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I come before you with several questions about the court in order to increase my own understanding. Questions: 1- A. Does there exist a status known as "senior status" officially in the court? B. Does the court or its chief or associate members reserve the right to change its form extralegislatively? C. To what extent can the court change itself? 2- Is there any formal or informal guidelines for the length of time a case should take to be tried? 3- What is the process used to break internal court votes that result in ties? 4- What other size restraints exist for the court beyond the prescription that it have no fewer than 3 members? 5- Is there a requirement that issues be ripe in order for the court to rule on them? Thank you for hearing my questions!
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Minister of Media Former Deputy Chair of the Assembly (x3) Former MoRA Former Deputy MoRA Ambassador to XKI Anti-Establishment Populist
While these are not legal questions, and therefore are not subject to the regular procedure of the Judicial Act, I will be happy to answer these with the understanding that they are general queries about Court procedure.
1A. Does there exist a status known as "senior status" officially in the court? Justice Belschaft is currently regarded as holding senior status, which means that he is not routinely considered for the regular rotation of case assignments, but he might be called to assist on a case if the need arises. This is handled as a matter of internal Court procedure, rather than through legislative means. 1B. Does the court or its chief or associate members reserve the right to change its form extralegislatively? I do not understand what you mean by "change its [the Court's] form". If you refer to Justice Belschaft's status, I will restate that he remains a full member of the Court, with all the responsibilities thereof, as far as the Charter and the Judicial Act are concerned. 2. Is there any formal or informal guidelines for the length of time a case should take to be tried? There are no such guidelines. I acknowledge that the current docket has been stalled for an unacceptably long amount of time, and steps are being taken to remedy this situation, and prevent similar situations to occur in the future. 3. What is the process used to break internal court votes that result in ties? There is no such process. 4. What other size restraints exist for the court beyond the prescription that it have no fewer than 3 members? There are no other restraints. 5. Is there a requirement that issues be ripe in order for the court to rule on them? There is no formal requirement, but the Court would not look kindly on attempts to question or litigate issues that are long dormant or would otherwise have no legitimate impact on regional life. Former Delegate of the South Pacific
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