Reduce The Ballooning Docket Act Part 2

[Stanley582]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A BILL TO

AMEND THE CONSTITUTION



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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:


PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Reduce The Ballooning Docket Act Part 2’

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Stanley582 and inspired bythe writings of SmallFries4.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Juniperfig.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Constitution

2. Reasons

(1) The District Court is currently overwhelmed with cases.

3. Amendments

(1) Section 21 of the Constitution shall be amended as follows:

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21. Judicial Officers ‌
They are responsible for presiding over and delivering unbiased verdicts in all lawsuits.

(1) Magistrates are appointed by the Supreme Court to serve on the District Court.

(a) A Magistrate may be removed by the Supreme Court at any time.

(2) Federal Court Judges, Supreme Court Justices, and the Chief Justice are nominated by the President and approved by a majority of the Senate.

(a) In the absence of a Chief Justice, the most senior Justice by combined tenure on the Supreme Court serves as default Chief Justice until otherwise provided.

(b) If no Justices are available on the Supreme Court, the President must nominate a Justice or Chief Justice within one week.

(3) Federal Court Judges are either:

(a) nominated by the President and approved by a majority of the Senate; or

(b) appointed by the Supreme Court for a term not exceeding 2 months.

(i) A Federal Court Judge appointed in this way may be removed by the Supreme Court at any time.

(ii) Once the term of a Federal Court Judge appointed in this way expires, the Supreme Court may not appoint that former judge to Federal Court Judgeship again for however long they were appointed for under this section (e.g. if a player was appointed for 2 weeks, they may not be appointed again until 2 weeks after their term expires)

(iii) No more than 2 Federal Court Judges appointed in this way may serve at the same time.

(4) Term Limits. Each Supreme Court Justice, including the Chief Justice, shall serve a term of 6 months from the date of their confirmation by the Senate.

(a) Upon the expiration of a Justice's term, the Justice will undergo reconfirmation by the Senate, in which they will be subject to a new confirmation hearing, and the Senate will vote on whether or not to reconfirm them.

(b) In order for a reconfirmation vote to fail, a supermajority of the Senate must vote nay.

(c) If a Justice is reconfirmed, they shall continue to serve another 6-month term from the date their reconfirmation passed.

(d) If a Justice is not reconfirmed, a new Justice must be nominated and confirmed by the Senate under the usual process. The previous Justice shall continue to serve until a new Justice is confirmed in their place.

(5) 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.