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[Discussion] Court reform? - Roavin - 11-12-2019
I don't have a specific draft right now (I may write one based on the discussion), but it appears to me that ever since Mandate 12 started, there has always been difficulty keeping a full court, but a full court is required for the Court to actually be able to do anything. It's also not possible to appoint more judges, which also inherently leads to vacancies as there can be no buffer established. And finally, since justices are firewalled, anybody that is appointed as justice can't do other things at the same time even though being a justice is usually just idling unless something comes up (and personally I don't see an issue with, say, a Cabinet Minister also being a justice so long as proper recusal protocol is followed in cases where the Cabinet is involved).
So, I would propose reforming the Court's mandate somewhat to account for these things. I'm thinking, roughly, the following:
- 2 or more justices, appointed as before
- One of the justices shall be considered the Chief Justice and will oversee the Court.
- The justices select the Chief Justice amongst themselves.
- The Chief Justice is firewalled, but the other justices are not.
- Cases are handled by one assigned justice, but must be approved by another justice. This selection is done by the Chief Justice or, in case of their recusal, the other justices collectively.
If this seems somewhat like the Judicial Act in TSP, that's no coincidence - I wrote TSP's Judicial Act, after working on it for over a year.
RE: Court reform? - Debussy - 11-12-2019
I like it. I don't think you should be allowed to be PM or the Speaker and also be a justice, but I am open to the cabinet. I see no issue there.