Archer v. Landsraad

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Archer v. Landsraad

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A petition by a concerned citizen of the Imperial Republic regarding the overstreching of powers by the Landsraad.

From the Warden of the Imperial Constabulary, Captain Jeremy Harwinsson Archer

Against the members of the Landsraad and the Praetor, Mrs. Fjorleif Haraldsdottir

In the last year, the Landsraad has adopted two resolutions that it was not allowed to pass according to the Charter of the Imperial Repubilc. By doing so, the Landsraad has overstepped its lawful bounds. The Praetor declined to protect the Charter and allowed procedures to continue. By doing so, the Praetor has proven herself to be unfit for this esteemed office.

The two resolutions are the Alejian Castle resolution and the Resolution to prosecute the Iron Company.

The Charter of the Imperial Republic does not provide for the Landsraad to determine if a Kaiser is legitimate or not, and therefore, the Alejian Castle resolution, which makes the following statements:
the traitor and usurper Tokaray al-Osman, who has taken the purported regnal name of Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki, (hereafter "the Usurper") and his henchmen have been eliminated, and the person that the late His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson had in mind as his successor has conquered the City of Shirekeep and seated zirself on the Golden Mango Throne.
The Landsraad hereby declares all proclamations, decrees, rescripts, instruments, edicts, orders and other measures issued and taken by or under what the traitors and rebels view as the Kaiseral Authority of the Usurper to be null and void.
Has indeed decided upon the legitimacy of the current occupant of the Golden Mango Throne and by doing so, overstepped its legal bounds set by the Charter.

As for the resolution to prosecute the Iron Company, the Charter clearly states that:
There shall be established under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Judex an Imperial Inquisition. It shall investigate and prosecute cases under Imperial law.
Under this article VI.C.I, the Charter clearly states that investigations and prosecutions shall be carried out by the Imperial Inquisition. The Landsraad has no legislative function in these matters.

It therefore is my opinion that the named Resolutions are against the Imperial Charter and should be overturned.
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My Lord Arbiter,

The Landsraad has the full support of the Imperial Government in this matter. The decree concerning the Iron Company was an instruction to the Imperial Government and the Imperial Inquisition to perform their duties, which they have been thus far reprehensibly lax in undertaking:
1. The Landsraad hereby authorises the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Military Affairs and the Lord Warden of the Imperial Constabulary to take all necessary and prudent actions to secure the arrest of Ludovic Verion, Lord of Blackstone.

2. The Landsraad furthermore invites the Imperial Inquisition to prepare charges against the Lord of Blackstone, the members of the House of Verion and the employees of the Iron Company whose complicity is detailed in the document appended below.
The Landsraad has not investigated or prosecuted the traitors and those who shelter them, but rather it gives the Imperial Inquisition timely encouragement to do the right thing and serve justice in the name of Kaiseress Noor and the Imperial Republic.

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ARCHER v HALLBJÖRNSDÓTTIR, Praetor

ORDER OF THE JUDEX

The Court recognises the standing of the Applicant and names Fjorleif Hallbjörnsdóttir as Respondent, as representative of the Landsraad.

The Court orders the following:
1. The second count is dismissed. On a plain reading the resolution has no legal effect. The effective words are "authorise", "invite", "welcome" and "pray". None of those establish a binding legal document. While the pertinence of the legislative branch involving itself in the judiciary could be discussed, this resolution does not lend itself to such a discussion.

Regarding the first count, the Alejian Castle resolution, the following is ordered:
2. A brief submitted by the Applicant that outlines in more detail the violation and the specific provisions violated, including links to relevant posts.
3. A brief submitted by the Respondent outlining why the resolution is within the competence of the Landsraad, including links to relevant posts.
4. When both these documents have been submitted, they will be reviewed by the Court and orders will be issued. At this stage, the pre-trial phase is completed.

SO ORDERED
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I accept the rejection of the second count and will follow the Resolution of the Landsraad.
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Lord Arbiter,

When Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson died, the Kaisership became vacant, and because His late Imperial Magnificence had not designated a successor the Landsraad was required by the Charter of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth to elect a successor. This duty is imposed upon the aforesaid Federal Legislature by Ch.II.C.2 and the Landsraad fulfilled its constitutional obligation by means of Article 1 of the Alejian Castle Resolution.

