Lawsuit: Adjourned End v. Commonwealth of Redmont [2025] FCR 31

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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
CIVIL ACTION


End
Plaintiff

v.

Commonwealth
Defendant

COMPLAINT
The Plaintiff complains against the Defendant as follows:

The Executive has failed in it's duties and Judicial intervention is required.
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I. PARTIES
1. xEndeavour
2. Commonwealth

II. FACTS
1. On 13 February 2025, the Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA) was proposed to amend the Judicial Standards Act.
2. On or around 25 February 2025, the JSAA was passed by the House of Representatives.
3. On or around 26 February 2025, the JSAA was passed by the Senate.
4. On or around 5 March 2025, the JSAA was erroneously put to public referendum by the Defendant despite the absence of a requirement for such a referendum under the circumstances.
5. The JSAA failed to achieve the necessary supermajority at referendum on 7 March 2025.
6. The New Constitution of the Commonwealth was enacted on 8 March 2025, and became the governing legal framework.
7. On 16 March 2025, the President was informed that the JSAA did not require a referendum, as it did not constitute a complex or constitutional change, but rather sought to remove redundant language from the Judicial Standards Act.
8. The President, despite being duly informed, failed to act on the JSAA within the time frame established by the Constitution, which mandates that assent is presumed to have been given after 14 days.
9. As of the date of filing, the JSAA has passed into law, and the Defendant has failed to take appropriate action to implement the changes mandated by the JSAA, including ensuring compliance with the provisions of the New Constitution.

III. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF
1. The Defendant wrongly subjected the JSAA to a public referendum, despite the fact that the provisions of the JSAA did not constitute a complex or constitutional change and therefore did not meet the criteria for such a referendum.
2. The President's failure to act on the JSAA within the 14-day period, as outlined in the Constitution (25(3)), constitutes a failure to fulfill an essential constitutional duty. Under the Constitution, assent is presumed after the 14-day period, and the Defendant has acted in contravention of this mandate.
3. The enactment of the New Constitution superseded any pre-existing statutory provisions that conflicted with its terms. The JSAA was intended to address redundant provisions in the Judicial Standards Act, which were in conflict with the newly enacted Constitution. The sections of the Constitution that the JSAA sought to amend carry constitutional weight, while the Judicial Standards Act is only statutory. Herein lies a conflict which annuls the sections the JSAA seeks to remove.
4. The Defendant has neglected its duty to carry out the changes mandated by the Constitution and the JSAA.

IV. PRAYER FOR RELIEF
The Plaintiff seeks the following from the Defendant:
1. Issue a Writ of Mandamus compelling the Defendant to comply with the provisions of the JSAA, in accordance with the statutory and constitutional obligations, and to take immediate action to remove redundant statutory provisions that conflict with the New Constitution.
2. Declare that the President’s failure to act within the constitutionally prescribed 14-day period has resulted in the automatic assent of the JSAA, and that the Commonwealth is bound to implement the changes as required by law.
3. Declare that the JSAA did not require a public referendum and was not a complex or constitutional change, thus rendering the Defendant's actions in submitting the bill to referendum a violation of the congressional process.

By making this submission, I agree I understand the penalties of lying in court and the fact that I am subject to perjury should I knowingly make a false statement in court.

DATED: This 30th day of March 2025

 

Writ of Summons


@Freeze_Line is required to appear before the Federal Court in the case of End v. Commonwealth [2025] FCR 31

Failure to appear within 72 hours of this summons will result in a default judgement based on the known facts of the case.

Both parties should make themselves aware of the Court Rules and Procedures, including the option of an in-game trial should both parties request one.

 
Your honor, as a Constitutional Expert and former Chief Justice, may I file an Amicus Curiae Brief regarding the nature and status of the Judicial Standards Amendment Act and Constitution?
 
The Defence has 48 hours to submit their answer to complaint.


Dartanboy said:
Your honor, as a Constitutional Expert and former Chief Justice, may I file an Amicus Curiae Brief regarding the nature and status of the Judicial Standards Amendment Act and Constitution?
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You may.
 

Answer to Complaint


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
ANSWER TO COMPLAINT

End
Plaintiff

v.

Commonwealth of Redmont
Defendant

I. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
1. The Defense AFFIRMS Fact 1.
2. The Defense AFFIRMS Fact 2
3. The Defense AFFIRMS Fact 3
4. The Defense NEITHER AFFIRMS OR DENIES Fact 4
5. The Defense NEITHER AFFIRMS OR DENIES Fact 5
6. The Defense NEITHER AFFIRMS OR DENIES Fact 6
7. The Defense NEITHER AFFIRMS OR DENIES Fact 7
8. The Defense DENIES Fact 8
9. The Defense NEITHER AFFIRMS OR DENIES Fact 9

II. DEFENCES
1. Fact 4 expresses that The Commonwealth’ Erroneously' put the JSAA up for referendum. However, it’s the commonwealth opinion that the bill did constitute, as defined under the former constitution, a ‘Complex Change.’ This is expressly defined within section 40 as ‘Changes involving significant staff involvement.’ This change would require staff to update the department references within the plugins and the Discord names of the impacted departments.

2. The plaintiff wants the court to forget an obvious legal practice utilized in various defenses: the legal practice of ‘Ex Post Facto.’ Even though the new constitution was passed and is now the governing law, these actions have occurred under the previous constitution. Under the previous constitution, a complex change references the above-mentioned complex change definition.

3. The constitution required an absolute majority (D-001). After tallying the votes, the Department of State determined that the required absolute majority for the referendum to pass was not met.

4. The Fluff Removal Act, an act of Congress that the plaintiff drafted, removed the 14-day time period requiring presidents to sign bills within the allotted time. The act specifies, ‘Vested in the President is the power to assent to or veto legislation passed by Congress.’ This provides clarity that no such timeframe is required by the constitution for the president to provide their assent or veto.

III. WITNESSES
1. Secretary of State
2. President of the Senate xEndeavour


By making this submission, I agree I understand the penalties of lying in court and the fact that I am subject to perjury should I knowingly make a false statement in court.

DATED: This 2nd day of April 2025

 
The court hereby enters the discovery period for 72 hours, which may be extended upon agreement from both parties.
 
Interrogatories
  • Did you open a Department of State ticket regarding the alleged referendum issue?
  • How did you, as a sitting Senator, vote on the JSAA?

Document Request
  • Voting Record for the JSAA (Who voted for what)

Witnesses for the Defense
  • Electoral Manager - Angryhamdog
  • Senator xEndeavour
Evidence Submission

Your Honor,

The defense moves to enter the following items into the case for evidence for the defense.
 

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Apologies, I've had an internet outage over the last 48 hours. I will submit my evidence shortly.
 
Interrogatories
  • Did you open a Department of State ticket regarding the alleged referendum issue?
    I can't recall if I spoke to the DOS. However, I have publicly made my views known.

  • How did you, as a sitting Senator, vote on the JSAA?
    This is public record and is irrelevant to my legal argument.
 
Interrogatories
1. What is the legal concept of Ex-Post Facto?
2. Where a statute conflicts with the Constitution, does the constitution or statute prevail?
3. What steps, if any, did the President take to comply with the 14-day automatic assent requirement under the New Constitution in relation to the Judicial Standards Amendment Act?
4. Specifically, what plugins and discords require staff action to update?
5. What specific criteria or legal basis did the Commonwealth rely on when determining that the Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA) constituted a 'complex change' requiring a referendum?

Witnesses
1. Commonwealth Government
2. President of Redmont
3. Dartanman, contingent to his amicus brief.

Evidence
I have no further evidence to submit beyond what the Defendant has provided.
 
Discovery is now closed.

@Nacho, please respond to the interrogatories within 24 hours. We will proceed to opening statements once all interrogatories have been addressed.
 
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Apologies, I've had an internet outage over the last 48 hours. I will submit my evidence shortly.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

Your Honor,

The plaintiff failed to submit their inquiries within the allotted time allowed per the discovery guidelines within the court rules and procedure. By our calculations, discovery ended on April 5, 2025, at 11:32 PM EST.

The plaintiff submitted their inquiries to the commonwealth at 3:11 AM 4/6/25 and 3:35 AM 4/6/25 - These two submissions are outside the time allotted to the plaintiff to submit their discovery requests. Furthermore, the plaintiff stated they did not have internet for the past 24 hours. They still had 24 hours to submit an extension or post their submissions before the court.



Motion


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
MOTION TO DISMISS

The defense moves that the complaint, in this case, be dismissed and in support thereof, respectfully alleges:

1. Violation Rule 5.13 (Failure to Provide Discovery) - The plaintiff was requested to provide their voting record on the JSAA. The Plaintiff has provided a response that is not a response. This is a blatant disregard for the purpose of discovery. We requested this in two forms: one from the plaintiff directly and one in the form of a document request. Both of these are things the plaintiff is required to provide to us.

2. Rule 5.11 (Immunity Protection) - In this case, the Commonwealth is protected under precedent established under [2021] SCR 16. Justice Matthew100x stated:

"The plaintiffs didn't take any appropriate measures to get the DoJ to do their jobs before suing the department."... "They then charged that the DoJ failed to uphold their constitutional duties. That was simply not a fair accusation because the DoJ did not have any report or ticket to go after the person who murdered the plaintiff. Much of that case holds over here where the plaintiff here is charging the DoJ in not doing anything when they themselves have not given the information to the DoJ in order to allow the department to handle their claims."

The Supreme Court stipulated that a claiming party must allow the Commonwealth to correct an error before being sued. That being through a “report or ticket." - The plaintiff has admitted to not being able to recall opening a support ticket or filing a report. They simply said, “However, I have publicly made my views known.” The Plaintiff has also failed to provide any supporting evidence to support that they opened a ticket to file a report to the Department of State. The department changed by facilitating the public referendum. While this does not stipulate an admission of guilt, it does provide clarity on the state of mind the Plaintiff had while posting this case.

