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Bill: Replacing a Supreme Court Justice
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal Party
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: July 2573
Description[?]:
It has been a concern of many parties about Justices being biased. The following proposal will deal with it.
1- Any party holding a Supreme Court seat who brings up a case to it or acts as defendant, may recuse themselves from the proceedings and make a temporary appointment to fill in for that case.
2- The Justice selected will be named Acting Supreme Court Justice and will only serve for that specific case.
3- The Justice would have to be from another party in order to ensure neutrality.
4- The party holding the seat decides whether or nor they should recuse from the proceeeding and they select the party that will substitute them for that case.
This bill will pass with supermajority of 100 votes or more. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 22:57:45, May 05, 2008 CET |
From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | Wouldnt this be a constitutional change and require a 2/3 majority?
And also could you add that the justice would have to be replaced if defending too, not just when prosecuting |
Date | 06:29:30, May 06, 2008 CET |
From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | There might be some conflict of interest but remember this, the Justice does not have to recuse himself, we should at least give them the option of choosing his replacement. Either way, it is going to be less biased. |
Date | 21:40:55, May 06, 2008 CET |
From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | In the judicial system, the judge determines if he/she needs to recuse. I will not force any party to recuse themselves. For political reasons, I am 100% sure, that any party will recuse themselves if there is need to. We are not talking about me. If you have a problem with any case debate it on that thread. The URP is more than welcome to vote no but then don't complain about Justices being biased. |
Date | 22:41:26, May 06, 2008 CET |
From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | In the judicial systme the judge usally recuse themself volunteerly, however error to do so in a clear case can be reviewed on appeal, or under mosre extreme circumstances lead to a petition for a writ of prohibition |
Date | 22:59:59, May 06, 2008 CET |
From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | That doesn't happen very often, I would say 1 million to 1. That is why this provision is good, we allow the Justice to voluntarily recuse himself but I think making them do so is not a good idea. Let's do something, in order for a party to be eligible to be nominated for the Supreme Court, they must pledge that if they see themselves being biased in a case they will recuse themselves. But this bill will have to be passed first. |
Date | 23:54:55, May 07, 2008 CET |
From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | We can't force a judge to recuse, you said yourself. What we can do is what I proposed. Make the parties sign a pledge if they want to be elegible for a Supreme Court nomination. |
Date | 22:02:55, May 08, 2008 CET |
From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Replacing a Supreme Court Justice | Message | Yes, we can, but it wouldn't be appropriate. We can solve this by doing what I proposed, sign a pledge. And I understood you were referring to real life. |
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