Union Supreme Court

Union Supreme Court

Location : Pluribus III

United Stars Institution - Legal System

-- The Highest Level is the Supreme Court : Consisting of 9 Chief Justices, Nine Advocate Pro and nine Advocate Contra. As well as Supreme Jury of 12 Assembly Representatives (Randomly chosen every month) Supreme Court Case: Any Union citizen / Institution may appeal any lower court decision before the Supreme Court.[1] A team of PRO – Advocates argue for one side of the Arguments while a team of CONTRA – Advocates argue against it. The Judge intermediates and a Union Jury of 12 randomly selected Assembly Representatives will make the final decision (Unless it is a clear Constitutional Question then the 9 Chief Justices will convene and make a decision.) All Court Decisions constitutional or not can be argued before the Assembly and if the Assembly reaches a vote of over 75 percent, the constitution will be amended in favor of the decision

[1] An Appeal must have proven merit, meaning the appeal must be based on evidence or arguable circumstances that the lower court decision was not valid.

Leniency and Mercy Appeals:
In the case of Death Sentences the delinquent (If Union Citizen) has the right to appeal to the Assembly for mercy ( or someone in his or her behalf) can appeal or plead fir leniency and mercy. The Assembly can and has voted in the past, but out of 10,000 appeals only about one or two are granted. An Assembly death sentence is considered a sentence of all and is neither appeal-able nor defer-able and that is why very few cases make it to the Assembly and are handled by the Courts instead. Often called "Death by Assembly"

Chief Justices
the Chief Justices are selected by the Justice Council and presented to the Assembly at the Beginning of Union Week. The Entire Union votes on Vote day if any of the Nine Chief Justices did a good job. New ones are propesed from the selection list.