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Congress Vote: 6-1-0
A
BILL
To
Create A Court Appeals System for the Judiciary of DemocracyCraft
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Short Title and Enactment
This Act may be cited as the “Court Appeals System Act of 2020”
This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Appeals
(1) Once a court case is Adjourned, either party may request to appeal the decision by filing an appeal in the Courthouse sub-forum.
(2) Requirements:--
- Less than two weeks have elapsed since the court’s decision;
- the appeal follows a format laid out by the courts in a thread that will be authored upon this bill’s passage; and
- the appeal is not made just for the sake of appealing.
3 - Appeal Response
(1) In the event the appeal request is accepted by the court, the judge who did not preside over the original case will preside.
(2) In the event that this is an appeal of an appealed decision and there are only 2 sitting judges, the Speaker of Congress will preside. However, if the Speaker is not an independent politician, the judge presiding on the original case will preside.
4 - Appeal Outcome
(1) In the event the court’s original decision was overturned, one of two events will occur.
(a) If the plaintiff had originally won the case and the defendant was charged with compensatory actions, the defendant will be fully refunded by the plaintiff.
(b) If the defendant had originally won the case, the court will decide compensatory actions for the plaintiff to receive.
(2) In the event the court did not overturn their decision, all court orders from the original case remain standing.
Note:
This bill was authored by Justice ElementPenguin.
A
BILL
To
Create A Court Appeals System for the Judiciary of DemocracyCraft
1 - Short Title and Enactment
This Act may be cited as the “Court Appeals System Act of 2020”
This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Appeals
(1) Once a court case is Adjourned, either party may request to appeal the decision by filing an appeal in the Courthouse sub-forum.
(2) Requirements:--
- Less than two weeks have elapsed since the court’s decision;
- the appeal follows a format laid out by the courts in a thread that will be authored upon this bill’s passage; and
- the appeal is not made just for the sake of appealing.
3 - Appeal Response
(1) In the event the appeal request is accepted by the court, the judge who did not preside over the original case will preside.
(2) In the event that this is an appeal of an appealed decision and there are only 2 sitting judges, the Speaker of Congress will preside. However, if the Speaker is not an independent politician, the judge presiding on the original case will preside.
4 - Appeal Outcome
(1) In the event the court’s original decision was overturned, one of two events will occur.
(a) If the plaintiff had originally won the case and the defendant was charged with compensatory actions, the defendant will be fully refunded by the plaintiff.
(b) If the defendant had originally won the case, the court will decide compensatory actions for the plaintiff to receive.
(2) In the event the court did not overturn their decision, all court orders from the original case remain standing.
Note:
This bill was authored by Justice ElementPenguin.
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