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Selection of Judges in Case 001: Chanku L. Kestar v. Gabriel "Pengu" Penguon

This case having been formally accepted by the Storting, it is my responsibility as Monarch to select three judges at random in accordance with Article III Section 1 of the Fundamental Laws, which read: Upon the filing and acceptance of cases within the Storting, the Monarch shall select at random a Peer of the Overhusen and two Skrifa of the Underhusen to serve as judges. The Peer shall serve as Chief Judge, and the Skrifa shall serve as Associate Judges. To this end I utilized Zaphyr to ensure that the selections were truly random and not biased by any other factor. The text of the selection, which was also witnessed real-time by IRC members including Wuufu and HannahB, is below:

<@Wintermoot> Well, let's pick some judges lol
<+Wuufu> Have fun
<@Wintermoot> Let's start with the OH lol
<@Wintermoot> .ask Wuufu or Wintermoot or Joshua or Reon or Colberius
<+Zaphyr> Wintermoot: wintermoot
<@Wintermoot> Haha...oh geeze
<+Wuufu> Congratulations
<@Wintermoot> ;-; lol
<@Wintermoot> Now to the UH picks...
<@Wintermoot> .ask Pengu or Chanku or HannahB or Laurentus or PB
<+Zaphyr> Wintermoot: laurentus
<@Wintermoot> .ask Pengu or Chanku or HannahB or PB
<+Zaphyr> Wintermoot: pengu

In line with the selection, I will be serving as Chief Justice, and Laurentus and Pengu as Associate Judges. I realize that this exposes a flaw with current law, but it's my belief that this selection must stand because there are no provisions to exclude parties to the case from the random selection, a flaw that I've proposed to fix as part of my recent Constitutional Amendment proposal. I will be opening the case shortly, following the procedures laid out in the Judicial Offices Act.

Selected on this 680th day since our region's founding:

Inric Nordrim Kestar (Wintermoot I of Wintreath)
Monarch and Founder of Wintreath

 

 

Well...this is already proving one hell of a test.

Pengu, what say you we wrap this up early. Perhaps this was all a joke. Perhaps it will all... disappear?

*Subtly indicates that the bribe is set at $100*

*slips Laurentus and Wintermoot both $500 each*

I also liked the fact that you used a direct NS issue choice.