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The Southern Journal - High Court Activity

High Court Activity

By Rabbitz

Since early May, the High Court of TSP has seen an unusual spike in activity including, but not limited to the delivering of sentence cases, a new form for case submissions, and, astonishingly, a new appointment to the High Court. The most peculiar part of this spike, however, is that it took so long for sentence cases to be issued for two court cases.

During a Discord interview with Chief Justice Kringalia, he answered my question over why it took so long to give sentence cases to the court cases of New Haudenosaunee Confederacy vs. Concrete Slab, submitted November 28th, 2018, and Roavin vs. Aav Whitehall, which was submitted July 30th 2019:

“While the Judicial Act does say that a sentence must be delivered separately from a verdict, the Court had missed that particular provision and was operating under the understanding that it was all one single process. That is why sentences were delivered as part of the verdict not only for Concrete Slab, but also for Aav Whitehall. The issue was pointed out later on, but 2019 was a very difficult year and as a result barely any work was done. In the past few weeks I decided that it was time to get the Court's affairs in order, which led to the posting of all pending sentencing cases in coordination with Justice Nat.”

How did this judiciary requirement get missed when the court cases were going through the motions? The Southern Journal recognizes that real-life priorities come first before NationStates-related priorities. However, Kringalia promised that he’ll clean up the High Court and get everything up and running again.

Also in the High Court, Chief Justice Kringalia recently announced that a Case Submission System has been completed which allows a user to input the details of a court case, then auto-generate the code for it. This makes drafting a court case much easier, and allows all those submitting cases to meet the standard of what a court case should look like.

Finally, Ebonhand has recently been appointed as a High Court Justice as of June 7th, 2020. This appointment was soon followed by the resignation of long-standing Justice, Rebeltopia, who announced that his resignation was due to real-life affairs. Ebonhand had this to say about the appointment:

“I filled out the application in mid-March and thought nothing of it. I had always enjoyed the court functions of TSP going back to my days as a law clerk under Kringalia in 2017. Flash forward to mid-May, I was informed that my application would be moving forward by the Cabinet and there was a certain feeling of shock and awe when I was told, because I had forgotten about the application to some extent, and the high court has a strong reputation of hearing cases and delivering verdicts (all in a professional manner), so the notion I would be joining them was a feeling of preparation. Since I have joined the court I have jumped in literally headfirst into the work present for me, which the region will see soon.”

In summary, the High Court has seen more than its fair share of action lately with a revival of proper court procedure and an exciting new appointment.

Erinor

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