Under the Charter of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth there are only two ways that an individual can become the Kaiser:

1. Succeeding to the Kaisership after having been designated the successor to the Kaisership by the incumbent Kaiser under Ch.II.C.1 in accordance with Ch.II.A.3; or
2. Being elected to the vacant Kaisership by the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2.

From a quick look in the Kaiser's Court forum as well as the Landsraad Passed Bills forum one learns that Tokaray al-Osman has neither been appointed the successor to the Kaisership by the decree of the late Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson nor has Tokaray al-Osman been elected to the vacant Kaisership by the Landsraad. In other words: Tokaray al-Osman has not ever been the Kaiser.

That Tokaray al-Osman is in several Articles of the Alejian Castle Resolution being referred to as traitor and usurper is merely the Landsraad calling a spade a spade because Tokaray al-Osman has betrayed, overthrown and murdered Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson (which makes him a traitor) as well as exercised the Kaiseral Power (which makes him a usurper).
1. The Landsraad hereby charges the Prætor to place the Sabre of Unity in the hands of Her Radiant Majesty Queen Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine, Queen Regnant of Goldshire, the Elian Lands, and Leng, Queen Consort of Elwynn, Amokolia and Uppland (hereafter "the Lady Noor") and in consequence of the aforesaid mandated act shall the Lady Noor become and be the Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth.
This Article of the Alejian Castle Resolution concerns the election of a Kaiser(ess) to the vacant Golden Mango Throne, which is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2.
2. The Landsraad hereby charges the Lady Noor to eliminate the traitor and usurper Tokaray al-Osman, who has taken the purported regnal name of Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki, (hereafter "the Usurper") as well as his henchmen and utterly destroy his brutal and illegal dictarorship.
This Article of the Alejian Castle Resolution concerns a matter of war and peace as well as national security. It makes provision how to deal with those who committed the coup d'état against Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson. The same lot that overthrew Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson, a treasonous action which caused a civil war in Shireroth, was subsequently also purporting to be the Kaiser and the Imperial Government of Shireroth. Making provision regarding ending the civil war and other disorder brought by the emergence of the illegal regime of Tokaray al-Osman, as well as what to do with the people taking part in the aforesaid regime, is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.VI.A.1a and Ch.VI.A.1e.
3. The Landsraad hereby declares that, from the date of this enactment, all proclamations, decrees, rescripts, instruments, edicts, orders and other measures issued by the Usurper to be null and void, excepting where they are necessary for the continuity of government in the Imperial Dominions, subject to review by the Kaiseress at the termination of hostilities.
This Article of the Alejian Castle Resolution concerns a matter of national security as well as the government of the Imperial Dominions. It explicitly declares, with a certain exception, all acts by Tokaray al-Osman purporting to be the Kaiser of Shireroth to be null and void, providing legal security to the population because they now know that it is lawful to disobey him and most of what he decrees and orders. The aforesaid is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.VI.A.1e and Ch.VI.A.1k.
4. The Landsraad hereby authorizes the (para)military forces of the Imperial States of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth (hereafter "the Imperial States") to invade the Imperial Dominions of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth (hereafter "the Imperial Dominions"). The forces aforesaid may take all the measures they may deem necessary or expedient to put down the rebellion in support of the Usurper by (parts of) the Imperial Forces against the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth. The same measures may be taken by the (para)military forces of the Imperial States against any organization or entity, whether foreign or domestic, present in the Imperial Dominions that supports the Usurper.

5. The Landsraad hereby approves of the support already given by the Imperial States to the various anti-Usurper resistance groups in the Imperial Dominions and authorizes the governments of the Imperial States to continue with the aforesaid support.

6. The Landsraad hereby authorizes the Bovic Empire of the Natopian Nation, the High Realm of Stormark, and the Empire of the Alexandrians to -
  1. With respect to the Imperial Dominions: take all the measures and render all the support acceptable to the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth to assist the operations of the loyalist forces, whether operationally or logistically, with defeating the purported regime of the Usurper;
  2. With respect to the Imperial States: take all the measures and render all the support acceptable to the respective governments of the Imperial States to assist the operations of the loyalist forces, whether operationally or logistically, with defeating the purported regime of the Usurper.
The above three Articles of the Alejian Castle Resolution concern matters of war and peace, national security, foreign policy, and the Imperial Dominions.