We request the court dismiss this matter with prejudice.



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Dartanman, contingent to his amicus brief.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The individual failed to provide an amicus brief to the court within a reasonable amount of time. We request that this witness be dismissed.



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1. Commonwealth Government
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE/AMBIGUOUS

Your Honor,

Let’s be logical: this plaintiff is grasping, and I mean grasping, at straws in attempting to blanket summon the entire Government. This would also include you, as they failed to specify who is within the government within their wording.




We request an extension depending on the outcome of the verdicts on the objections and Motion to file the answers to the questions the Plaintiff has filed toward the Defense.
 
juniperfig said:
You may.
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I apologize for not providing it sooner. On top of massive legal work in Redmont, I was also busy IRL.

Regardless, the points I was going to make have already been brought up by parties in this case. An Amicus Brief would not prove helpful.

I hope you will not be dismayed at my withdrawal of the request.
 
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If I may provide a response to the objections before they are ruled upon?
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You have 24 hours to respond.
 
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

Your Honour, as someone who frequents this institution, you would understand that it is out-of-character for me to miss a court deadline. My internet issues are outside of my control — this can be corroborated by my notable absence/limited use of Discord during that time.

This Court has, on multiple occasions, made reasonable exceptions in the interest of fairness and justice. I respectfully request the same consideration here. My delay was not due to negligence or disregard for procedure, but rather circumstances outside my control. Denying this request would risk an undue prejudice against my position.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

Your Honour, I respectfully request the ability to call a witness of my choosing. This does not impede or interfere with the Defence’s witness list and falls well within the standard rights of a party to present relevant testimony in support of their case.

The testimony I intend to seek will be directly relevant to the facts at issue and the interests of justice. I ask the Court to uphold this procedural right.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE/AMBIGUOUS

Your Honour, I would like to respectfully remind the Defence that this case is:

End v Commonwealth of Redmont [2025] FCR 31.

This action is directed against the Commonwealth Government, and the representative appearing in this matter is doing so on behalf of the Commonwealth. As such, I reserve the right to question the Government’s representative on matters directly related to the Defendant’s conduct - this does not imply that I am suing everyone/thing in the Government.

If required, I am happy to clarify that the Commonwealth is represented.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
MOTION TO DISMISS

JSAA Vote
The Defendant’s request for my vote on the JSAA is irrelevant to the case. This matter concerns the Commonwealth’s constitutional obligations — not my support for the bill, which is already publicly known. There has been no withholding of relevant evidence under Rule 5.13.

A voting record is not relevant in this case unless my vote somehow changes the constitutionality of the JSAA — it doesn’t. The bill passed Congress.

I'm happy to provide my vote if the court sees fit, or the Defence can submit it as evidence noting it is public record. However, I object to the relevance of this evidence. For you consideration.

Immunity
The Defense misapplies the precedent of [2021] SCR 16.

The case concerns the absence of a report in a criminal matter where departmental inaction followed a murder. That case involved a lack of evidence provided to the Department of Justice, preventing them from acting.

This case is categorically different. The Plaintiff is not requesting discretionary action but is seeking judicial enforcement of a clear constitutional obligation. The JSAA passed both houses, the President failed to act within the 14-day constitutional period, and as such, the law came into force. No internal ticket or report is required to trigger compliance with the Constitution. The Defendant’s obligations are automatic and arise from the governing law itself.

The argument that immunity applies due to the absence of a support ticket misunderstands the nature of the claim: the Plaintiff is not alleging a failure of internal discretion but a failure to comply with mandatory statutory and constitutional procedure.

PRAYER
I respectfully request that you deny the Defence's attempts to impede and sink a case they know they can't win, before the ball is even on the field.

I seek a fair opportunity to present opening arguments and submit this matter for judicial review.
 
For clarity the headings are me responding to the objections and motion, not motions and objections of my own.
 
End said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
MOTION TO DISMISS

JSAA Vote
The Defendant’s request for my vote on the JSAA is irrelevant to the case. This matter concerns the Commonwealth’s constitutional obligations — not my support for the bill, which is already publicly known. There has been no withholding of relevant evidence under Rule 5.13.

A voting record is not relevant in this case unless my vote somehow changes the constitutionality of the JSAA — it doesn’t. The bill passed Congress.

I'm happy to provide my vote if the court sees fit, or the Defence can submit it as evidence noting it is public record. However, I object to the relevance of this evidence. For you consideration.

Immunity
The Defense misapplies the precedent of [2021] SCR 16.

The case concerns the absence of a report in a criminal matter where departmental inaction followed a murder. That case involved a lack of evidence provided to the Department of Justice, preventing them from acting.

This case is categorically different. The Plaintiff is not requesting discretionary action but is seeking judicial enforcement of a clear constitutional obligation. The JSAA passed both houses, the President failed to act within the 14-day constitutional period, and as such, the law came into force. No internal ticket or report is required to trigger compliance with the Constitution. The Defendant’s obligations are automatic and arise from the governing law itself.

The argument that immunity applies due to the absence of a support ticket misunderstands the nature of the claim: the Plaintiff is not alleging a failure of internal discretion but a failure to comply with mandatory statutory and constitutional procedure.

PRAYER
I respectfully request that you deny the Defence's attempts to impede and sink a case they know they can't win, before the ball is even on the field.

I seek a fair opportunity to present opening arguments and submit this matter for judicial review.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

Your Honor,

The Plaintiff has indicated within the very message we are quoting that he frequents these waters and appears how the court operates. However, he seems to have forgotten that he was permitted to respond to the objections before this court, NOT the Motion to dismiss.

We request the court to strike his response and sanction the Plaintiff for his lack of consideration for his request before the court.

 
Excuse me for not specifically requesting the ability to respond to the motion. I respectfully request that my response still be considered, noting it raises points of law and misapplied precedent in an attempt to have the case thrown out prior to opening arguments.
 
Nacho said:

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

Your Honor,

The plaintiff failed to submit their inquiries within the allotted time allowed per the discovery guidelines within the court rules and procedure. By our calculations, discovery ended on April 5, 2025, at 11:32 PM EST.

The plaintiff submitted their inquiries to the commonwealth at 3:11 AM 4/6/25 and 3:35 AM 4/6/25 - These two submissions are outside the time allotted to the plaintiff to submit their discovery requests. Furthermore, the plaintiff stated they did not have internet for the past 24 hours. They still had 24 hours to submit an extension or post their submissions before the court.

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Overruled. The Plaintiff had a valid reason for missing the deadline.

Motion


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
MOTION TO DISMISS

The defense moves that the complaint, in this case, be dismissed and in support thereof, respectfully alleges:

1. Violation Rule 5.13 (Failure to Provide Discovery) - The plaintiff was requested to provide their voting record on the JSAA. The Plaintiff has provided a response that is not a response. This is a blatant disregard for the purpose of discovery. We requested this in two forms: one from the plaintiff directly and one in the form of a document request. Both of these are things the plaintiff is required to provide to us.

2. Rule 5.11 (Immunity Protection) - In this case, the Commonwealth is protected under precedent established under [2021] SCR 16. Justice Matthew100x stated:

"The plaintiffs didn't take any appropriate measures to get the DoJ to do their jobs before suing the department."... "They then charged that the DoJ failed to uphold their constitutional duties. That was simply not a fair accusation because the DoJ did not have any report or ticket to go after the person who murdered the plaintiff. Much of that case holds over here where the plaintiff here is charging the DoJ in not doing anything when they themselves have not given the information to the DoJ in order to allow the department to handle their claims."

The Supreme Court stipulated that a claiming party must allow the Commonwealth to correct an error before being sued. That being through a “report or ticket." - The plaintiff has admitted to not being able to recall opening a support ticket or filing a report. They simply said, “However, I have publicly made my views known.” The Plaintiff has also failed to provide any supporting evidence to support that they opened a ticket to file a report to the Department of State. The department changed by facilitating the public referendum. While this does not stipulate an admission of guilt, it does provide clarity on the state of mind the Plaintiff had while posting this case.

We request the court dismiss this matter with prejudice.

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Denied. I do not believe the precedent in [2021] SCR 16 applies here. The Plaintiff has alleged a failure to comply with a mandatory constitutional obligation. The Department of State should not need a ticket to comply with a constitutionally mandated timeline.
To be clear, the Court is not at this time making any finding as to whether the Plaintiff’s claims are correct or whether the JSAA did in fact come into force. Rather, the Court finds that these are live questions of fact and law that cannot be resolved at the motion to dismiss stage.

The Plaintiff must comply with the discovery requests in the next 24 hours. I will reconsider the MTD if discovery is not provided by then.

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The individual failed to provide an amicus brief to the court within a reasonable amount of time. We request that this witness be dismissed.

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Overruled. The Plaintiff still wishes for the witness to be called.

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE/AMBIGUOUS

Your Honor,

Let’s be logical: this plaintiff is grasping, and I mean grasping, at straws in attempting to blanket summon the entire Government. This would also include you, as they failed to specify who is within the government within their wording.

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Sustained. Plaintiff, please clarify who exactly you are summoning as a witness.

Nacho said:

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

Your Honor,

The Plaintiff has indicated within the very message we are quoting that he frequents these waters and appears how the court operates. However, he seems to have forgotten that he was permitted to respond to the objections before this court, NOT the Motion to dismiss.

We request the court to strike his response and sanction the Plaintiff for his lack of consideration for his request before the court.

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Overruled. The Court finds that striking the response would serve no meaningful purpose. If I were to do so, the Plaintiff would simply request to reply, the Court would grant it, and the same content would be refiled—wasting time for all parties involved.

That said, the Plaintiff is cautioned to observe procedure more carefully in the future.

We request an extension depending on the outcome of the verdicts on the objections and Motion to file the answers to the questions the Plaintiff has filed toward the Defense.
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Granted. You have 24 hours.
 

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The Defendant’s request for my vote on the JSAA is irrelevant to the case. This matter concerns the Commonwealth’s constitutional obligations — not my support for the bill, which is already publicly known.

