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Miestrā Schivā | At least *this* section seems relatively uncontroversial. Or perhaps I speak too soon. :)
ARTICLE SIX: THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
1) The judicial power of the Republic shall be exercised by a High Court, and by any other courts of the Republic which shall be established as provided for in this Constitution.
2) All Courts shall decide cases by majority vote.
3) Every Court established under this Constitution shall nominate a Clerk. The Clerk shall publish and archive the decisions of that Court, the reasons for those decisions, and any minority opinions.
THE HIGH COURT:
4) The High Court of the Talossan Republic shall consist of one, two or three Justices, as Parlamīnt may decide. Until Parlamīnt otherwise decides, it shall consist of one Justice.
5) Every High Court Justice shall have been a Talossan citizen for at least a year. No High Court Justice shall at the same time be a member of Parlamīnt or of the Government.
6) If more than one Justice is named to the High Court, the President shall choose (or: the Court shall nominate) a Chief Justice from among the members of the Court, being the justice with the most experience on the High Court. The Chief Justice shall sit and preside over any cases held by the Court and serves as the main representative of the Court.
7) The Justices of the High Cort shall serve until they resign, unless removed from office. They shall only be removed from office by a motion supported by no less than two thirds of the Deputies and two thirds of the Senators, impeaching them for failure to uphold the Constitution and laws of the Republic.
8) The High Court as a whole decides:
a) On the interpretation of this Constitution in the event of disputes concerning the extent of rights and duties;
b) In cases of differences of opinion or doubts on the formal and material compatibility of Republic law or provincial law with this Constitution;
c) In cases of differences of opinion on the rights and duties of the Republic and the provinces;
d) In the other cases provided for in this Constitution.
9) The High Court also decides cases in which the decision is of basic value for the consistency of the management of justice by the higher Republic courts.
OTHER COURTS:
10) Other courts may be established by law for the areas of ordinary, administrative, finance, labor, and social jurisdiction. Decisions of these courts may be appealed to the High Court.
11) The judges of other Courts are subject only to the law, and can be removed from office only under authority of a judicial decision and only on grounds and in the form provided for by law.
12) Extraordinary courts are prohibited. No one may be removed from the authority of his or her lawful judge. Only a law may establish courts for special areas of jurisdiction.
13) No Court shall decree no punishment more severe than expulsion from the Republic. The High Court alone may decree explusion from the Republic.
Miestrā Schivā
"Russia, China, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want, they can have a great big democracy cakewalk right down the middle of Tiananmen Square, and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the Bomb. All right?"
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