16th Supreme Court: Difference between revisions

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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:
 
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| align="center" | [https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=37225204 #45 (Embassy Election Criterion)]
| align="center" | 22 DecemberDec 2019
| align="center" | Supported by Cedoria and New Arkados. Opposed by Illyrian States.
| align="center" | "Regions shall be exempt from the aforementioned criteria if they are: (a) Historically significant to the region" <small>(Section 2 of the Embassy Act)</small>
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| align="center" | The embassies with Antifa and the MT Army are lawful by satisfying this exemption due to their long military service in the anti-fascist effort.
* 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
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