Azerzia for Free Justice

[Azerzia]

Azerzia for Free Justice

Azerzia is one of the most active members of the region and is increasingly more active in NationStates in general.

Regional experience:

• First Minister of Domestic Affairs
• First Speaker of the Union
• Second Constitutional Delegate
• writer/editor of the current/August Consitution
• co-writer of the Original Constitution
• former Deputy Minister of Domestic Affairs
• Current Secretary of Mentorship
• Active act author and debater in the Open Parliament
  
• member of the region since founding

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About me

• Member of the FRA and an active defender
• Acting Chief of Staff of Udfol
• frequently on NationStates to check goings-on
• Via defending and the WA, am becoming a more well-known member of the NationStates Community
  
  

What does this means for you?

I am an experienced and active part of NationStates and our community. I work hard and have always been involved in our region in some capacity and have been influential in how it has been built. You can count on me to work hard and do what I can in any position I hold. Our region is only strengthened by increased activity and I am very active in it. I have written or co-written much of the region's legislation, from the Constitution, to defining what Ministries exist, to how elections are counted. All of this matters to how our region operates and I have always been a part of it.

Positions

In this position I am running for, it is apolitical since it is a part of the Court. My job would be, first, to hand down sentences and, second, to make rulings on Constitutionality, both with my other Justices.  I would work cooperatively with them to ensure balanced rulings.

For the first, I have written a significant amount of legislation and know the ins-and-outs of our laws.  I am an understanding person, so I can balance between those two when making rulings with my fellow Justices.

For the second, as the author of the Constitution, I know about much of its little details and I know what I personally intended. However, I accept that, to use a literature critic's term, "the author is dead". It is the text itself that matters and it has portions which are open to interpretation. It is my job as Justice to listen to arguments and see if they make legitimate sense. If they present an interpretation which is more compelling that other interpretations on the matter, I must put my weight behind it even if it is not what I originally thought.

In addition I will:

• Work and discuss with the Justices on opinions and take our time to ensure due process
• Ensure the legitimacy of evidence and make sure all proceedings in the Court are valid
• Reduce my authorship the Open Parliament to reduce the chances of an issue in the future, while at the same time excusing myself if any issue of if I can be balanced occurs.

Final thoughts

In closing, I am looking forward to serving this region, our region, in the future in whatever position the Open Parliament and the government thinks I am best suited for but I hope you will all consider me for Free Justice.

At this time, I would like to ask everyone to post any questions or concerns that they may have.

[Ceni]

How would you provide for constitutional rights while making sure that offenders are punished?

[Azerzia]

Thank you for the question.
First, I would want how evidence was collected to be capable of review to ensure that nothing fishy was done in collecting the evidence (no out of context statements, unedited screenshots, and so on).
Second, I would support only reasonable punishments for crimes, whether from a codified list of sentences for each type of crime or from reviewing the situation, so that only the most severe crimes (direct violation of the Constitution's protections of rights for states and citizens, for instance) would meet ejection.
Third, make sure that all cases are handled as timely as possible to make certain that multiple cases can proceed to protect the values of the region and to prevent any state from being kept in limbo for an extended period.

[Eggy216]

Considering that you are the author of much legislation here in the SLU, and it doesn't look like you'll be stopping writing legislation anytime soon, what would you do if part of one of your law was called into constitutional question, and you were sitting on the court which was about to review it? What if most, or all of that law you wrote was called into question? How would you handle the situation considering the potential bias and conflict of interest that would arise?

[Azerzia]

Eggy216: I do not feel I should be allowed to rule on the Constitutionality of my own writing, since I would obviously believe it is Constitutional if I let it go to a vote in the Open Parliament, so I would follow the prescribed formula and allow a replacement Justice to handle that particular case. I have also said I intend to reduce my authorship in the future to try to limit such chances for a conflict.

[Avaerilon]

How would you deal with inactive violators?

[Azerzia]

Avaerilon
In a real world setting, someone not participating in voting or not holding down a job or whatever better example we can have for inactivity, does not excuse them from breaking the law. If they do not represent themselves, they can be represented by another state, provided that that state actually represents their interests.