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| 03 Feb 2016 08:07 PM |
Rockport Judicial Branch - Official Handbook Version 1.3
THIS HANDBOOK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUBSCRIPT TO C.IV.XX
Preface
Table of Contents:
Section I: What is the “Judicial Branch?” Section II: How does one get a case? Section III: Rank Capabilities Section IV: Explanation of “Circuit Court” Section V: Responding to “My CJ/AJ/SCJ never responded to me!” Section VI: Further Information
SECTION I: What is the “Judicial Branch?”
The Judicial Branch, otherwise known as the “Department of Justice,” is the department/branch in charge of ensuring proper justice among all citizens, government officials, and so on.
The Judicial Branch is in charge of the courts of Rockport. The Rockport Judicial Branch, or, “RJB,” consists of the following courts: District (Court Justice’s,) Appeals (Appeals Justice’s,) and the Supreme Court (SCJ-CCJ.)
SECTION II: How does one get a case?
SUB-ARTICLE I: District Court To get a District Court Case, hosted by a Court Justice, you must do either one of the following: privately message a CJ requesting a case, providing the following information: Why you’re suing, What crime(s) the Defense caused, Date you’d like. Or, you can request a case via the Courthouse owned by ACCJ “jackctaylor,” where you will fill out all the information it asks you, and through the RJB Trello, it will be noted.
SUB-ARTICLE II: Appeals Court To get to an Appeals case, you must have had a District Court Case. During the original District case, an obvious “error of law” must have been present for a request of appeals to be met. Some examples of errors of law can be: biased Judge, misleading evidence, etc. After an error of law has been spotted, it must have been recorded, or screen-shotted to act as physical evidence. Once you have all of this, you may message an Appeals Justice requesting, again, a date that works for you, who the Defense is, and the evidence showing the error of law(s).
SUB-ARTICLE III: Supreme Court The highest level of court in Rockport; the verdict that is said during a “SC” case is final. A SC case may only happen via another, or many more, error of law(s) being present during an appeals case. To get a SC case, the same goes as for getting an Appeals Case- date you want, Defense name, and evidence showing the error of law(s) in the Appeals Case.
SECTION III: Rank Capabilities
SUB-ARTICLE I: Citizen Self-explanatory. You’re given this rank upon entry into the RJB to have up-to-date news, and to allow you to get a head start on any rank openings that may come.
SUB-ARTICLE II: Court Justice A Court Justice, or, “CJ,” is capable of hosting District Court Cases that regard parties of Prosecution and Defense, as well as their possible attorney. CJ’s can deliver a verdict as well as a suitable punishment via the verdict of a case to convict those proven guilty in the court of law of Rockport.
SUB-ARTICLE III: Justice Adviser The Justice Adviser, or, “JA,” is capable of hosting weekly “activity checks” that contain questions, comments, complaints for the CJ’s to answer. The JA above all simply makes sure the District CJ’s are remaining active, doing cases, etc. The JA may also, however, recommend to the ACCJ(s) ideas on who to hire should an opening in the CJ rank occur.
SUB-ARTICLE IV: Appeals Justice An Appeals Justice, or, “AJ,” does pretty much exactly what a CJ does. However, the only difference is that AJ’s ensure correct justice, since people making it to the Appeals Court were not given it originally. AJ’s need to make sure that during their trials they pay extra close attention, and figure out what may have gone wrong before, and ensure the same occurrences do not happen again.
SUB-ARTICLE V: Appeals Adviser The Appeals Adviser, or, “AA,” does pretty much exactly what the JA does. However, the primary difference is that instead of weekly activity checks, the AA may do bi-weekly activity checks. This is because AJ’s typically do not get cases that often. The AA may also recommend to the CCJ and his/her ACCJ(s) ideas on who to hire for AJ.
SUB-ARTICLE VI: Supreme Court Justice Supreme Court Justice’s, or “SCJ’s,” are members of the Supreme Court of Rockport. Firstly, SCJ’s may still do cases. The cases SCJ’s do, though, are final- no more appealing afterward. SCJ’s are to be the most experienced of the Justices of Rockport, surpassing CJ’s and AJ’s with knowledge, maturity, and intelligence. Along with doing “appealed appeals cases,” SCJ’s are involved with the Supreme Court when it comes to Judicial Reviews on officials Cabinet and higher.
