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Region: Libertatem
Hellau!
Germanophiles....
Germanophiles everywhere!
Well, let's take a look at it.
My ancestry is mostly German, my grandparents are German, my family speaks German, my great uncle served in the German Army, my last name is German...
Why else would I have everything so German?
Because you are anti-American/Canadian traitor!
I'm from Denmark.
Anti Danish traitor!
I'm kidding, I'm from the United States. I'm not Anti-American at all. I very much like the United States. My father is in the United States Army, actually! That's about as American as it gets!
So one can be more American than another?
Tell me more.
There's a scale of how American you can be. It goes from Communism to Teddy Roosevelt.
Well, in that case, since you're going to do that, you can find a simple map of my region on the topmost factbook on my list of factbooks.
Just go off of that.
Are you making a custom map or are we picking areas from the actual world map?
Custom.
Ok then I would like and Indonesia type island chain, preferably including Java, Borneo, and Sumatra.
I would just like to see some further clarification as to the details behind the jury and the judge. Will a randomly selected jury be selected every trial? Will a judge be appointed every trial? What is the term length for a judge? What is the procedure for impeaching a judge? Are there any further restrictions that should be placed on a juror during their term of service? Are citizens allowed to deny the request to serve on the jury?
The joys of writing an essay about the Great Gatsby
One of my favorite novels, it is pretty great
Its well written book, but my class underminds it.
The worst thing about the current education system we are subjugated to is how the machine can make us hate something meaningful or that we find interesting. Example, I actually enjoy looking up judicial history and precedent, but now i have an assignment to look up specific cases and i loath it as no other.
It is both a great novel to read and a terrible novel to talk or write about; a distinction few books have.
Oh, come on ol' sport.
I hated my highschools choices on books. I only enjoyed three.. the great gatsby, to kill mockingbird, and the scarlet letter.
The rest was mostly Shakespeare (excluding Hamlet).. we also had lord of the flies.. and a few others that bored me.
out of those three i have read to kill mockingbird so far.
To kill a mockingbird was boring, imo.
It is. But the movie I watched after the book was awesome. "Hi Boo"
"If you've done something really, really stupid, teachers won't tell you that you've done something really, really stupid. They'll just tell you that you did fine. In the real world, if you do something really, really stupid, there's always going to be that one guy out there who's going to let you know that you just did something really, really stupid. If these schools are supposed to prepare kids for the real world, why is it they completely manage to do the opposite?" ~Me
Someone take a guess at who just posted this,
"Any government no matter how bad (Hitler didn't set the bar for fascism) is worse than no Government (Hitler is an exception)."
hint; it's our favorite "Social Democrat"
David Bowie!
Second hint; He's in the commonwealth of free nations
With all due respect, go eat a bag of poo.
I would like my nation to be sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Seriously, if you can photoshop a cornflake onto the map and put a picture of a city on it, please do so.
G'night Everyone
I'll have whatever drug this guy is having.
It's funny because you think I'm kidding.
I don't think you're kidding. You can go ahead and do it. I actually think it's funny.
Good night, everyone.
The scarlet letter.... *vomits horrifically*
Ugh, and it's like Stalin was way worse anyway...
TTA.
Come on! Puritanical persecution.. public shaming.. and that sneaky Robert Chillingworth. LOL
Scrappy doo?
Socrates?
The Time Alliance
I've got it! Tiny Tim!
I'm right here to stay
When I'm old and gray,
I'll be right in my prime!
Living in the sunlight,
Loving in the moonlight,
Having a wonderful time!
Just take it from me,
I'm just as free as any daughter.
I do what I like,
Just what I like,
And how I love it!
Your concern has been addressed.
It will be a case by case basis.
It will be case by case.
A mistrial would be called in the event of fraud or other inappropriate action.
They must deliberate in private and must offer no opinions at all over the course of the trial until they deliver a verdict.
As it says in the Act, "Jury service is completely non-compulsory."
Guys, your opinions have been really helpful! Here's the newest draft of the COURT Act:
The COURT Act
Codifying Overt Utilities of Regional Tribunals Act
Section I
Purpose of the act
To clearly define the powers of the Attorney-General and the region's court system.