A voting record is not relevant in this case unless my vote somehow changes the constitutionality of the JSAA — it doesn’t. The bill passed Congress.

I object to the relevance of this evidence. For you consideration.

 
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Interrogatories
1. What is the legal concept of Ex-Post Facto?
2. Where a statute conflicts with the Constitution, does the constitution or statute prevail?
3. What steps, if any, did the President take to comply with the 14-day automatic assent requirement under the New Constitution in relation to the Judicial Standards Amendment Act?
4. Specifically, what plugins and discords require staff action to update?
5. What specific criteria or legal basis did the Commonwealth rely on when determining that the Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA) constituted a 'complex change' requiring a referendum?

Witnesses
1. Commonwealth Government
2. President of Redmont
3. Dartanman, contingent to his amicus brief.

Evidence
I have no further evidence to submit beyond what the Defendant has provided.
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Responses to Plaintiffs questions

1. What is the legal concept of Ex-Post Facto? - Refers to a law that retroactively makes an action legal when committed illegal now and then being held against an individual under the new definition.

2. Where a statute conflicts with the Constitution, does the constitution or statute prevail? The existing statute is enforceable until it is properly amended and or removed.

3. What steps, if any, did the President take to comply with the 14-day automatic assent requirement under the New Constitution in relation to the Judicial Standards Amendment Act? - The 14 day automatic assent requirement is not legal in this sense and non-enforceable for actions pre-dating the new constitution.

4. Specifically, what plugins and discords require staff action to update? - The Commonwealth does not have access to plugin listing. However, any reference within plugin configuration, as well as forum integration, would require staff involvement.

5. What specific criteria or legal basis did the Commonwealth rely on when determining that the Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA) constituted a 'complex change' requiring a referendum? - The JSAA removed the establishment of what a district is, as the JSA at that time defined that "Each‌ ‌town‌ ‌or‌ ‌city‌ ‌shall‌ ‌be‌ ‌considered‌ ‌a‌ ‌district‌", The requirements for Judicial Officers in the old Constitution was only of total playtime, while in the JSAA it is total playtime + playtime in the last 30 days, The JSAA establishes Appeal requirements that I can't find in the old Constitution.
 
As a result of the responses, I will request to update my witness list:

Witnesses
1. Commonwealth's Legal Representative
2. President of Redmont
3. Staff

I have no objections to the responses provided.
 
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As a result of the responses, I will request to update my witness list:

Witnesses
1. Commonwealth's Legal Representative
2. President of Redmont
3. Staff

I have no objections to the responses provided.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The Defendant’s request for my vote on the JSAA is irrelevant to the case. This matter concerns the Commonwealth’s constitutional obligations — not my support for the bill, which is already publicly known.

A voting record is not relevant in this case unless my vote somehow changes the constitutionality of the JSAA — it doesn’t. The bill passed Congress.

I object to the relevance of this evidence. For you consideration.

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The Commonwealth wishes to respond to both of these with a response and an objection and intends to do so following myself getting home from work tonight.
 
Nacho said:
The Commonwealth wishes to respond to both of these with a response and an objection and intends to do so following myself getting home from work tonight.
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You may.
 
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As a result of the responses, I will request to update my witness list:

Witnesses
1. Commonwealth's Legal Representative
2. President of Redmont
3. Staff

I have no objections to the responses provided.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The legal representative serves no purpose, and you cannot summon the defense attorney. I took no action related to the act in question. I am simply doing my job in defending the commonwealth.

The plaintiff has made zero connection to the reason for me to be a witness.



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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The Defendant’s request for my vote on the JSAA is irrelevant to the case. This matter concerns the Commonwealth’s constitutional obligations — not my support for the bill, which is already publicly known.

A voting record is not relevant in this case unless my vote somehow changes the constitutionality of the JSAA — it doesn’t. The bill passed Congress.

I object to the relevance of this evidence. For you consideration.

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RESPONSE TO OBJECTION

Your Honor, we asked for the voting record for the entire bill. This can be found within the initial discovery request under the document request submitted by the Commonwealth. This was not objected to within discovery. However, we intended for it to be entered into the record.

The Commonwealth believes that the bill was passed in error and wishes to expand the scope of this lawsuit to include the fact that the bill, in its current form, fails to meet the legal requirements to be passed. We intend to explore this further within our opening statements and further our witness testimony.
 
Your honour, excuse me for speaking out of turn but this is becoming a farse.

I'd like to have the defence testify. If they choose to remain silent then that's their right, however, I am asking someone from whoever represents the commonwealth's interests in this case to answer some questions.

This is semantics and everyone knows who I am asking to take the stand and why.
 
The Commonwealth believes that the bill was passed in error and wishes to expand the scope of this lawsuit to include the fact that the bill, in its current form, fails to meet the legal requirements to be passed. We intend to explore this further within our opening statements and further our witness testimony.
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Well I respectfully request that the court make you enter it into evidence instead of asking the plaintiff to provide evidence which is on the public record and build your case for you.
 
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Your honour, excuse me for speaking out of turn but this is becoming a farse.

I'd like to have the defence testify. If they choose to remain silent then that's their right, however, I am asking someone from whoever represents the commonwealth's interests in this case to answer some questions.

This is semantics and everyone knows who I am asking to take the stand and why.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

The response and comment from the Plaintiff was not permitted by this court. Defense requests that the plaintiff be sanctioned for knowingly and intentionally commenting out of turn. We further request that the comment be struck from the record.



End said:
Well I respectfully request that the court make you enter it into evidence instead of asking the plaintiff to provide evidence which is on the public record and build your case for you.
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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

The response and comment from the Plaintiff was not permitted by this court. Defense requests that the plaintiff be sanctioned for knowingly and intentionally commenting out of turn. We further request that the comment be struck from the record.

 
juniperfig said:
Denied. I do not believe the precedent in [2021] SCR 16 applies here. The Plaintiff has alleged a failure to comply with a mandatory constitutional obligation. The Department of State should not need a ticket to comply with a constitutionally mandated timeline.
To be clear, the Court is not at this time making any finding as to whether the Plaintiff’s claims are correct or whether the JSAA did in fact come into force. Rather, the Court finds that these are live questions of fact and law that cannot be resolved at the motion to dismiss stage.

The Plaintiff must comply with the discovery requests in the next 24 hours. I will reconsider the MTD if discovery is not provided by then.
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Motion


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
MOTION TO RECONSIDER

While I do not like asking the court to reconsider its position, I wish to stress the importance highlighted within our original Motion to Dismiss further. While we took excerpts of the verdict we cited, we also have to note that the verdict comes from the Supreme Court. The court in which its verdicts are binding to the lower courts.

To cite the court directly. Chief Justice Westray stated:

"You cannot expect the Department of Justice to be the seeing eye of all, and to instantaneously have an awareness of all criminal situations. The Plaintiffs effectively withheld evidence from the Department of Justice, and then used it to sue them."
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Associate Justice Matthew100x joined the Chief Justice:
"The plaintiffs didn't take any appropriate measures in trying to get the DoJ to do their jobs before suing the department... That was simply not a fair accusation because the DoJ did not have any report or ticket to go after the person who murdered the plaintiff."
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The Supreme Court further forming it’s official opinion cited:
"It is the opinion of the court that the evidence presented by the Plaintiffs should have been shared with the Department of Justice via a departmental ticket. As established in nnmc v. DoJ, the Plaintiffs should have utilized all exhaustive measures, including reporting the crime via a departmental ticket, before filing a lawsuit."
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To wrap it all together...
The Plaintiff has failed to notify the Department of State of their error through the proper communication channels, as stated in their official statements within discovery. The Plaintiff admits to just making their views known publicly but has not submitted any evidence to support that they did, in fact, notify the Department of State before filing this case.

Your Honor, we know you don’t agree with the court’s previous decision. However, the Supreme Court set the requirement that when an Executive Department mishandles its constitutional duties, it is awarded the ability to be notified by a damaged party before litigation can be brought forward. I urge and highly stress the court to accept this Motion to Reconsider. Ignoring a higher court’s precedent provides grounds for a viable appeal after this case.

I thank the court for their time in considering this motion. Should the motion be denied, We request a status update from the court on where we are in the case. Honestly, I was doing fine, but now I don't know if we are still in discovery or if we are still waiting to answer a complaint. LoL

 
Your honour, may I reply to the motion to dismiss?

This is becoming a frustration on the plaintiff having to reiterate how this argument is misapplied, is legally incorrect, and is preventing progression of the case.

If the court feels it needs further evidence to demonstrate public discourse, which is completely irrelevant to the arguments being made, then I will happily oblige.
 
End said:
Your honour, may I reply to the motion to dismiss?

This is becoming a frustration on the plaintiff having to reiterate how this argument is misapplied, is legally incorrect, and is preventing progression of the case.

If the court feels it needs further evidence to demonstrate public discourse, which is completely irrelevant to the arguments being made, then I will happily oblige.
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You may.
 
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
RESPONSE TO MOTION TO RECONSIDER

The Defence continues to conflate the present case - a matter of constitutional and statutory compliance - with a criminal case concerned with criminal enforcement and evidentiary reporting

In [2021] SCR 16, the Court addressed a murder where the Department of Justice lacked knowledge. The precedent set was inaction due to a lack of internal notice.

This case is not about enforcement of a crime or inaction due to a lack of awareness. This is a constitutional claim, alleging the President violated Section 25(3) by failing to act on a bill within the 14-day timeframe required for automatic assent. This provision is self-executing and does not require the plaintiff to notify the government before seeking review. It is not a matter of investigation or discretion - it is a matter of law.

The Defence has not identified any legal requirement or precedent suggesting that constitutional breaches must be reported via departmental ticket prior to litigation. Applying SCR 16 here stretches that ruling far beyond its intent and risks insulating constitutional violations from judicial review.

