Justice dal Navâ Group: admins (5222 posts total) (last post: March 14, 2008 - 13:43) Citizen #2: Chris Gruber | > (BTW, I cancel my resignation from the constitutional committe )
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> I firmly think that a right to appeal in case of judicial error should be added. It shouldn't be an absolute right of appeal, just a single one in case the FIRST instance made an error in either the procedure or the interpretation.
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> The "right" however, should be evalued by the appeal instance ( for now, it would be a second judge ) who would evaluate the pertinence of such an appeal. It shouldn't be automatic.
Fine. But the President would choose the replacement/temporary justice. Make sure that's in there.
> Such a right would greatly increase the quality of our judicial branch, by permitting to appeal a gross error made by the judge.
And by having the President do the choosing, it remains in line with the already-accepted practice of the Head of State appointing judges.
> In the former Kingdom, there was no such rights, and when I was victim of a judicial error, I was forced to shut up. I still hold it against Ken Oplinger.
I've had a similar run-in with Oplinger myself.
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Chirischtôval Curt Cavéir,
Dean of the Republic of Talossa
President of the Talossan Social Democratic Party/el Parti Sociál Democrätic Talossán
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