Request for Legal Inquiry

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Request for Legal Inquiry; Cosnic Councillors and the Oath of Allegiance

Topic Started: Mar 7 2017, 03:19 PM (133 Views)

Alunya

Mar 7 2017, 03:19 PM Post #1

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Are Cosmic Councillors considered Members of Government and therefore required to take an Oath of Allegiance?

One of the primary functions of a government is to establish the rule of law, a pre-requisite of which is to establish law itself.

This function clearly resides with the Cosmic Council. Its members introduce, amend and repeal the law, as well as voting for elected officers and upon select appointments.

The Constitution of Lazarus (Mandate 10), Article III - Universal Declaration of Rights, Section 1 - Membership in the Cosmic Council, Clause 2 provides a means to membership in the Cosmic Council without swearing an oath of citizenship:

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And yet, an Oath of Allegiance is required of every member of government and the military, per the Constitution of Lazarus (Mandate 10), Article V - Miscellaneous Provisions, Oath of Allegiance:

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Are Cosmic Councillors considered members of government and therefore required to take an Oath of Allegiance?

Benjamin Linus

Mar 7 2017, 07:19 PM Post #2

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Looks like they already take some sort of oath of allegiance when applying for citizenship. See here at the bottom.

Alunya

Mar 7 2017, 08:37 PM Post #3

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Sygian
Mar 7 2017, 07:19 PM
Looks like they already take some sort of oath of allegiance when applying for citizenship. See here at the bottom.

The oath of citizenship is for those who opt to attain citizenship by application on the forum. Not everyone has chosen that path to citizenship, and therefore there exist one or more citizens who have not sworn that oath.

At question is whether citizens, who are all members of the Cosmic Council, are members of the government, and must therefore swear an oath of allegiance.

If they must, then the equivalence of the oath of citizenship and the oath of allegiance may very well mean that citizens by application have already satisfied such a requirement.

It remains to be seen if citizens who have not sworn an oath of citizenship are required to swear an oath of allegiance.