If the Defence seeks notice, then let this filing serve as that notice. They may now implement the law as required, and the case will become irrelevant. The reality, however, is that the Defence has no intention of complying with the law - they seek instead to pre-empt judicial scrutiny and avoid accountability by dismissing the case before it can be heard.

For these reasons, the Motion to Reconsider should be denied and for the case to progress.
 
Nacho said:

Motion


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
MOTION TO RECONSIDER

While I do not like asking the court to reconsider its position, I wish to stress the importance highlighted within our original Motion to Dismiss further. While we took excerpts of the verdict we cited, we also have to note that the verdict comes from the Supreme Court. The court in which its verdicts are binding to the lower courts.

To cite the court directly. Chief Justice Westray stated:


Associate Justice Matthew100x joined the Chief Justice:


The Supreme Court further forming it’s official opinion cited:


To wrap it all together...
The Plaintiff has failed to notify the Department of State of their error through the proper communication channels, as stated in their official statements within discovery. The Plaintiff admits to just making their views known publicly but has not submitted any evidence to support that they did, in fact, notify the Department of State before filing this case.

Your Honor, we know you don’t agree with the court’s previous decision. However, the Supreme Court set the requirement that when an Executive Department mishandles its constitutional duties, it is awarded the ability to be notified by a damaged party before litigation can be brought forward. I urge and highly stress the court to accept this Motion to Reconsider. Ignoring a higher court’s precedent provides grounds for a viable appeal after this case.

I thank the court for their time in considering this motion. Should the motion be denied, We request a status update from the court on where we are in the case. Honestly, I was doing fine, but now I don't know if we are still in discovery or if we are still waiting to answer a complaint. LoL

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The Court has reviewed the Defence’s Motion to Reconsider, along with the response and earlier filings. The Defence argues that the case should have been dismissed because the Plaintiff didn’t notify the Department of State before filing the lawsuit. They cite [2021] SCR 16, a Supreme Court case, as the basis for that argument.

After reviewing the case and the precedent, the Court does not find a reason to change its earlier decision.

I. What [2021] SCR 16 Actually Covers
In [2021] SCR 16, the Supreme Court looked at a situation where the Department of Justice was sued for not acting on a crime that hadn’t been reported to them. The Court found that because the department wasn’t made aware of the situation and had no chance to act on it, it couldn’t fairly be held responsible. They weren’t aware of the crime being committed, so they couldn’t do anything about it.

That ruling was based on the idea that departments need to know about a problem before they can be expected to respond, especially when their role involves investigation or enforcement.

II. Why This Case Is Different
This case isn’t about a department failing to enforce something. It’s about whether the President followed the procedure laid out in the Constitution—specifically, Section 25(3), which says the President has 14 days to assent to or veto a bill before it’s automatically considered passed.

That timeline starts once Parliament passes the bill. There’s no requirement in the Constitution for someone to notify the President or open a ticket for the process to begin. It’s not a matter of discretion or awareness—it’s a fixed rule based on time.

So while [2021] SCR 16 applies to cases where the government needs to be told something before it can act, it doesn’t apply here. The issue in this case comes down to a constitutional deadline, not a lack of information or internal communication.

The JSAA passed both houses of Parliament under the previous Constitution. However, the President had not taken action on the bill at the time the New Constitution was enacted on 8 March 2025. The Constitution contains the following provisions regarding supersession and transition:

This Constitution supersedes the previous Constitution.
Any statute, judicial standard, or constitutional reference established before the enactment of this Act that conflicts with it shall be superseded.
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These clauses make clear that the new constitutional rules apply from the date of enactment and override prior law where conflicts exist. The JSAA, still pending executive action after 8 March, became subject to the new framework at that point. The Court does not find that applying the new constitutional procedure to an unresolved bill constitutes retroactive enforcement, as the relevant inaction occurred after the Constitution came into force.

III. Why Applying That Precedent Here Would Be a Problem
If the Court applied [2021] SCR 16 to this kind of case, it would mean that constitutional deadlines and obligations could be ignored unless someone specifically reminded the government to follow them. That would defeat the purpose of having fixed rules in the Constitution.

Allowing executive officials to avoid constitutional requirements by claiming they weren’t told something happened would risk making those rules meaningless. It would shift responsibility away from government officials and place the burden to enforce the Constitution on individual citizens, which is not how constitutional compliance is meant to work.

IV. Conclusion
Because this case involves a constitutional provision that takes effect on its own, and not a situation where the government needed to be notified, the Court finds that the earlier precedent doesn’t apply.


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Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The Defendant’s request for my vote on the JSAA is irrelevant to the case. This matter concerns the Commonwealth’s constitutional obligations — not my support for the bill, which is already publicly known.

A voting record is not relevant in this case unless my vote somehow changes the constitutionality of the JSAA — it doesn’t. The bill passed Congress.

I object to the relevance of this evidence. For you consideration.

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Overruled. The Defence has explained why the information is relevant.
However, as the voting record of the JSAA is publicly accessible information, the Commonwealth may simply link to it when they wish to reference it for arguments. I believe both parties are sufficiently notified of their intention to use it in legal arguments. I don’t wish to drag discovery out even longer.

Nacho said:

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The legal representative serves no purpose, and you cannot summon the defense attorney. I took no action related to the act in question. I am simply doing my job in defending the commonwealth.

The plaintiff has made zero connection to the reason for me to be a witness.

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Plaintiff: who, exactly, is the "Commonwealth's Legal Representative"? Nacho? The Attorney General? Some other legal representative?

Nacho said:

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

The response and comment from the Plaintiff was not permitted by this court. Defense requests that the plaintiff be sanctioned for knowingly and intentionally commenting out of turn. We further request that the comment be struck from the record.

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Overruled. You're both permitted to respond to objections without approval from me.

Nacho said:

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - BREACH OF PROCEDURE

The response and comment from the Plaintiff was not permitted by this court. Defense requests that the plaintiff be sanctioned for knowingly and intentionally commenting out of turn. We further request that the comment be struck from the record.

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Sustained. The unprompted comment shall be struck.

I’m also a bit lost on the timeline here, lol. We'll move to the Plaintiff's opening statement, which must be submitted in the next 72 hours, unless I've completely missed something. Apologies for the delay to both of you, I didn't want to rush this decision.
 
Plaintiff: Who, exactly, is the "Commonwealth's Legal Representative"? Nacho? The Attorney General? Some other legal representative?
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Your honour, respectfully - it is very clear that Nacho is currently acting in representation of the commonwealth in this case.
 

Opening Statement


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OPENING STATEMENT

May it please the court,

At the heart of this case is a fundamental constitutional breach - a failure of the Executive to carry out its duty as required by law.

The Judicial Standards Amendment Act was passed by both chambers of the legislature in accordance with every procedural requirement. It did not amend the Constitution. It required no referendum. It awaited only the President’s assent - or veto - within the constitutionally mandated 14-day period. That window came and went without action.

And under the express language of our Constitution, if the President does not act, assent is presumed. By law, the JSAA is in force. And yet the Executive refuses to implement it.

Did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act meet the requirements to become law?

To become law, a non-complex bill must:
1. Pass with a majority in both chambers of Congress
2. Receive Presidential assent.

On 13 February 2025, the Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA) was proposed to amend the Judicial Standards Act.

On or around 25 February 2025, the JSAA was passed by the House of Representatives.

On or around 26 February 2025, the JSAA was passed by the Senate.

The New Constitution of the Commonwealth was enacted on 08 March 2025, and became the governing legal framework.

On 16 March 2025, the President was informed that the JSAA did not require a referendum, as it did not constitute a complex or constitutional change, but rather sought to remove redundant language from the Judicial Standards Act.

The President failed to act on the JSAA within the time frame established by the Constitution, which mandates that assent is automatically presumed to have been given after 14 days.

What type of law was the Judicial Standards Amendment Act?

Prior to 08 March 2025, a complex bill was a bill which met the following:

A complex change includes the following and needs to be discussed with the Owner before being signed by the President:
1. Changes to the System of Government.
2. Plugin-related changes.
3. Changes involving significant staff involvement.
4. A Rights & Freedoms change.
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Defining System of Government Changes
Any changes that:
1. Affect the distribution of power between different parts and levels of the state.
2. Changes to Government Departments.
3. Significant changes to the system by which the state is governed in general.
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The Judicial Standards Amendment Act simply did none of these things, it only amended itself to remove sections made redundant by the new Constitution.

The passage of the Judicial Standards Amendment Act was tied to the passage of the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage and is contingent to the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act's passage.
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Meaning, any and all complex changes were appropriately included, and voted on, in the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act referendum. As a result, the Judicial Standards Amendment Act could never be considered a complex change as all it did was remove duplicate law which was already included in the Constitution.

Did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act amend the Constitution?

No, it did not. So not only was it a non-complex change prior to 08 March 2025, it did no amend the Constitution post 08 March 2025. These are the only two triggers for a referendum - so why was one held?

Why was a referendum was held?

The Defence argues that a referendum was held because:

The JSAA removed the establishment of what a district is, as the JSA at that time defined that "Each‌ ‌town‌ ‌or‌ ‌city‌ ‌shall‌ ‌be‌ ‌considered‌ ‌a‌ ‌district‌",
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Wrong. This does not constitute a referendum or complex change. The new Constitution changed this, not the JSAA.

The requirements for Judicial Officers in the old Constitution was only of total playtime, while in the JSAA it is total playtime + playtime in the last 30 days.
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Wrong. This does not constitute a referendum or complex change. The new Constitution changed this, not the JSAA.

If you are suggesting that there is a clash between the JSAA and the Constitution, then the JSAA is only more redundant as the new Constitution supersedes the requirements of the JSAA.

JSAA/Old ConstitutionNew Constitution
The following requirements exist in order to be nominated to the bench:
Chief Justice - has accrued 150 hours and 12 hours of playtime in the last 30 days
Justice - has accrued 125 hours and 12 hours of playtime in the last 30 days
Judge - has accrued 72 hours and 12 hours of playtime in the last 30 days ‌		(3) Qualifications for nomination:

(a) Chief Justice: 150 hours of total active playtime.

