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Bill: KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Democrats
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 3319
Description[?]:
| The members of Keymon's Supreme Court: * * * Justice Uma Nagoya (Democratic Republican Party, appointed 2456 to 2461) * * * Justice Michael Baine Keymon (Christian Nationalist, appointed 2456 to 2466) * * * Justice Tom Foley (Progressive Labor, appointed 2456 to 2471) Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine (Christian Nationalist, appointed 2456 to 2476) Justice George Tharper (Security and Economy, appointed 2456 to 2481) Justice Patrick J. Patrick Esq. (Real Labour Party, appointed 2465 to 2485) Justice Hannah Newbridge (Real Labour Party, appointed 2469 to 2489) Justice Nevets Nook (Real Labor Party, appointed 2471 to 2491) The original justices were appointed to staggered terms to simulate different life spans and to prevent a total court wipeout in twenty years. New justices are appointed to 20-year terms (the typical life of a justice in power.) POWERS OF THE SUPREME COURT Any party may ask a justice to delay passage of legislation. If a stay is placed upon legislation, the five justices must vote on the constitutionality of the legislation, and may overturn any legislation. That means our nation's laws may say one thing, but our actual roleplay laws may be something else if a law on the books has been declared unconstitutional. If a party isn't around to roleplay their justice's vote due to being inactive, the justice votes in accordance with the party's stances. If there is a dispute, the current Head of Government will rule. Vacancies to the court are filled by the Head of Government, who may nominated people to the Assembly for approval. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:01:50, September 24, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=141688 "I have asked the Supreme Court to put a hold on this legislation, and Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine has agreed. I submit that this legislation is against Keymon law. Article 11 of the Constitution declares the territorial integrity of Keymon to be inviolable. This legislation, designated Bill 141688, grants citizenship to all nationals and allows anyone to declare themselves to be a national. These laws, taken together, mean we hand over majority voting rights to anybody who travels to our country in enough numbers. We thus allow our nation to be invaded and conquered by tourists. Note that Keymon has a million people, fewer than a million native Keymonians. Our closest neighbors all have a hundred million. If even 1% of their people travel here, we are a minority in our own country. If 2% of their people travel here, we are not just a minority, but a constitutional minority - and they, with a constitutional majority, can change our laws and hand over our country to foreign states." -- Director General Kenner Giles "We justices cast our two votes in favor of striking down this law as unconstitutional. Our two votes represent two of the five votes. One more vote from one more justice will represent three, and will strike down this law as being unconstitutional." -- Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine and Justice Michael Baine Keymon |
| Date | 01:56:10, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Security and Economy | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "I vote that the law in question is unconstitutional in the same manner Mr. Giles has stated. Thus the law has been declared unconstitutional due to a majority of the Supreme Court." --Justice George Tharper |
| Date | 05:42:10, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "This is splendid news! The law is struck down. Its repeal reverts the state of affairs to the status quo. I will maintain a document listing laws so decided." -- Director General Kenner Giles |
| Date | 17:25:38, October 04, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "I welcome Justice Patrick J. Patrick to the court." -- Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine |
| Date | 17:03:21, October 08, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "Justice Michael Baine Keymon has passed away. It is time for the Director General to nominate a replacement justice, and for Keymon to honor this great jurist." -- Kenner Giles |
| Date | 11:47:35, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Real Labour Party | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "I believe that Hannah Newbridge has now been elected to the court" - Summer Orange, Director General |
| Date | 17:23:00, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "I welcome Justice Hannah Newbridge to the court." -- Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine |
| Date | 16:57:16, October 15, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "I mourn the passing of Justice Foley, and await Madam Director General's appointment of a new justice." -- Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine |
| Date | 17:10:55, October 17, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democrats | To | Debating the KEYMON SUPREME COURT: Composition |
| Message | "I welcome Justice Nevets Nook to the court." -- Justice Arnold Douglas-Raine |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 140 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
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