Impeachment of TORARADICAL

I'm going to have to agree with Jerm's points here, Tor went about the whole thing the wrong way.

I don't think the supreme court should be locking down unofficial discussion threads. The only time this would be acceptable would be if someone was trying to usurp an official election.

On a more personal note, I must say that this whole Community is slightly resistant to change and semi-radicalism. Not everyone thinks that the current set-up is "good" for everyone. I was of the opinion that the Senate should (and already is) the most powerful entity of the Government.

I would like to counter this. I am willing to see change, as long as the change has good reason and is justified. A lot of the early suggested changes were proposed in a vague manner which only led to a lot of questioning. You also have to realise that the members who have been with the game from the start are going to be a bit wary of newcomers until they have settled into the game a bit.

You seem to forget that the power of the Supreme Court is to uphold the constitution by ensuring the senate laws are not unconstitutional.

maniacalmonkey

I suppose it really boils down to how we want to run things. The Constitution only says what needs to be done, not how it is to be done. The "how" can be filled in in several ways.

Right now we have Supreme Court decisions on several issues of "how", which is essentially just the Court - as arbitrators on the Consitution - saying "if you do it this way, you won't violate the Constitution". Other offices like the Presidency and the Senate establish their own "how" on the items under their responsibility, simply by doing things in a certain way. Again, the Court is only an arbitrator here. For example, there are no real guidelines as to what should be in an executive report: The President writes these up as he pleases, and the Court woud only step in if it feels the Constitution is being violated.

The Senate, however, has the power to cement all sorts of things in Articles of Law. As long as the Constitution isn't violated in the process, the Senate can therefore determine how things should be done by any office. Continuing our example, the Senate could pass a law stipulating the minimal requirements for an executive report.*

The choice, then, is really up to the Senate - to what degree do you want to regulate the way things are done in the government? The Senate can choose to let elected officials do things in their own way, relying on the Court to step in should anything go awry, or it can establish Laws to regulate these issues.

The way I see it is that Tor will be officially "absent" if he does not properly respond to the matters in this thread soon, regardless of whether he has logged in to 1BC or not. My goal is to ensure that all members of the government should be accountable for their decisions. If he cannot be held accountable, then I feel we will need to replace him.