(b) Justice: 125 hours of total active playtime.

(c) Judge: 72 hours of total active playtime.
Makes JSA requirements redundant by superseding them.

The JSAA establishes Appeal requirements that I can't find in the old Constitution.
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Wrong. This does not constitute a referendum or complex change. The JSAA also only removes.

As demonstrated, neither complex change nor constitutional change necessitated a referendum per the new and old Constitution.

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Wrong. The executor act here is the new constitution. The JSAA only executes it's sections on the condition that the new constitution passes. It cannot possibly amend a constitutional law, because it cannot execute until the new constitution removes the constitutionality of the JSA. This change is purely administrative to remove a redundant section.

The premise is simple here, ask how can the JSAA possibly have amended the constitution? It couldn't have because it's passage was contingent to the act that amended the constitution and made the sections that the JSAA removes from the JSA redundant.

Is Ex-Post Facto Relevant?

The argument that ex post facto protections allow the Executive to ignore constitutional obligations that arose under the previous constitution is flawed for clear legal and logical reasons.

Ex post facto prevents punishing past conduct under new criminal laws. The law expressly says this and the defence clearly does not understand this legal concept. However, lets just entertain the Defence's logic and say that it does apply.

The new Constitution was already in effect when the President became obligated to act. There is no retroactive application - it’s a failure to comply with a duty in the present, under the law that applied at that time.

Frankly, this argument is a misdirection to mask incompetence and a failure to act.
(4) Ex-Post Facto (Original: Pacman - May 26, 2020)
(a) Individuals cannot be subject to punishments for criminal actions if it was not illegal at the time it was committed.
(b) Any legislation that has passed after a lawsuit has been filed, will not be considered in that lawsuit, nor in the appeal of that lawsuit and the case that takes place if the appeal for that lawsuit has been accepted. Congress may override Ex-Post Facto through a bill, however such a bill will require supermajority in both chambers.
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Lord_Donuticus

Repealed Thread 'Standardized Criminal Code Act'

Repealed by the Criminal Code Act.
A
BILL
To

Establish a Criminal Code​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Standardized Criminal Code Act'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: The_Donuticus
(4)...

An act passed under the old Constitution doesn’t vanish just because the new Constitution alters procedure.

If a bill was passed, and the new Constitution came into effect before executive action, then the next procedural step must comply with the new Constitution.

As you can see, this is not an ex post facto problem.

Constitutional Authority

I encourage the Defence to review their legal notes - a constitution, as the highest legal document, overrides any law which conflicts with it.

Plaintiff: Where a statute conflicts with the Constitution, does the constitution or statute prevail?
Defence: The existing statute is enforceable until it is properly amended and or removed.
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The court can see the Defence doesn't understand Constitutional authority.

The fluff removal act is completely irrelevant here. The new constitution passed into law on 08 March 2025 and the 14 days after, the JSAA became law on or around 24 March 2025.

The Fluff Removal Act, an act of Congress that the plaintiff drafted, removed the 14-day time period requiring presidents to sign bills within the allotted time. The act specifies, ‘Vested in the President is the power to assent to or veto legislation passed by Congress.’ This provides clarity that no such timeframe is required by the constitution for the president to provide their assent or veto.
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The President had the power to act under either framework - old and new. Choosing inaction is not a neutral act - especially when the new Constitution specifically defines inaction as assent.

The 14 day automatic assent requirement is not legal in this sense and non-enforceable for actions pre-dating the new constitution.
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Saying the 14-day rule doesn’t apply because the bill passed earlier is like saying you can keep driving with an expired license because you started the trip before it expired... it’s absurd.

The reality here is that the duty arose well after the new constitution became the highest legal governing framework. This is a procedural matter.

I invite the Defence to rest their case to save us all the time of trying to defend an illegal action.

I seeks what the law already provides:
– Recognition that the JSAA is now valid law,
– A declaration that the President’s inaction amounted to a failure to discharge a constitutional duty, and
– A writ of mandamus compelling the Executive to implement the JSAA without further delay.

This Court has both the authority and the responsibility to reaffirm that no office is above the constitutional framework that gives it power.

The rule of law demands no less.

If the Executive can ignore constitutional timelines without consequence, then our entire legislative process becomes optional — and the Constitution little more than a suggestion.

If a bill can pass both chambers, meet every legal threshold, and still be ignored by the President - then what is the point of a Constitution?

 
Nacho said:

Objection


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OBJECTION - RELEVANCE

The legal representative serves no purpose, and you cannot summon the defense attorney. I took no action related to the act in question. I am simply doing my job in defending the commonwealth.

The plaintiff has made zero connection to the reason for me to be a witness.

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Overruled. The Plaintiff is permitted to call the Defence Counsel to testify strictly in their capacity as a legal representative of the Commonwealth.

The Defence has 72 hours to submit their opening statement.
 
While the defense acknowledges that the allocated time has passed, it respectfully requests an additional 24 hours. All Department of Justice employees were celebrating Easter with their families, and as a result, we were unable to post the opening statement.
 
Freeze_Line said:
While the defense acknowledges that the allocated time has passed, it respectfully requests an additional 24 hours. All Department of Justice employees were celebrating Easter with their families, and as a result, we were unable to post the opening statement.
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Granted.
 
As the Defence has had 150 hours to submit their opening statement, we will move to witnesses. Witness summons are to follow.
 

Writ of Summons


@gribble19, @End, @Angryhamdog, @1950Minecrafter, @Nacho, and @Staff Team are required to appear before the Federal Court in the case of
End v. Commonwealth of Redmont [2025] FCR 31

Failure to appear within 72 hours of this summons will result in a default judgement based on the known facts of the case.

Both parties should make themselves aware of the Court Rules and Procedures, including the option of an in-game trial should both parties request one.

 
I am present, your honor.
 
Present, Your Honor.
 
Apologies to @gribble19, I completely misread the witness requests. You are not required.

Plaintiff, you may present your questions to your witness. You have 48 hours.
 
You honour, in my witness testimony, I will seek witness accounts on my legal test that I established above.

Did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act meet the requirements to become law?

Commonwealth's Legal Representative:
  • As of today, has the Commonwealth acknowledged the automatic assent of the JSAA?
President:
  • What date were you notified when the JSAA was presented to you after passing both chambers?
  • Did you sign, veto, or otherwise act on the JSAA within 14 days?
  • In the absence of veto or assent, what does the Constitution dictate happens to a bill after 14 days?
What type of law was the Judicial Standards Amendment Act?

A complex change includes the following and needs to be discussed with the Owner before being signed by the President:
1. Changes to the System of Government.
2. Plugin-related changes.
3. Changes involving significant staff involvement.
4. A Rights & Freedoms change.
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Defining System of Government Changes
Any changes that:
1. Affect the distribution of power between different parts and levels of the state.
2. Changes to Government Departments.
3. Significant changes to the system by which the state is governed in general.
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Commonwealth Legal Representative:
  • Does the JSAA change the system of government?
  • Does the JSAA change any rights & freedoms?
Staff:
  • Does the JSAA have any significant changes involving staff involvement?
  • Does the JSSA have any plugin related changes?
Did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act amend the Constitution?

Commonwealth's Legal Representative:
  • What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?
  • Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?
  • At any stage, did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act modify the Constitution?
President:
  • Was the JSAA intended to change the Constitution itself, or merely to update statutory law?
Was the referendum required?

President
  • Under the new and old constitutions, is a non-complex/statutory change required to pass a referendum?
  • After it was identified that the referendum was unnecessary, why did the Executive not implement the JSAA?
Is Ex-Post Facto relevant?

Commonwealth's Legal Representative
  • Where in Redmont law does ex-post facto apply outside of criminal law?

Thank you.

@Freeze_Line
@1950Minecrafter
@Technofied
 
Senator End has requested I explicitly lick the court (do not fact check this).

As such, may it arouse the court, and by extension, Your Honour, that the court has been licked.

To the questions:
End said:
  • Does the JSAA have any significant changes involving staff involvement?
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No.

End said:
  • Does the JSSA have any plugin related changes?
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No.
 
Your honour, I request that the remaining witnesses be compelled to reply within 72 hours of the questions being posed.
 
Your honor, I apologize for the late response. On Sunday afternoon and evening, the forums didn't work for me, and on Monday, we had an electric system malfunction all over Spain and Portugal from 12PM to 1AM. I will now proceed to answer the plaintiff's questions:

What date were you notified when the JSAA was presented to you after passing both chambers?
I was notified on the 28th of February 2025 in the #presiding-officers channel in the main DemocracyCraft discord server by the plaintiff, then President of the Senate, xEndeavour. I was notified again as a reminder on the 1st of March 2025 in the same channel by the same presiding officer.

Did you sign, veto, or otherwise act on the JSAA within 14 days?
I did not sign or veto, but I requested a referendum to the DOS as it was a Complex Change of the Constitution and the Constitutional Amendment process of the moment required a referendum to pass before the President signed or vetoed the bill.

In the absence of veto or assent, what does the Constitution dictate happens to a bill after 14 days?
As far as I can remember, back then, nothing happened. The bill would be on the President's desk as long as it took the President to sign or veto the bill. With the current Constitution, the bill gets automatically approved after 14 days of not having a sign or a veto issued.

Was the JSAA intended to change the Constitution itself, or merely to update statutory law?
The intention of the JSAA should be asked to the author of the bill. But the JSAA did actually want to change the Constitution, as back then, the JSA was part of the Constitution, so amending the JSA was inherently an amendment to the Constitution. Also, the bill explicitly said "A bill to amend the constitution and the Judicial Standards Act", which I would say it clearly shows that it was meant to change the Constitution.

Under the new and old constitutions, is a non-complex/statutory change required to pass a referendum?
In the old Constitution, a non-complex/statutory change didn't require a referendum to pass. In the new Constitution, every single change to the Constitution, no matter how small it is, requires a referendum.

