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Expansion of the Judiciary 2

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Section 1: A new section is to be added to the judiciary. This section will be called depositions
Article 1: All lawyers may issue depositions for all witnesses.
Article 2: Depositions are legally courtrooms, and all rules are applied
Article 3: Witnesses have the right to have counsel with them when the deposition happens
Article 4: Depositions are exempt from all laws; past and previous, that involve screenshots
Article 5: Depositions are automatically admitted during trial
Section 2: Pre-Trial Matters
Article 1: All pre-trial matters are subject to the RoE.
Article 2: Pre-Trial matters may only concern these things,

Evidence automatically admitted
objection arguments being held at constructive sidebars

Section 3: Addendums to the RoE (Rules of Evidence)
1-10 are already law
11: All depositions are automatically admitted before trial
12: All relevant statements about the crime are automatically exempt from Hearsay objections
Section 4: Exceptions to Hearsay objections.
Article 1: Hearsay Objections

**Present Sense Impression**. A statement describing or explaining an event or condition, made while or immediately after the declarant perceived it.

**Then-Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition**. A statement of the declarant’s then-existing state of mind (such as motive, intent, or plan) or emotional, sensory, or physical condition (such as mental feeling, pain, or bodily health), but not including a statement of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed unless it relates to the validity or terms of the declarant’s will.'

**Recorded Recollection**. A record that:

(A) is on a matter the witness once knew about but now cannot recall well enough to testify fully and accurately;
(B) was made or adopted by the witness when the matter was fresh in the witness’s memory; and
(C) accurately reflects the witness’s knowledge.
Article 2: Exceptions to Speculation Objections

State of Mind: While guessing another's thoughts is speculation, a witness can describe actions or statements that allow the jury to infer a state of mind.

Section 5: New Objections

Calls for Hearsay. A "calls for hearsay" objection is raised when a lawyer asks a witness to testify about a statement made outside of court to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Such testimony is generally inadmissible because the original speaker cannot be cross-examined. E G: "What did he tell you?" or "What did the letter say?

Speculative: The witness is speculating

Section 6: Rationally based perception. Rationally Based Perception allows witnesses to offer opinions or inferences grounded in their own sensory experiences (seeing, hearing, touching) rather than specialized expertise.

Metadata

Internal ID: 148
Score: 0
Type: legislation/unknown
API access: /148.json
Bill proposed(Unix Epoch): 1772776257
Proposer: Due_Camel6262
Original link: EXPANSION OF THE JUDICIARY 2
Approval link: N/A
ARPD-Curator: Zeedith
Tags raw: ["NONE"]
Recorded by tracker: 2026-03-06 07:54:04

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