16th Supreme Court

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16th Supreme Court
15th 16th 17th
Membership
Justice 1Cedoria
Justice 2Illyrian States
Justice 3New Arkados
Dates
Start18 December 2019
End19 March 2020

The 16th Supreme Court was appointed by Secretary Llorens and confirmed by citizens in individual confidence votes. This consisted of three Justices, and each served a three-month term from 18 December 2019 to 19 March 2020. The final members of the 16th Supreme Court were Cedoria, Illyrian States, and New Arkados.

Members[edit | edit source]

Date
Event
18 December
Confirmed by citizens
Justice 1 Cedoria
Justice 2 Illyrian States
Justice 3 New Arkados

Confirmations[edit | edit source]

Initial[edit | edit source]

The following are the results of the confidence votes on Secretary Llorens' initial appointees to the Supreme Court:

Appointee Result
Cedoria 31-1
Illyrian States 29-3
New Arkados 29-3

As a result, all three appointees were confirmed to their posts.

Legal rulings[edit | edit source]

The Supreme Court may issue legal rulings on any disputes over the interpretation of regional law. The following are the legal rulings that were issued during the term of the 16th Supreme Court:

Ruling name Date issued Vote Summary of ruling
#5 (Embassy Election Criterion) 22 Dec 2019 Supported by Cedoria and New Arkados. Opposed by Illyrian States.
  • Determined that embassies using informal consensus to govern, rather than a formal system of elections and laws, do not satisfy the condition of having a "regularly elected regional government"
  • Initiated by a dispute over the legality of the embassy with Anarchy following Minister of Foreign Affairs Greylyn's announcement that he was considering closing the embassy pending public feedback