After it was identified that the referendum was unnecessary, why did the Executive not implement the JSAA?
I have only been told by the plaintiff that the referendum was unnecessary and I stand by the argument that the referendum was, indeed, necessary as the JSAA was, indeed, a Complex Change. The referendum was held and the results were clear: The referendum on the JSAA didn't get enough support for it to be passed. The moment the referendum failed, the JSAA was basically removed of existance and so the Executive had nothing to implement from the JSAA.
 
1950Minecrafter said:
Your honor, I apologize for the late response. On Sunday afternoon and evening, the forums didn't work for me, and on Monday, we had an electric system malfunction all over Spain and Portugal from 12PM to 1AM. I will now proceed to answer the plaintiff's questions:

What date were you notified when the JSAA was presented to you after passing both chambers?
I was notified on the 28th of February 2025 in the #presiding-officers channel in the main DemocracyCraft discord server by the plaintiff, then President of the Senate, xEndeavour. I was notified again as a reminder on the 1st of March 2025 in the same channel by the same presiding officer.

Did you sign, veto, or otherwise act on the JSAA within 14 days?
I did not sign or veto, but I requested a referendum to the DOS as it was a Complex Change of the Constitution and the Constitutional Amendment process of the moment required a referendum to pass before the President signed or vetoed the bill.

In the absence of veto or assent, what does the Constitution dictate happens to a bill after 14 days?
As far as I can remember, back then, nothing happened. The bill would be on the President's desk as long as it took the President to sign or veto the bill. With the current Constitution, the bill gets automatically approved after 14 days of not having a sign or a veto issued.

Was the JSAA intended to change the Constitution itself, or merely to update statutory law?
The intention of the JSAA should be asked to the author of the bill. But the JSAA did actually want to change the Constitution, as back then, the JSA was part of the Constitution, so amending the JSA was inherently an amendment to the Constitution. Also, the bill explicitly said "A bill to amend the constitution and the Judicial Standards Act", which I would say it clearly shows that it was meant to change the Constitution.

Under the new and old constitutions, is a non-complex/statutory change required to pass a referendum?
In the old Constitution, a non-complex/statutory change didn't require a referendum to pass. In the new Constitution, every single change to the Constitution, no matter how small it is, requires a referendum.

After it was identified that the referendum was unnecessary, why did the Executive not implement the JSAA?
I have only been told by the plaintiff that the referendum was unnecessary and I stand by the argument that the referendum was, indeed, necessary as the JSAA was, indeed, a Complex Change. The referendum was held and the results were clear: The referendum on the JSAA didn't get enough support for it to be passed. The moment the referendum failed, the JSAA was basically removed of existance and so the Executive had nothing to implement from the JSAA.
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Follow on questions:

  • What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?

  • Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?

  • At any stage, did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act modify the Constitution?
 
Your honour, I posted my questions to the government 3 days ago.

They were pinged here and on discord.

I request that they be held in contempt for needlessly delaying the trial and failing to respond to very simple questions.

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End said:
Your honour, I posted my questions to the government 3 days ago.

They were pinged here and on discord.

I request that they be held in contempt for needlessly delaying the trial and failing to respond to very simple questions.

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The Attorney General was not summoned, Nacho was summoned. As you insisted, it was "very clear" that Nacho was the legal representative of the Commonwealth.

@Nacho, please respond to the Plaintiff's questions in 24 hours. Otherwise, you will be held in contempt.
 
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The Attorney General was not summoned, Nacho was summoned. As you insisted, it was "very clear" that Nacho was the legal representative of the Commonwealth.

@Nacho, please respond to the Plaintiff's questions in 24 hours. Otherwise, you will be held in contempt.
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He informed me that he stepped away from the case.

So I request whoever the replacement government legal representative is responds, and if not, the Attorney General is ultimately liable for ensuring the Government responds.
 
Your honour, the questions were posted for the President 3 days ago and for the Government 5 days ago.

This is delaying the case and is the third time occurring of missing a deadline for the defendant.

I request that witnesses be held to account and that all questions now be answered within 24 hours from now.
 
Your honor, I apologize for the delay in the answer, 2 days ago I begun a 5 days-long event in my irl party and I didn't have time to provide a properly thought answer to this. I'm going to be answering right now:

What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?
  1. The JSAA removed the establishment of what a district is, as the JSA defined that "Each‌ ‌town‌ ‌or‌ ‌city‌ ‌shall‌ ‌be‌ ‌considered‌ ‌a‌ ‌district‌", while I can't find any reference to that in the old Constitution. And the new Constitution doesn't define that neither, so I think this is relevant.
  2. The requirements for Judicial Officers both in the old and the new Constitution was only of total playtime, while in the JSA it is total playtime + playtime in the last 30 days, something that the JSAA was going to remove. I think this is an important change.
  3. The JSA establishes Appeal requirements that I can't find in the old nor the new Constitution.
I think these 3 changes are relevant changes that the JSAA did to the JSA and so the old Constitution that the new Constitution didn't address.

Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?
Yes, it could have passed without the Redmont Constitution Act passing for 2 reasons:
  • The bill amended the JSA, and as the JSA was within the Constitution with the old Constitution, it amended the old Constitution too.
  • The JSAA had a clause that specified what would happen until the CRCA passed, so there was a situation in which the CRCA didn't passed already planned and established within the bill.
So I think it wouldn't have mattered if the CRCA would have passed or not, as there were the 2 scenarios already taken into account and planned.

At any stage, did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act modify the Constitution?

Taking into account that the JSAA didn't pass, no, it never modified anything in the Constitution, neither the old nor the new one. But if we mean about the content of the bill, then, yes, the JSAA was meant to modify the old Constitution as it was meant to modify the JSA, which was part of the Constitution.
 
@Freeze_Line, please respond to the Plaintiff's questions within 24 hours. Any further delay will have you held in contempt.

Thank you @1950Minecrafter.
 
What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?
  1. The JSAA removed the establishment of what a district is, as the JSA defined that "Each‌ ‌town‌ ‌or‌ ‌city‌ ‌shall‌ ‌be‌ ‌considered‌ ‌a‌ ‌district‌", while I can't find any reference to that in the old Constitution. And the new Constitution doesn't define that neither, so I think this is relevant.
  2. The requirements for Judicial Officers both in the old and the new Constitution was only of total playtime, while in the JSA it is total playtime + playtime in the last 30 days, something that the JSAA was going to remove. I think this is an important change.
  3. The JSA establishes Appeal requirements that I can't find in the old nor the new Constitution.
I think these 3 changes are relevant changes that the JSAA did to the JSA and so the old Constitution that the new Constitution didn't address.
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Thank you, to summarise your answer you agree that the JSAA did not directly change the constitution it only amended the JSA. Is this correct?

Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?
Yes, it could have passed without the Redmont Constitution Act passing for 2 reasons:
  • The bill amended the JSA, and as the JSA was within the Constitution with the old Constitution, it amended the old Constitution too.
  • The JSAA had a clause that specified what would happen until the CRCA passed, so there was a situation in which the CRCA didn't passed already planned and established within the bill.
So I think it wouldn't have mattered if the CRCA would have passed or not, as there were the 2 scenarios already taken into account and planned.
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Sorry, you've said yes then said completely opposite in your commentary. To clarify, the JSAA has this included in the passage requirements of the bill:
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage and is contingent to the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act's passage.
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With that in mind, do you agree that If the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act did not pass, the JSAA could also not be signed into law?

At any stage, did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act modify the Constitution?

Taking into account that the JSAA didn't pass, no, it never modified anything in the Constitution, neither the old nor the new one. But if we mean about the content of the bill, then, yes, the JSAA was meant to modify the old Constitution as it was meant to modify the JSA, which was part of the Constitution.
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How can the JSAA amend the old constitution if it can't pass unless the new constitution passes?
 
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Thank you, to summarise your answer you agree that the JSAA did not directly change the constitution it only amended the JSA. Is this correct?
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Objection - Leading

Plaintiff is asking a leading question, asking to confirm a narrative that he presented.

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Sorry, you've said yes then said completely opposite in your commentary. To clarify, the JSAA has this included in the passage requirements of the bill:


With that in mind, do you agree that If the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act did not pass, the JSAA could also not be signed into law?
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Arguing with witness, Leading

Plaintiff is clearly arguing with and antagonizing the witness in the first section of the quote, as opposed to impeaching the witness, described as correct procedure for this situation in the objections guide.

Plaintiff then asks a leading question, asking the witness to confirm a narrative presented ("Do you agree that ... ?").
 
Staff Team said:
Senator End has requested I explicitly lick the court (do not fact check this).

As such, may it arouse the court, and by extension, Your Honour, that the court has been licked.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Motion to Strike

Witness's comments regarding licking and arousing were out of line, irrelevant, and/or sexual. The defense therefore moves to strike them from the record.
 
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Commonwealth's Legal Representative:
  • As of today, has the Commonwealth acknowledged the automatic assent of the JSAA?
Commonwealth Legal Representative:
  • Does the JSAA change the system of government?
  • Does the JSAA change any rights & freedoms?
Commonwealth's Legal Representative:
  • What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?
  • Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?
  • At any stage, did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act modify the Constitution?
Commonwealth's Legal Representative
  • Where in Redmont law does ex-post facto apply outside of criminal law?
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Objection - Incompetent

The legal representative for the Commonwealth, a State Prosecutor, is not an expert on any questions listed. This question is not within her official purview as a state prosecutor, and she should therefore not be called as an expert on these matters in her official prosecutorial capacity.
 
Mask3D_WOLF said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Leading

Plaintiff is asking a leading question, asking to confirm a narrative that he presented.
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Response

The Defence hasn't answered my original question. I have put a confirmatory question to them which they can answer as they please. If they don't want to confirm what the question is asking, then I will ask them to answer the question again.