Section II
The High Court
The Libertatem judicial system is to be composed of a single court: the High Court.
The High Court shall address criminal matters as defined by legislation.
Court cases shall be addressed by a judge, a citizen who shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Board, and a jury of 6 citizens that is to be randomly selected via number assignment.
The list of jurors, once selected, will be shown to each legal team. If either legal team feels that the jury is misrepresentative or otherwise inappropriate, they have the right to exercise veto power, in which a new bar of jurors may be called to service, also by random number assignment.
Veto power may be exercised by either team a maximum of once.
Jury service is completely non-compulsory.
The jury and judge shall preside over the arguments of both legal teams, and when these are concluded, the former shall decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty, and the latter shall decide what sentence the defendant shall receive if they are guilty.
Section III
Stucture of court cases
In each criminal court case, which will be openly presented on the RMB, there will be two legal teams: the defense and the prosecution.
The defendant shall be represented by a legal defense of his or her choice, which includes whether they wish to defend themselves.
The defendant has the right not to attend their trial, in which case they would be tried in absentia.
The prosecution will be composed of the nation pressing charges against the defendant, or anyone else they delegate this authority to.
The prosecution may drop their charges against the defendant at any time, at which point the court case will end.
A court case begins with each legal team presenting their opening statement, after which each will take turns to demonstrate their arguments, which will end with a closing statement.
The jury must remain silent concerning the case in its duration, and no juror shall offer no opinions in relation to it while they are serving.
Once the closing statements have been presented, the jury shall then deliberate in private and consider the arguments in deciding whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.
A unanimous result must be achieved, but the judge may accept a 5-1 ruling otherwise.
If the defendant is guilty, the judge may choose the sentence, which is to be enforced by the President.
Section IV
In the event of a mistrial
If it is found at any point that the jury, judge or any other party involved has acted fraudulently or in an otherwise grossly inappropriate manner detrimental to the fair execution of the trial, the Board may declare it a mistrial by a simple majority vote.
In the event of a mistrial, the original verdict is to be reversed and a new trial will be held, with a new jury and a new judge.
The verdict in the newest trial will be binding.
A mistrial may be called a maximum of twice, meaning that no more than three trials may take place before an ultimate binding verdict is reached.
Section V
In occasions when regional security is threatened
In the case of invasion or other instance when regional security is under imminent threat, the President may be granted executive power to defend against attack, and may use any tools at his or her disposal to do so.
Non-imminent security threats can be ejected via majority Board vote and Presidential approval.
Section VI
Other powers
The President may be granted the power by this Act to create a civil court for the region, should the need arise.
The President may be granted the power to compile a list of criminal offences. The Board may challenge any one of these offences with a super-majority vote.
The President may be granted the power to pardon any convicted offenders, and the power to rescind a pardon.
The Manager of Internal Affairs must keep a public record of all trials, crimes and convicted offenders.
Authored by Pevvania.
If you all like the final draft, I'd like to put it to vote so we can pass it into law :)
Post self-deleted by Pevvania.
Me likey.
Things that bother you,
never bother me
I feel happy and fine!
Aha!
Living in the sunlight,
loving in the moonlight
Having a wonderful time!
Gets a thumbs up from me.
You people upset me
I'd like to ask not as the President but as party leader of the RLP that we clean up the morass of libertarian parties. I recommend that the neo-libertarians from the Paul Party, LOP and An-Caps join the RLP, and the non-interventionists join the Libertarian Party. Would make everything easier.
And on map reform: [nation=short]Pevvania[/nation] is what was once known as Australia, so if the new map were to be a newly created world, I'd make a colony there.
Would you rather tiptoe through the tulips?
I swear to goodness, I'll bring out the banning wagon
Haha
So, what kinda games do y'all like playing?
[quote=pevvania;6009259]So, what kinda games do y'all like playing?[/quote
RPGs and Shooters
Same with me. I've been addicted to Garry's Mod for the past couple of years, and I play a lot of Minecraft and Civilization V. I play Crysis 2 occasionally.
I love Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption and All the Assassin's Creed games
And also Democracy 3
I like no particular kinds of games, but rather specific games.
I gravitate more towards RTS, though, plus a multitude of games outside the genre, like TF2, Terraria, and Portal.
