(05-07-2018, 04:14 PM)Kris Kringle Wrote:

We should not release discussions at all.

Justices are subjected to the most thorough nomination process of any official in the Coalition. Once you see the survey questions and answers in Belschaft's thread, you will see that this process was not a mere discussion where we talk about how much we like or dislike each nominee.

The Assembly also has an opportunity to question the nominee and have their own concerns addressed. If you, as a legislator, want to know more about a nominee, just ask them! Seriously. We don't nominate people so the Assembly will rubber stamp them. That's not the idea. When I was nominated, I faced some serious questioning from Glen, and even if I think some of his questions were beside the point, they were good because they allowed me to address some elephants in the room and to inform the Assembly about my adequacy for the Court. Glen had every right to ask me questions, and I had every duty to answer them to the best of my ability. This is how the process is supposed to work.

Do you want to know more about what each individual Minister, or the Chief Justice, thinks? Go ahead and ask them. They'll answer, and it'll be all the better because we will create a culture of legislators asking questions to their officials, rather than forcing them to be less honest in their private deliberations.

I'm happy to give a professional opinion on the pros and cons of a nominee. I'm not happy to risk having the Assembly see logs of me calling a nominee a dangerously ignorant person, or someone who will coup the region if given the chance. I'll have to work with them, if they are confirmed, and it doesn't do anyone good for our working relationship to start with those comments.

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