 
Mask3D_WOLF said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Arguing with witness, Leading

Plaintiff is clearly arguing with and antagonizing the witness in the first section of the quote, as opposed to impeaching the witness, described as correct procedure for this situation in the objections guide.

Plaintiff then asks a leading question, asking the witness to confirm a narrative presented ("Do you agree that ... ?").
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Response


I'm pointing out that the witness has contradicted themselves in their testimony.

 
Mask3D_WOLF said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Motion to Strike

Witness's comments regarding licking and arousing were out of line, irrelevant, and/or sexual. The defense therefore moves to strike them from the record.
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Response

Get a sense of humour. If the judge sees that they need to remove the comments, then that can be done by striking the comment and not the entire testimony - which is valuable to the case.

 
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Incompetent

The legal representative for the Commonwealth, a State Prosecutor, is not an expert on any questions listed. This question is not within her official purview as a state prosecutor, and she should therefore not be called as an expert on these matters in her official prosecutorial capacity.
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I don't care who represents the Government in this matter. If you keep trying to get out of answering on behalf of the government I will just forward my questions to the President. Your choice.

 
Questions for the President due to the Government's failure to answer questions over six days.

RE-ASKING THESE QUESTIONS:

I offer you the opportunity to clarify your standing noting that you have provided excessive narrative and not answered the questions as they were asked without needing to flood the court with objections.

What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?

In your previous response you discussed what statutory changes the JSAA made. Please answer the question which is strictly limited to asking about direct amendments to the Constitution.

Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?

You have said that the Constitution could have been amended and that it could not be amended in your response. Please clarify your position on whether the JSAA could have passed without the passage of the new constitution. This question is not relevant to the old constitution.

How can the JSAA amend the old constitution if it can't pass unless the new constitution passes?


QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ANSWERED

Does the JSAA change the system of government?

Does the JSAA change any rights & freedoms?

Where in Redmont law does ex-post facto apply outside of criminal law?

Request response within 24 hours.
 
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Leading

Plaintiff is asking a leading question, asking to confirm a narrative that he presented.
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Sustained. The question will be struck.

Mask3D_WOLF said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Arguing with witness, Leading

Plaintiff is clearly arguing with and antagonizing the witness in the first section of the quote, as opposed to impeaching the witness, described as correct procedure for this situation in the objections guide.

Plaintiff then asks a leading question, asking the witness to confirm a narrative presented ("Do you agree that ... ?").
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Sustained. The question and statement shall be struck.

Mask3D_WOLF said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Motion to Strike

Witness's comments regarding licking and arousing were out of line, irrelevant, and/or sexual. The defense therefore moves to strike them from the record.
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No.

Mask3D_WOLF said:
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Incompetent

The legal representative for the Commonwealth, a State Prosecutor, is not an expert on any questions listed. This question is not within her official purview as a state prosecutor, and she should therefore not be called as an expert on these matters in her official prosecutorial capacity.
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The Plaintiff summoned the legal representative of the Commonwealth to testify on behalf of the Commonwealth — not in her capacity as a prosecutor, but as someone presumably able to speak to the legal and procedural context of the law in question.

If the Department of Justice is now claiming that their representative is not competent to do so, I won’t argue. It is, frankly, alarming that the DOJ cannot produce a single legal representative who can answer questions about the passage of Commonwealth legislation. But if that is truly the position being taken here, then so be it. Sustained.
 
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The Department can very well produce someone who can do it, however that is not within the expertise of a prosecutor who joined yesterday. Would you like me to pass the message onto another person in the department, perhaps?
 
Mask3D_WOLF said:
The Department can very well produce someone who can do it, however that is not within the expertise of a prosecutor who joined yesterday. Would you like me to pass the message onto another person in the department, perhaps?
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The Government's testimony is no longer required, I have forwarded your questions to the President since the Defence ignored them for a week.
 
juniperfig said:
The Plaintiff summoned the legal representative of the Commonwealth to testify on behalf of the Commonwealth — not in her capacity as a prosecutor, but as someone presumably able to speak to the legal and procedural context of the law in question.

If the Department of Justice is now claiming that their representative is not competent to do so, I won’t argue. It is, frankly, alarming that the DOJ cannot produce a single legal representative who can answer questions about the passage of Commonwealth legislation. But if that is truly the position being taken here, then so be it. Sustained.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Motion to Reconsider

Normally, a motion to reconsider would not be filed for a decision supported by the party filing. When a verdict such as this is based on such snarky and legally unsound statements, however, this is filed in the interest of fairness.

The reasoning behind sustaining the objection is unsound. A lawyer would not be called to testify on behalf of their client, and a governmental department employee would not be called to testify on behalf of the government on matters pertaining to government-wide policy, nor would a random lawyer would not be called to testify as an expert on subjects in which there is no guarantee that expertise is present.

In addition, it is quite a stretch to say that a random lawyer from the department, not even listed by name, not being an expert on the subject means that nobody in the department is an expert on it. It is not that “a single legal representative” from the department cannot answer, it is that the random person who was called to answer has no established expertise in government-wide policy. As established prior, this is on par with a lawyer being summoned to testify on the thoughts of a client.
 
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Objection


OBJECTION
Relevance

This is no longer relevant, the Government has no questions pending.

 
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Objection


OBJECTION
Relevance

This is no longer relevant, the Government has no questions pending.

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Sustained. The motion shall be struck.
 
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The Government's testimony is no longer required, I have forwarded your questions to the President since the Defence ignored them for a week.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Objection - Breach of Procedure

The plaintiff spoke out of turn to improperly speak and retract his questions.
 
juniperfig said:
Sustained. The motion shall be struck.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
Motion to Reconsider

Regardless of the relevance, this is an extremely important point of law to rule upon nonetheless. I especially ask you to reconsider seeing as the objection was hastily ruled upon with no response from opposing counsel.

If the above objection is sustained, however, there is indeed relevance. Due to plaintiff's improper striking of their questions for the legal representative of the Commonwealth, the questions still stand and this important matter should be ruled upon.
 
Greetings all, I will be taking over this case following the (Frmr.) Honourable Judge juniperfig's untimely resignation. Please bear with me as I review the case at hand, along with the numerous others on my docket.
 
Your honour, I request that the President be given a 24 hour timeline to respond. He has been reminded several times to respond to this case, his government failed to respond in six days, and he has had fair and ample time.

This is nothing but a delay tactic.
 
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Your honour, the President was given their questions 6 days ago.

These questions were first posed to his Government 12 days ago.

@Dr_Eksplosive
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Before I impose any sanctions or make any rulings, could you please provide images of the questions being forwarded to the President. This is highly unorthodox and all witness examination should be done within the court, not outside during proceedings. Given the apparent incompetence of the Commonwealth's legal team in answering the previously asked questions, I will grant some leeway. Please provide the evidence within 24 hours.
 
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Questions for the President due to the Government's failure to answer questions over six days.

RE-ASKING THESE QUESTIONS:

I offer you the opportunity to clarify your standing noting that you have provided excessive narrative and not answered the questions as they were asked without needing to flood the court with objections.

What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?

In your previous response you discussed what statutory changes the JSAA made. Please answer the question which is strictly limited to asking about direct amendments to the Constitution.

Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?

You have said that the Constitution could have been amended and that it could not be amended in your response. Please clarify your position on whether the JSAA could have passed without the passage of the new constitution. This question is not relevant to the old constitution.

How can the JSAA amend the old constitution if it can't pass unless the new constitution passes?


QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ANSWERED

Does the JSAA change the system of government?

Does the JSAA change any rights & freedoms?

Where in Redmont law does ex-post facto apply outside of criminal law?

Request response within 24 hours.
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All questions are visible within this thread.
 
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You can also see that the President has been reminded several times on Discord as well as being pinged on forums (assuming they have not removed the autofollow post).
 
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My sincerest apologies.

The President is hereby held in Contempt for failing to answer these questions. Answer them. Now. You have 24 hours. @1950Minecrafter you have been sufficiently warned.
 
Your honour, I have had a busy week and I haven't been able to answer yet, specially after the plaintiff reworded his questions before I could answer and so I had to adapt my old answers to the new questions. I don't take this process lightly and so I wanted to properly answer and until now I didn't have the time. Plus, yesterday and today forums didn't work for me. I apologize for any delay on this case. No, this wasn't a delay tactic, as the plaintiff suggested. That being said, I'm going to proceed to answer to the plaintiff's questions.

What did the Judicial Standards Amendment Act change in the Constitution which was not already changed by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act?

I have already answered this in the previous answers. But I'm going to repeat them again, in case it wasn't clear enough:
  1. The JSAA removed the establishment of what a district is, as the JSA defined that "Each‌ ‌town‌ ‌or‌ ‌city‌ ‌shall‌ ‌be‌ ‌considered‌ ‌a‌ ‌district‌", while I can't find any reference to that in the old Constitution main document. And the new Constitution doesn't define that neither, so I think this is relevant.
  2. The requirements for Judicial Officers both in the old and the new Constitution main documents was only of total playtime, while in the JSA it is total playtime + playtime in the last 30 days, something that the JSAA was going to remove. I think this is an important change.
  3. The JSA establishes Appeal requirements that I can't find in the old nor the new Constitution main documents.
Could the Judicial Standards Amendment Act have passed into law without the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passing?

The JSAA could have passed through the existing procedures for a Constitutional Amendment of a Complex Change nature, but wouldn't have been legally binding until the CRCA passed.

How can the JSAA amend the old constitution if it can't pass unless the new constitution passes?

Precisely because the new Constitution didn't pas. You can't amend or take action on what doesn't exist. At the moment the JSAA was proposed, there wasn't the new Constitution, but the old Constitution, and while there was the old Constitution, what this one established was what had to be followed.

So, as the Constitution in place was the old one, as the JSA was as much part of the old Constitution as the Rights&Freedoms section of the old Constitution, even if in separate documents, an amendment to the JSA was an amendment to the old Constitution. The JSAA bill in itself even said it, that it amended the Constitution.

