more responsive, and more resilient, we should adopt them. That means I would welcome any suggestions or proposals to improve the Court, and implement them after careful review and evaluation. I also value efficiency, and one of the ways that can be achieved is by identifying, correcting, and eliminating outdated rulings and other redundancies in our legal system, thus achieving a leaner, simpler, and less byzantine one.
If elected to the Court, I would aspire not only to work with my fellow Justices on ensuring timely delivery of rulings, but also to create resources that can educate the region about our laws. The former I believe is entirely an accomplishable goal, since activity is one of my greatest strengths. Regarding the latter, I would look into revitalising our Court clerk program. From my experience, inactivity usually stems from the fact that staffers (or clerks in this case) have nothing to do, or are not regularly reminded to do their jobs. That can be rectified by simply being attentive and giving them meaningful work, whether that is authoring hypothetical briefs arguing a certain position in current or historical court cases, or deliberating on ideas to reform the Court. I was also quite enamoured with online law guides like this one about the US Constitution, which summarises the context, interpretation, and debate behind every clause of that document. I believe the Court can work on something similar: a simple and practical guide to our Constibilicode, easy to understand for any interested layman. It shouldn't be hyper-detailed and loaded with context or legalese as our laws often do, but is instead written in simple terms for all citizens and residents to know their rights and how our system operates at a base level.
Thank you for reading, I am open to questions.