And also any open-world game is always fun. Like Skyrim or Goat Simulator.
I really dig monopoly, but sometimes I play battleship on the side
Haha
.... Really....
I LOVE Red Dead. I never really got into The Elder Scrolls very much, which is unusual as I'm a massive Fallout fan.
Yeah me to.
I love fall our gameplay, but hate it because of what it did to our generation. I can't bring up voluntary association to a class mate without them pointing out "wait that's anarchy... Just like in fallout. Is that what you want!?"
That's Horrible
It's the same moronic argument that I used to make before I read Rothbard. Check out this hilarious monologue about anarchy I posed 281 days ago, to our former resident anarchist [nation=short]The New Sea Territory[/nation]:
In the beginning of anarchy, there's total chaos. Riots, looting, murder and death would be a common sight. Helpless, paralysed veterans living on their own, with just the government to take care of them, would suddenly find that Miss Lucy isn't coming round at eight 8 o'clock anymore and would die. The poor would invade the homes of the rich, take their money then form gangs. Few people would be entirely safe, and most people would have to stay in one location to defend their home. But eventually the destruction and death would recede, and factions would emerge. As demonstrated by your Fallout RP, one faction would eventually emerge the strongest and establish an even more tyrannical government to replace the last one. Being the son of a businessman who's had a lot of his potential wealth sapped by a bloated bureaucracy, I hate government and taxes as well. But it's a neccessary evil.
I have this magical ability where I can get really, really, high without doing anything.
Goat Simulator is what I do when I use that ability.
We've all been there, no worries
I am impressed that you just have that on file though
I just looked for the post using 'search messages'.
Who do you guys think was the best President ever?
That's a question I've pondered and discussed many times.
I'd have to say Ronald Reagan, when it comes to faith to the Constitution coupled with great achievements in office. His reductions of government have mostly stood the test of time, and influenced a shift in domestic economic policy. The other two greatest Presidents - Calvin Coolidge and Grover Cleveland - were not as successful. Some of their reforms were not adulterated by their successors, but they were nevertheless followed by statist Presidents who expanded the size of government. They also did not have successful foreign policies, unlike Reagan.
Ahh.. Ok
Who do you think was the best king, erm, I mean, President?
But... there's only one to choose from!
Oh. Ok. But there are still only 43 choices!
Ha, Alex P. Keaton..
But really, Abraham Lincoln ( In My Opinion)
Technically 44 :) Unless you count Obama as a King.
Why wouldn't you...
Lincoln is vastly overrated. He committed pretty authoritarian and unconstitutional acts to win the Civil War - closing courts with military force, beginning the printing of greenbacks, introducing the income tax for the first time, putting thousands of citizens in prison without charge or trial, creating a national bank, etc. And he wasn't even openly pro-slavery at the beginning - nearly all the way through the war he insisted that it wasn't being fought over slavery, but over preserving the Union. Like many other Presidents, he was quite a politician, and despised the Radical Republicans in his party.
When it comes to abolitionists, my favourite is Thaddeus Stevens, a principled reformer who pushed hard for the 13th Amendment to pass. He fought against slavery his whole life, unlike Lincoln, and even pushed for the "40 acres and a mule" plan, which promised to give back to the slaves the land they'd worked.
I would like to call a vote on the banishment of TTA.
Just present your evidence directly to the Board. They'll consider it then vote.
But I agreed with what he did.
Fair enough.
(Besides the Income Tax..That sucks
My man
I guess that would make him your favorite then
Do any of you like Ike?
I enjoy reading his words, but his foreign policy was a wreck
You can say that again. His vision of "rolling back Communism" primarily involved installing feudalist dictators in Third World countries.
Not that that didn't cause any blowback...
Sounds like somebody we know.
Care to elaborate?
Obama, for example, supports the arming of terrorists to overthrow dictators, which is basically indirectly going on there ourselves and killing them.
Not to mention these very terrorists (Al Nusra) are linked to Al Qaeda. This sort of funding invalidates the part of the patriot act forbidding the funding of terrorists.
But of course, it is not illegal when the president does it.
Can I call Obama a terrorist now or is that illegal?
It's legal we all just think you're a racist
True, but his actions haven't shown significant blowback yet.
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