SUB-ARTICLE VII: Assistant Chief Court Justice An Assistant Chief Court Justice, or, “ACCJ,” is exactly what the name says. However, along with being the CCJ’s assistant, they are also members of the Supreme Court. Meaning, they too can vote on Judicial Reviews, strike down unconstitutional SOE’s, and etc. Along with all of this, ACCJ’s may hire ALL Justice’s below them (CJ’s and AJ’s) they cannot, however, hire the JA and AA- this is reserved for the CCJ only.
SUB-ARTICLE VIII: Chief Court Justice The Chief Court Justice, or “CCJ,” runs the entirety of Rockport’s Judicial Branch. He/she oversees the work of all members of his/her department, and can appoint, fire, and even blacklist members in his/her branch. The CCJ is also apart of the SC, being its “leader.” Meaning, the CCJ relays the information from a Judicial Review to the confirmed Presiding Officer of the Senate Chamber for Impeachment Trials.
SECTION IV: Explanation of “Circuit Court”
SUB-ARTICLE I: What is Circuit Court? Circuit Court is a simple thing to understand. Essentially, what it is in a nutshell is merely each and every Justice (CJ-CCJ) being in charge of a certain “circuit” of court. Think of “circuit” as simply “city.”
SUB-ARTICLE II: The Circuits of the District Court Circuit 1: Moab Circuit 2: Remmington* Circuit 3: Oxford Circuit 4: Plainview Circuit 5: Helens Circuit 6: Monica Circuit 7: Lakeshore
SUB-ARTICLE III: The Circuits of the Appeals Court Circuit 1: Moab, Oxford, Plainview Circuit 2: Helens, Monica, Lakeshore Circuit 3: Remmington*
SUB-ARTICLE IV: The Circuits of the Supreme Court Circuit 1: Moab, Oxford Circuit 2: Remmington** Circuit 3: Plainview, Helens Circuit 4: Monica, Lakeshore
*ANY Justice may do a case in Remmington. **While any Justice in the SC may do a case in Remmington, if the case is deemed extra important, the CCJ him/herself will do it.
SUB-ARTICLE V: What does this mean? This simply means that should your particular circumstance to prompt court had happened in a specific city, it’d go to that circuit of court.
SUB-ARTICLE VI: How to find out which Justice belongs to which Circuit Ask the CCJ at any time, and they will inform you.
SECTION V: Responding to “My CJ/AJ/SCJ never responded to me!” This is no alien thing, we are aware there will be times when the CJ, AJ, or even SCJ you message does not get back to you about your case, appeals case, or supreme court case. To combat this, all Justices are given TWENTY-FOUR (24) hours to respond to a court request message, or else you inform one of the ACCJ’s, or the CCJ him/herself. If, however, an obvious notion as to why your CJ, AJ, or SCJ never responded to you is visible, they will be barred, and you’ll be told to message another CJ, AJ, or SCJ.
SECTION VI: Further Information
SUB-ARTICLE I: Supreme Court information -The Supreme Court has the right to keep matters of Judicial Review’s classified. This is limited to: reasoning for a Judicial Review, the evidence a Congressperson used to back their claim against someone in said Judicial Review, the debating the SC conducts during the Judicial Review, and any standing of a vote apart from the final vote. Only ACCJ’s and the CCJ may make these matters officially classified with a proper reason as to why. -The Supreme Court may be present during Congressional sessions, and may interfere with the presentation of a Bill, Resolution, or any sort of article made that defies the Constitution or Bill of Rights only if they have proper reasoning to back their claim as to why it does defy the Constitution or Bill of Rights. -Judicial Reviews presented by Congresspeople are to go to either an ACCJ, or the CCJ. They will then present it to everyone else in the Supreme Court. -The Supreme Court may strike down any unlawful AOS they deem so. This also includes: AoS’ defying the BOR, Const., or any EO.
SUB-ARTICLE II: Dealing with biased Judges -Refer to C.IV.VI for the basics. -A biased Judge affects more than just you and your case, do NOT let it go unnoticed- report it.
SUB-ARTICLE III: Notice on updating this Handbook -The Handbook is always allowed to be updated by the CCJ should he/she find something that needs additional clarification, further insight, or for something entirely new that needs to be added. -Should someone request something be added to the Handbook, they may inform the CCJ about it, and they will either make the change or not based on his/her own discretion. -The Executive and Legislative Branches both may not interfere with this Handbook, as it regards ONLY the Judicial Branch, and interfering would cause a violation of Checks & Balances.
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