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The Administration of Justice Amendment Act

1) This Act shall be cited as the Administration of Justice Act

2) Article I, Section 1 of the Fundamental Laws of Wintreath shall be amended as follows:

1. The legislative authorities and duties of Wintreath shall be vested in a bicameral legislature called the Storting, which shall consist of a lower chamber called the Underhusen and an upper chamber called the Overhusen.

3) Article III of the Fundamental Laws of Wintreath shall be amended as follows:

The Lagmand Rådet
1. The judicial powers and duties of Wintreath shall reside with a council of judges called The Lagmand Rådet.

2. The Lagmand Rådet shall be comprised of any number of Lagmen who have applied for the position and been accepted by a majority of the both chambers of the Storting as well as the Monarch. Lagmen must have been Citizens of Wintreath for the last four months and must have been a current or past member of the Storting.

3. The Storting shall have the authority to determine any procedures for approval of Lagmen in line with the specifications of this Article.

4. Lagmen shall be removed from the Lagmand Rådet if they fail to meet any of the criteria listed in Section 2, or if a petition for their removal is passed by both chambers of the Storting and approved by the Monarch.

Selection of Lagmen
5. Upon the filing of each case, the Monarch shall select three Lagmen to serve as judges at random, utilizing a method approved by the Storting. Lagmen who have been named as the petitioner, respondent, plaintiff, or defendant to the case shall be ineligible to serve on the case and shall be skipped over if selected.

6. In the event that a Lagman has been absent for five days, has been removed from the Lagmand Rådet in accordance with Section 2, or recuses themself from the case, the Monarch shall select another Lagman under the specifications listed in Article 4.

7. The presiding Lagman shall be the judge on the case that was selected earliest.

Case Procedures
8. All trails and cases shall proceed along the procedures established by the Storting.

This is a re-re-introduction of Wintermoot's proposal for a new judiciary. It's changed to remove the posting requirement, but with a higher requirement for time in the region in exchange. I kept the requirement for being a previous member of the Storting since some knowledge of the laws is required.

I support this, and I believe we should start thinking about trial procedures...

The Amended part needs to please have highlighted changes.

Also:

2. The Lagmand Rådet shall be comprised of any number of Lagmen who have applied for the position and been accepted by a majority of the both chambers of the Storting as well as the Monarch. Lagmen must have been Citizens of Wintreath for the last four months and must have been a current or past member of the Storting.  Citizens who are current members of the Storting or Riksrad are not eligible.

Changes mine.  I can't support this without that requirement being put in there.  There needs to be separate branches of government, with separate people in each.  This needs to be mandatory.  That's why I proposed my judicial amendment.

By the way, this is the template we should follow when showing amendments, as I did with my judicial proposal.

48 hours have gone by. Do we have a motion?

48 hours have gone by. Do we have a motion?

I motion to extend debate to four days so others can respond, Mr. Speaker.

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The motion to extend debate for 4 days (96 hours) is recognised. Do we have a second?

I second

The motion to extend the debate for 96 hours has been recognised, a new motion will be needed 4 days after the second was posted.

The Amended part needs to please have highlighted changes.

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2. The Lagmand Rådet shall be comprised of any number of Lagmen who have applied for the position and been accepted by a majority of the both chambers of the Storting as well as the Monarch. Lagmen must have been Citizens of Wintreath for the last four months and must have been a current or past member of the Storting.  Citizens who are current members of the Storting or Riksrad are not eligible.

Changes mine.  I can't support this without that requirement being put in there.  There needs to be separate branches of government, with separate people in each.  This needs to be mandatory.  That's why I proposed my judicial amendment.

By the way, this is the template we should follow when showing amendments, as I did with my judicial proposal.

Bump

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Does anyone else have any opinions on this piece of legislation? I might motion to expedite so that we can vote before the election is finished.

I motion to expedite so that we can vote on this before the elections are finished.

Does anyone else have any opinions on this piece of legislation? I might motion to expedite so that we can vote before the election is finished.

Are we going with my suggestion? 

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I don't think that it's needed, so no. The text in the first post will be the one that we'll vote on.

The motion to expedite still stands.

I don't think that it's needed, so no. The text in the first post will be the one that we'll vote on.

The motion to expedite still stands.

Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely needed.  There needs to be a clear separation of the  branches of government.  It is biased and not impartial if a member of the Riksrad or Storting serves as a member of this "rotating judiciary".   It is a clear conflict of interest.  My changes should be put in there!

I don't think that we have the pure number of motivated people needed for a completely separate branch. You're currently excluding 14 motivated people from being a part of the judiciary.

Do we have a second for the motion to expedite?