Article III: The Judicial Branch

Article III: The Judicial Branch

Section 1:
All judicial powers are under the realm of the Supreme Court, and the lower courts.

Court justices have office for life, and when Supreme Court seats are opened, the head royal will be given a full and immediate choice among at minimum four candidate justices, and must decide amoung them within a month of their reign, and if near the end of their reign, must chose before they leave the office

The lower courts are split into three branches, the civil courts, the criminal courts, and the constitutional courts.
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Each branch of the courts will not interfere with each other's domains

Section 2:
Each court may refer a case to another if a new development becomes apparent.

By a process of appeal, a civil or constitutional case may work it's way up their respective branches, until they have reached the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will have no more than five justices

By a process of appeal, a civil or constitutional case may work it's way up their respective branches, until they have reached the Supreme Court.

If a case is decided by the Supreme Court, it cannot be appealed, and it is final.

All crimes will be tried in the district in which the crime was committed in criminal cases, however for all other cases, there is no restriction to where the decision is cast.

Section 3:
No person will be convicted of treason without the testimony of at least two persons, and will be given a week to prepare, and at the end of that week will be put on trial in the Supreme Court.

All persons accused of a crime will be put on trial in chronological order, with exception to treason and other high crimes, which must be immediately put to trial, ahead of other cases

Article III looks good. The justices have a lot of power. My character will like that.

yes. I tend to like the supreme court, I agree with their ideology and decisions

Ashla wrote:yes. I tend to like the supreme court, I agree with their ideology and decisions

My character will be an ultraconservative justice. You would not agree with his judicial opinions.

one, out of 5 justices

Ashla wrote:yes. I tend to like the supreme court, I agree with their ideology and decisions

You like it right now . The Court does change though and in your life time it might turn to something you don't like.

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