Without getting into the particulars of any specific person in the region, as a case might come before the court in the future, it’s not nearly as nebulous as you think, Belschaft. Imki couped TSP, so her actions in Lazarus are irrelevant. She was denied admittance to the CRS under identical language already in the Charter. If she were to apply again, in an alternate reality where a future CRS either doesn’t care or is sympathetic to her actions then, the provision would still apply just the same.

A coup has a definition: a sudden, illegal seizure of power from a government.

Your questions all relate to the *political response* to a coup, rather than the fact (or lack of it) that a regime of laws was overthrown by an individual or group of people. Our political leaders can debate whether or not to respond to a coup, but that doesn’t determine whether or not a coup happened in reality. TSP nearly recognized Funkadelia’s coup and debated doing nothing, because the resistance government was incompetent— that didn’t mean Funkadelia didn’t coup Lazarus, had a different decision been made back then.

Words have meaning in our court of law. Just because you approve of a coup doesn’t mean it’s not a coup, and vice versa.

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