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Constitutional Court Bill
Topic Started: Aug 18 2009, 12:57 PM (71 Views)
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Under this bill, the constitution shall be amended with the following article added:

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Article XI: The Constitutional Court
a. A Constitutional Court shall be established to ensure that  this constitution is enforced.
a.1. The Constitutional Court shall be considered separate from the justice system, and shall not consider cases that have no constitutional significance.
b. The Constitutional Court shall be comprised of a Chief Justice, who shall consider cases alongside any Associate Justices who may also sit on the bench.
b.1. The Speaker of the House of Commons shall sit as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court.
b.2. The final judgement of the court in all cases shall be determined by the Chief Justice.
b.3. Associate Justices of the Constitutional Court may be appointed from time to time, with the consent of the Chief Justice, the Prime Minister and Parliament.
b.4. Once appointed, Associate Justices of the Constitutional Court are to hold their offices in good behaviour and activity.
b.5. Associate Justices of the Constitutional Court shall be forbidden from holding or seeking an office in the national executive, and may not attend cabinet.
c. The following powers shall be granted to the Constitutional Court, in order that it may defend the constitution.
c.1. The power to strike down legislation or sections of legislation which are in breach of the constitution.
c.2. The power to issue court orders compelling an individual or organisation to carry out a certain course of action, or refrain from carrying out a certain course of action.
c.3. The power to determine the course of action to be followed in the event of a disputed election or parliamentary procedure.


This bill will require a two thirds majority.


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What this bill does:
1. Gives PJ a cool new title.
2. Extends the power of the "court cases", allowing it to issue court orders preventing something from happening (for example, troops being ordered to crush the NI state government without parliamentary approval being given) as well as being able to strike down laws.
3. Leaves open the option of other members being made judges, which could create a career path for our more independent members. PJ would always have the authority to overrule them if he felt a judgement would damage the simulation though.
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