The Court of Lemuria

[mapfi]

Call for impeachment of Gilgamensch by H Tower

Case 003

As stated in the constitution article V, section 2-b the court has to vote to determine if there are proper and legal grounds for impeachment. Since Gilgamensch is member of the court he shall not take part in this decision but is replaced by our President Pedrunn for this issue only, article V, section 2-c.

This court has convened and has come to the following conclusions:

A Democracy Game like ours relies on its elected officials. If they disappear without notice the game cannot function. While article II, section 1-f clearly requires executive members to appoint delegates when they are not around, the constitution says nothing like this about judges. If two judges do not show up though, the court would be rendered dysfunctional. It is the conviction of this court, that the intent in the constitution is clear: Elected officials are required to act in their positions and fulfill their duties throughout their term. If they do not the game is slowed down unnecessarily and can be seriously damaged. Therefore the court is stating that by not showing up for more than two weeks, Gilgamensch has infringed the constitution. We confirm that there are proper and legal grounds for the impeachment of Gilgamensch. It will be up to the people of this country to decide now.

Resolution Poll: Gilgamensch is removed from office effective January 16th, Frozzy has been appointed by the court as temporary replacement.

[H Tower]

Case: 001

Case: 001

Case Status: Closed

Complaint: The election polls of mid December 2002 are unconstitutional.

Ruling of the Court: The election results stand.
It is the opinion of the court that while the election polls for the January cabinet of 2003 came close to violating the constitution, they were in fact legal election polls despite the absence of the abstain option. The Court reasons that the writers of the Constitution wrote the abstain option in the yes/no type of poll so that those who do not wish to decide one way or the other on the question may vote for abstain so that it is mearly shown that Lemuria has a vibrant voting population. An election is decided soley on whether a candidate receives more votes than any other candidate, or if running unopposed, more yes votes than no votes. All abstain votes are ignored when deciding the election.
Furthermore, the Court believes that the authors of the Constitution wrote it to benefit our
nation, not to hinder its progress. Throwing out the election results would cripple our country's progress and leave us leaderless. Such a power vacuum would prove dangerous for our small country. The Constitution is not a suicide pact, and the Court has decided that ultimately, its duty is to the country.

Punishment: H Tower is ordered to gain a better understanding of the Constitution by typing up the entire document.

Punishment Status: Completed

[H Tower]

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Case 002 - Presiding Judge: mapfi
Case 003 - Presiding Judge: mapfi
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