Amendment to the Amended High Court Act

The **Amendment to the Amended High Court Act** (Law 301) is a law in the Adorian Federation to forbid the Head Judge of the High Court of Adoria from serving as a minister, as a member of the High Command Council, or as a judge of another court. It was authored by Galtright (SoL) and passed by the Adorian National Assembly on May 9, 2021.

## History

See also: The Amended High Court Act § May 2021

While clearing the backlog of undebated bills in the Adorian National Assembly, Vice President Frederick Gyldenløve I (ChefStockLlama) (BA) introduced the Amendment to the Amended High Court Act, a bill by Galtright (SoL) dated Monday, May 3, 2021 that forbids the Head Judge of the High Court from holding a National Assembly seat.

"Ok, this bill should be self-explanatory. Since the Head Judge is able to issue warrants against the government and private sector and individuals, it seems best to prohibit hkm or her from serving as an MNA during tenure on the courts," Galtright said Thursday, May 6. "I would have called to limit the rest of the high court bench from holding a MNA seat but that might cause cabinet issues which we already increasingly face. Since you must be an MNA to become minister, this would take care of that
However, only the HJ may do these specific things. So it seems a moderate enough reform."

With no opposition that day, the bill went through the Assembly voting chamber while the floor moved on to the Powers of Duty Amendment, also authored by Galtright and also dated May 3, 2021.

"Ill be withdrawing my high court bill," Galtright announced half a day later. "Enter the new bill," showing legislation that is now dated May 7, and now only forbids the High Court's Head Judge from serving as Minister, as High Command Councilmember, or judge of another court, rather than from serving as National Assemblymember.

"That is sorta counter active, becuase the CJ becomes the HJ in the absence of one," Supreme Court Chief Justice David Cameron (Ind) warned. "Would make the legality if that dubious."

With signatures from Big Ben (SoL), Based\_Autocrat (Con), Attica Barres (BA) and Shennogo (SoL), this amendment was officially debated twelve hours later.

Galtright's introductory speech that Friday night:

> Ok so this is a fix (and improvement) to my previous (withdrawn) bill. There was no point in forbidding head judges from being an MNA too. Justices may, after all and MNAs aren't even unique (no offense). If all judges were forbidden from serving in any ministry, there would be potential shortage (keep in mind, justices and judges may still advise the MoJ informally). If no judge could at least be MoJ in specific, I think that'd be reasonable. Still, this would keep the HJ alone from those roles while allowing them to vote at least. I also added in they may serve in no other court (this does not apply to cases where the HJ is absent) nor in the High Command. The HJ might not handle many matters pertaining the military BUT they still handle warrants and the like
>
> Galtright, May 7, 2021

The debate ended with no opposition. The National Assembly that day moved on to Daniel (SoL)'s Data Protection Act.

The **Amendment to the Amended High Court Act** passed two days later.

## Full text

### Text as enacted

**Law 301**

Title: Amendment to the Amended High Court Act

5.7.2021

Type: Amendment

Topic: Checks and balances

Preamble: Currently, the Head Judge in the High Court may remain a Minister while issuing warrants and ruling even singlehandedly in cases of an absent bench. This will address that without affecting necessary manpowert in filling any court later.

Be it hereby enacted by the National Assembly–

Article 1:

a. "The Head Judge of the High Court may not hold any ministerial position, sit on the High Command Council nor be appointed to any other court" shall be inserted on Line 15 of Law 84

b. "
" shall be inserted on Line 16 of Law 84

These regulations will come into force immediately after passage.

Author: Dr. Benway

Signed: Big Ben, Based\_Autocrat, Abra Citrates, Shennogo

## References

1. ↑ Gyldenløve I (ChefStockLlama), Frederick (May 6, 2021). “Title: Amendment to the Amended High Court Act 5.3.2021” – via Discord.
2. ↑ Galtright (May 6, 2021). “Ok, this bill should be self-explanatory. Since the Head Judge is able to issue warrants against the government and private sector and individuals, it seems best to prohibit hkm or her from serving as an MNA during tenure on the courts. I would have called to limit the rest of the high court bench from holding a MNA seat but that might cause cabinet issues which we already increasingly face. Since you must be an MNA to become minister, this would take care of that” – via Discord.
3. ↑ Galtright (May 7, 2021). “Ill be withdrawing my high court bill” – via Discord.
4. ↑ Cameron, David (May 7, 2021). “That is sorta counter active” – via Discord.
5. ↑ Gyldenløve I (ChefStockLlama), Frederick (May 7, 2021). “Title: Amendment to the Amended High Court Act 5.7.2021” – via Discord.
6. ↑ Galtright (7 May 2021). “Ok so this is a fix (and improvement) to my previous (withdrawn) bill. There was no point in forbidding head judges from being an MNA too. Justices may, after all and MNAs aren't even unique (no offense). If all judges were forbidden from serving in any ministry, there would be potential shortage (keep in mind, justices and judges may still advise the MoJ informally). If no judge could at least be MoJ in specific, I think that'd be reasonable. Still, this would keep the HJ alone from those roles while allowing them to vote at least. I also added in they may serve in no other court (this does not apply to cases where the HJ is absent) nor in the High Command. The HJ might not handle many matters pertaining the military BUT they still handle warrants and the like” – via Discord.
7. ↑ Gyldenløve I (ChefStockLlama), Frederick (May 9, 2021). “**Law 301**” – via Discord.