The New Republic

I shall add you in immediately

good job brick, its nice to see honesty and compassion within the nation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7F8tv6ZhI&feature=youtu.be
weekly news update 2, hope you enjoy it.

You would normally think that a minister would be able to choose their own deputy, someone they work well with, someone they believe would be able to assist the ministry very well. But, this is not the case in the NR. Nap seems to be able to pick the deputies, I don't have a problem with this, but I do have a problem with the fact that when requested, he would not allow me to pick a different deputy. Now, I'm not targeting holly in any way, you're a nice person, but I don't believe that we work well together, Napoleon said we did, but, he has hardly seen us online together and talking to each other.

This is all my opinion, and may not be true, and I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but I really thought I needed to mention this.
Also, Lotad, I think you did a great job on the New Broadcast

ANNOUNCEMENT

I have decided that the five members of the Arbitration Committee should become the first members of the Grand Court. They are:

• 72Volt (head judge)
• supereskimo
• KoenJanssen
• hollyhill105
• Adderwolf71

The Grand Court will be very similar to the Arbitration Committee, but cases will no longer be reported with Google Forms. Instead, just PM one of the above five players, and we will address the problem as soon as possible. If you want to file a case, please include the following details:

1. A detailed description of the problem. Be as specific as you can, and try to use good grammar/spelling. Give as much information as possible, and be honest.
2. The name of every player involved, including witnesses (in-game only), along with how they are involved. Be sure to get the exact spelling and capitalization. You can do this by going to the "members" tab of this website and using the "Find Member" bar to search for the player's name.
3. Any useful screenshots, or a link to the forum post in question. If you want the link to a post, just click on the number at the bottom right of the post, and then copy the URL at the top of your screen.

Please keep in mind that griefing or other ban-able offences should be reported to moderators, not us. We will, however, still be handling conflicts within this thread. If you see someone starting a flame war, report it immediately and try not to make the situation worse.
Note that we will not have trial by jury, for several reasons: It would be inconvenient for players to have to attend "jury duty", it would not really help convict the guilty and let the innocent free, and it would take longer to get a verdict. We will, however, let witnesses speak during cases, if it helps the trial.
If there are no objections, the Arbitration Committee is dissolved.

Also, here's a suggestion for the laws regarding the court. It can either be included in the Constitution, or in a separate book of law (each branch/department would have its own).

The Grand Court of Civil and Criminal Justice
1. The Grand Court of Civil and Criminal Justice shall be the supreme judiciary body of the New Republic.
2. All decisions made by the Grand Court are final, and shall serve as precedent for future trials. Only EMC staff may overturn a decision made by the Court.
3. The Grand Court will consist of five judges.
a. Each judge will continue to serve until resignation. Replacement judges must be approved by a majority of the GDA.
b. One of the members shall be Head Judge, and will moderate each case.
c. Each time a new First Minister is elected, he or she may appoint a new judge to replace one of the old judges, and may change who holds the title of Head Judge. These decisions must be approved by a majority of the GDA.
4. Regular civil and criminal cases shall be decided by a three vote majority.
5. If a law is deemed unconstitutional or detrimental to the welfare of the people, the Grand Court may overturn the law if four members vote against it.
6. In the event of the impeachment of a government officer, the Head Judge will moderate, but have no decisive power over, the case.
7. Punishments given by the Grand Court shall be no more severe than requesting to a moderator that the offending player(s) be banned. The Court will, however, have the authority to revoke a player's citizenship, for any length of time.

I'd appreciate some feedback on these ideas - we've got plenty of time to decide on them.
Also, in the future, the Court will be working closely with the NR Army - I'll keep you updated on that.

Love the idea and think it would work well. There is just one problem, Adderwolf. He hasn't been on in some time and not sure where he just p and went to. The only question I have for all this is simple. If we have a trial and case in which the GC decides on, but the problem keeps happening. What would happen than?

I can answer why adderwolf has been away.
His laptop/desktop freezes up so he had a virus, he then left for 3 weeks (maybe more) for vacation, and he won't be coming back until around the end of July/ early August I believe.
;3

Now tell me why it was necessary to post this here? We have already discussed this in a pm, but you feel the need to post this here to start an arguement? This is how im setting up the ministry. There is no law saying that i cant appoint a deputy for you, so if you dont like how im setting up the ministry, then i suggest that you resign your position. We need to learn to work together here in the new republic, not run from our problems.

This belongs in a PM with Napoleon. Please take it there to resolve further conflict.

I am referring this conversation to the arbitration committee/Grand Court. There shall be no more posts about this in the forum.

EDIT: Supereskimo or 72Volt, can u pick this up in a pm please?

Gotta hate random lilypads...

Wrong thread?

Click the little up arrow, also stop sticking out your tongue, a bug will land on it.

Oh duh

I keep completely losing myself in this thread, but yeah I've watched the weekly news update thingy to try to keep me in the loop

Also, l0tad would you like me to make you some transition slides like for the NR news and global news etc.? (Sorry for the double post )

If you were sorry you wouldn't double post!!!!!!!

Yup

Yeah, but If I did not, he might not have seen the second post after I had edited it.