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Constitutional Court Reforms Amendment (CCRA)

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Subsection 1: Powers and Limitations
Article 1: The Court is granted have the following powers

To Strike down acts in violation of the constitution

To interpret the meaning of the constitution and other legislation based on:

The Constitution’s other allusions to a term or process

Case Precedent

Authorial intent of the Constitution

What is actually in the Constitution

Adding definitions to the Definitions section

Article 2: The Constitutional Court may never do the following:

Disband any position in Government

Disband a ministerial department

Strip courts from hearing cases that they have the jurisdiction to hear

Rule on ban cases

Add a definition to the definitions section based on anything but Constitutional clauses and provisions

Subsection 2: Justices
Article 1: The Constitutional Court will be headed by the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice is compelled to assign the duty of writing the opinion of the Majority and Dissent.
Article 2: Associate Justices are responsible for voting on every case and writing opinions if they are compelled to.
Article 3: Both these justices are voted in by a simple Council nomination, however during said nomination it must be specified what position a person is being nominated for.
Subsection 3: Appointing Justices
Article 1: The appointment of a Justice will follow this pattern:

The president makes a reddit post asking for candidates for both Associate and Chief Justice

People disclose their interest in the comment section of said reddit post

The president will choose as many candidates as they’d like nominated for the position (Alternatively the president may choose to start at this step)

Council will vote and any candidates (up to 4 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice) who pass a 50% +1 vote threshold are confirmed.

If there is a tie, the president can choose which one to elevate.

Subsection 4: Trial Procedure
Article 1: All trials must be taped.
Article 2: Trials only need one Justice, although they may include up to all five.
Article 3: Trial Procedure must be in this order:

The Petitioner of the case will give an opening statement to the judiciary

The Defendant of the case will do the same

Oral Arguments will be heard. Petitioner first, then Petitioner. The justices can ask questions.

Closing Statement by Prosecution

Prosecution will go first, then defence. Prosecution must be allowed a rebuttal.

Article 4: After a trial is taped, all Constitutional Justices who were not present will listen to the recording.
Article 5: The Justices will either vote for the Petitioner or Respondent, splitting the votes into The Opinion of The Majority and The Opinion of The Dissent
Article 6: The Opinion of the Majority may legally further any of the Court’s responsibilities in 21.1.1
Subsection 5: Rulings
Article 1: For both The Opinion of The Majority and The Opinion of The Dissent, written explanations must be written for the ruling.
Article 2: If the Writers and therefore Voters of the Ruling are named, the Ruling is to be called a Public Ruling. If not, a Black or Private Ruling.
Subsection 6: Pre-Trial
Article 1: Before a case goes to Trial before the Court, it will have to face an Injunction. In said injunction, the Chief Justice can order the case to go before the Court or block it due to these reasons

The case is brought upon not because there is probative value in it but because of a legislative spat between parties

The case is brought upon to cause emotional distress to the opposing party

The case is brought upon to slow down another case or judicial activity

Subarticle 1: The Chief Justice must show conclusive evidence that the case should not go to trial.
Subsection 7: Attendance
Article 1: Any unbanned and registered citizen may attend Trials.
Subsection 8: Judicial Injunctions
Article 1: Should a constitutional question be posed with a Petitioner and Respondent, and they do not wish to seek an entire trial, they may present their cases to the Chief Justice or a panel of Three Associate Justices, who may grant a constitutionally binding opinion. With a majority vote, the court can agree to hear the case again as a whole.
Subsection 9: Pre-Emptive Definitions
Article 1: The Chief Justice, along with a majority vote from the six Associate Justices may add definitions to legislation that has not been passed yet. This decision may be reversed by presidential decree, council vote, or referendum
Subsection 10: Post-Passing Definitions
Article 1: The Chief Justice, along with a majority vote from the six Associate Justices may add definitions to legislation that has been yet. This decision may be reversed by presidential decree, council vote, or referendum.
Subsection 11: Certiorari and Appeals
Article 1: Should there be misconduct, intentional and undue influence of the outcome of the case, or bias in the judges, the offended party must meet with any justice. That meeting shall be recorded or taped in any way possible, and then a vote will be conducted with all justices. A case that is sent up from the criminal court or sent up for a hearing from an injunction will be considered as arriving on Certiorari/an Appellate case
Article 2: There is no appealing, overturning a Constitutional Court decision via the courts.

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Internal ID: 796
Score: 0
Type: legislation/constitutional-amendment
API access: /796.json
Bill proposed(Unix Epoch): 1786685714
Proposer: Due_Camel6262
Original link: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REFORMS AMENDMENT CCRA
Approval link: N/A
ARPD-Curator: John Rock Brown
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