If the CRCA had passed before the JSAA, would the JSAA amend the Constitution? No. If the CRCA hadn't passed before the JSAA, would the JSAA amend the Constitution? Yes. Was the CRCA enacted before the JSAA passed the Congress? No. Did the JSAA pass Congress before the CRCA was enacted? Yes. Therefore, the JSAA amended the old Constitution and the procedures established at the moment is what had to be followed.

In this case, as the JSAA was amending the JSA and so the Constitution, even if it wouldn't be legally binding until the CRCA passed, it had to follow the procedure for a Constitutional Amendment, and by the nature of the JSAA, a Constitutional Amendment for a Complex Change, which required a referendum. And so the JSAA went to referendum and failed the referendum. And so the JSAA failed.


QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ANSWERED

Does the JSAA change the system of government? Yes.

Does the JSAA change any rights & freedoms? No.

Where in Redmont law does ex-post facto apply outside of criminal law? I'm not a lawyer, so a lawyer would answer this better, but I imagine it also applies in civil law in cases where law has changed after the lawsuit was filed.
 
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@Dr_Eksplosive
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I don't take kindly to being pinged repeatedly. Kindly remember that I am a lone member of the judiciary handling a large caseload with an already hectic irl schedule. Next time you speak out of turn you will be held in contempt.

However, I do note that you no longer have any questions. I will grant 24 hours to the Commonwealth to post any cross-examinations. After these 24 hours have elapsed, a 72 hour period will automatically commence for Plaintiff's Closing remarks.
 
Dr_Eksplosive said:
I don't take kindly to being pinged repeatedly. Kindly remember that I am a lone member of the judiciary handling a large caseload with an already hectic irl schedule. Next time you speak out of turn you will be held in contempt.

However, I do note that you no longer have any questions. I will grant 24 hours to the Commonwealth to post any cross-examinations. After these 24 hours have elapsed, a 72 hour period will automatically commence for Plaintiff's Closing remarks.
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Could we please get an extension of this to 48 hours?
 
The defense has neglected to submit any cross-examinations. The Plaintiff shall now have 72 hours from this post to submit their closing statement.
 
for your sanity, view in light mode

Closing Statement


CLOSING STATEMENT

The Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA), duly passed by both chambers of Congress, was designed to align our judicial framework with the new constitution and the removal of obsolete, duplicated provisions.

Timeline

The following timeline shows that the JSAA has met all things necessary for it to pass into law.

DateAction
~ 25 February 2025Passage through House
~ 26 February 2025Passage through Senate
28 February 2025President notified of passage by the Senate President
05 March 2025JSAA was erroneously put to public referendum
07 March 2025Referendum complete.
08 March 2025New constitution is in effect, now governing document.
14 March 2025JSAA passes into law. Assent is assumed.
16 March 2025President is informed.
30 March 2025FCR 31 filed.

What requires a referendum?

The Defence’s reliance on a public referendum is legally baseless.

The governing document at the time that the referendum was posed was the old constitution.

The governing document at the time that the referendum was completed was the new constitution.

Regardless, neither of these constitutions required a referendum of the JSAA.

Old Constitution Requirements for ReferendumNew Constitution Requirements for Referendum
Complex ChangeConstitutional Change
A complex change includes the following and needs to be discussed with the Owner before being signed by the President:

1. Changes to the System of Government.

1a. Affect the distribution of power between different parts and levels of the state.

1b. Changes to Government Departments.

1c. Significant changes to the system by which the state is governed in general.

2. Plugin-related changes.

3. Changes involving significant staff involvement.

4. A Rights & Freedoms change.		Any change to the constitution.

The JSAA amended only the Judicial Standards Act, not the Constitution, and made no structural, rights-based, or technical changes. The bill explicitly required the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act to pass in order for the JSAA to be enacted — meaning any changes in the JSAA only took effect after the Constitution changed, further limiting any legal impact it could have had alone.

What does the JSAA change?

With the triggers for a referendum in mind, lets summarise what the JSAA does.

What complex changes does it make?What Constitutional changes does it make?
The JSAA does not make any complex changes.
The JSA Amendment Act simply does not amend anything but itself, it simply amends the JSA.
All constitutional changes are made by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act.

The JSAA only removes sections which were made redundant when the new constitution came into effect.

The JSAA was only able to pass IF the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passed. This was a condition to it being enacted in the bill.

Therefore, there is absolutely no way possible that the JSAA could make any complex changes.

Therefore:

1. No systems of government were changed by the JSAA.

2. The Staff Team testifies that there were no plugin related changes required by this act.

3. The Staff Team testifies that there were no significant staff actions required by this act.

4. No rights or freedoms are amended by this act.

5. Any changes in this act are actioned by the new constitution's passage and removed as duplicate information by the JSAA.		The JSAA does not amend the constitution.

The JSA Amendment Act simply does not amend anything but itself, it simply amends the JSA.

All constitutional changes are made by the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act.

The JSAA only removes sections which were made redundant when the new constitution came into effect.

The JSAA was only able to pass IF the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act passed. This was a condition to it being enacted in the bill.

Therefore, there is absolutely no way possible that the JSAA could make any change to the new constitution.

On the passage of the new constitution, the JSA immediately lost it's constitutional status and became a regular statue. Nothing could have been changed in the JSA until the new constitution was enacted.

Addressing the Defence's Claims

On 'the JSAA says that it amends the constitution in the long title'

This argument misrepresents legislative convention and reflects the legal reality that, at the time, the Judicial Standards Act (JSA) was embedded within the Constitution. However, the new constitution made the operative changes to the constitution and the JSAA simply removed the duplicated information after the new constitution was enacted. The JSAA merely removed now-redundant language and made no change to the constitution.

On Ex Post Facto

The Standardised Criminal Code Act explicitly limits the scope of ex post facto protections to criminal actions. S4(a) states:

"Individuals cannot be subject to punishments for criminal actions if it was not illegal at the time it was committed."
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This clause confines the ex post facto principle to criminal liability. The Judicial Standards Amendment Act (JSAA) is not a criminal statute, nor does it impose any form of punishment retroactively.

On Judicial Activity Requirements

The new Constitution overrides the JSA by setting its own playtime criteria, making the JSA’s legally redundant. The JSAA removes these from the JSA.

If you are suggesting that there is a clash between the JSAA and the Constitution, then the JSAA is only more redundant as the new Constitution supersedes the requirements of the JSAA.

JSAA/Old ConstitutionNew Constitution
The following requirements exist in order to be nominated to the bench:
Chief Justice - has accrued 150 hours and 12 hours of playtime in the last 30 days
Justice - has accrued 125 hours and 12 hours of playtime in the last 30 days
Judge - has accrued 72 hours and 12 hours of playtime in the last 30 days ‌		(3) Qualifications for nomination:
(a) Chief Justice: 150 hours of total active playtime.
(b) Justice: 125 hours of total active playtime.
(c) Judge: 72 hours of total active playtime.
Makes JSA requirements redundant by superseding them.

In Closing

The Defence’s few submissions have lacked both legal reasoning and any form of clarity throughout this case. Rather than answering the constitutional questions at the heart of this case, the President and his administration have demonstrated a concerning misunderstanding of the legislative process and pushed a significant amount of irrelevant narrative.

The Defence has failed to establish any lawful basis for classifying the JSAA as a complex change nor a constitutional change. This Court must reaffirm that laws passed according to constitutional process are binding and not subject to executive veto by omission, delay, or invented procedure.

The Defence has invested considerable time and effort into obstructing the implementation of an Act which does nothing more than remove redundant and superseded provisions from a non-constitutional law.

I respectfully ask that the Court take into account the time, qualifications, and sustained effort I have committed over the past two months in holding the government accountable, and that it award costs accordingly to reflect the burden I have undertaken in pursuing this matter in the public interest.

 
The Defense now has 72 hours to submit their Closing Statement.
 

Closing Statement


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
CLOSING STATEMENT

Your honor, the Plaintiff paints a beautiful picture of the Executive’s malpractice in its duties. The problem is the Plaintiff is wrong.

The Plaintiff has wasted this court’s time by bringing this case. The only reason the Plaintiff is suing in this instance is because the referendum failed. There has never been any argument (whether before in this case or any other) of the constitutionality of the Executive Standards Amendment Act, Legislative Standards Amendment Act, or the Electoral Amendment Act, all of which held referendums, and all of which were authored by the Plaintiff.

At the time of the legislation’s passage from Congress, the Judicial Standards Act was an amendment to the constitution. Any proposed amendments to the JSA were also amendments to the constitution. The Speaker of the House did the proper process for amendments: request a referendum.

The Plaintiff has brought up that this bill has only been contingent on the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act being passed, which is true. However there are issues with the Plaintiff’s arguments as a whole:

The Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act does not explicitly remove previous amendments from the constitution, only the sections which conflict with the new Constitution: “(a) Amendments to the previous Constitution will not be repealed in their entirety; only the superseded sections will be severed from the legislation.”

So what does this mean? Upon the passage of the new constitution, the JSA was and is still a constitutional amendment. This is because, as outlined by our Plaintiff, a complex change to the constitution (under the old constitution) and ANY change to the new constitution needs a referendum. The JSAA sought to remove the JSA from the constitution as a whole, this alone makes it a complex change that required the referendum.

We agree that any wording in the constitution that matches the JSA should be removed from the JSA, but that is not because of the JSAA, but rather the CRCA. Any wording that was not replaced by the CRCA, but instead was supposed to be removed by the JSAA should be considered a complex change and needed a referendum. Furthermore, because the JSAA required a referendum, and failed, the JSA is still an amendment to the constitution, so the 14-day auto-assent cannot apply, as a referendum would be required since it would be another constitutional amendment, and ANY change is now required to have a referendum.

The Executive and Legislative have done their duties, and the JSAA should not be granted assent because it did not pass referendum, which was required then and still required now.

 
Case is hereby in recess pending verdict. Please bear with me as this may take a while.
 
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