Most of the Imperial Military, the bulk of which is stationed in the Imperial Dominions, sided with Tokaray al-Osman. As purported Kaiser, Tokaray al-Osman also controlled nearly all the Imperial Dominions which are situated on the continent of Benacia. Provision was therefore made to allow the armed forces of the Imperial States as well those of Shireroth's closest and staunchest allies to take certain measures and actions in support of the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth to assist it with the taking down of the illegal regime of Tokaray al-Osman. The aforesaid is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.VI.A.1a, Ch.VI.A.1b, Ch.VI.A.1e and Ch.VI.A.1k.
7. For greater legal certainty: the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth shall be the government led and conducted by the Lady Noor as Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth as well as of Her Successors throughout time who have ascended the Golden Mango Throne in accordance with Federal Law.
This Article of the Alejian Castle Resolution concerns a matter of national security. It provides legal security to the population as well as the Imperial Republic by making it perfectly clear what the sole the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth is: the Kaiseress who has been elected by the Landsraad by means of Article 1 of the Alejian Castle Resolution and Her lawful Successors. The aforesaid is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2 and Ch.VI.A.1e.

Thank you for your time.

Submitted with Esteem,


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I thank the Respondent for that brief. I will now hear the brief from the Applicant within 48 hours.
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Lord Arbiter,

The Praetor had gone through great lengths to explain why in her opinion the Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki was a usurper and why his rule was illegitimate. It should be clear beforehand that I have no intention to dispute that notion. The question here is not whether Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki was a lawful ruler of our Imperial Republic, but whether or not this question should be settled by a Landsraad resolution.

To that last question, I believe the answer to be firmly negative. The Charter of the Imperial Republic defines the powers of the Landsraad as legislative (III.A.1).

I applaud the Praetor for her excellent brief, which brings forward some fairly convincing arguments against the late Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki. But by doing so, she also unwillingly shows exactly why the Alejian Castle Resolution breaks the limitations put on the powers of the Landsraad by the Charter. Indeed, what the Alejian Castle Resolution does is to weigh Imperial Law (in this case the Decree on Assumption of Office) against the Charter. And this is something the Landsraad cannot do.

To briefly address the point made by the Praetor regarding the ways a Kaiser comes to office. It should be noted that in the decree mentioned above, Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki claims to have been named successor by Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson.
The Kaiser, Dominus Thorgils Tarjeisson Einhorn Ettlingar Verion, is dead. On the night of the 13th of Nomeziooqu, the Kaiser appointed the Commissioner of the Crypteia, Tokaray al-Osman, as his designated successor. Today We address you as Aurangzeb II Steffki. Our beloved and illustrious predecessor passed from the mortal realms last night as a consequence of injuries sustained in the leading of loyalist forces in the defence of Raynor's Keep, our ancient and eternal seat of government.
The Praetor and the Landsraad may have good reasons to think that this claim was false and indeed fabricated by al-Osman in order to legitimise his rule. In that case however, the Praetor or an honorable member of the Landsraad should have brought the matter before the Imperial Judex.

And this is indeed the fundamental point of this suit. It is not the Landsraad that decides upon the constitutionality of the acts taken by Imperial office holders. The Charter clearly states that it is the Imperial Judex that interprets the Charter (IV.B.II) and that the Imperial Judex is the sole judicial power in our nation (IV.A.I).

The Alejian Castle resolution does assume the power to interpret the Charter and to meassure the situation at hand agains the Charter. And does that most clearly in the following articles:
1. The Landsraad hereby charges the Steward appointed by, the now late and profoundly mourned, His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson, to wit: Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Jarl of the Seven Ports, to lead and conduct the government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth until the traitor and usurper Tokaray al-Osman, who has taken the purported regnal name of Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki, (hereafter "the Usurper") and his henchmen have been eliminated, and the person that the late His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson had in mind as his successor has conquered the City of Shirekeep and seated zirself on the Golden Mango Throne.
2. The Landsraad hereby declares all proclamations, decrees, rescripts, instruments, edicts, orders and other measures issued and taken by or under what the traitors and rebels view as the Kaiseral Authority of the Usurper to be null and void.
6. For greater legal certainty, the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth shall until the person that the late His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson had in mind as his successor has conquered the City of Shirekeep and seated zirself on the Golden Mango Throne solely and exclusively be the government led and conducted by the Steward Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Jarl of the Seven Ports.
Since the Charter does only grant the power to check acts taken by the Kaiser, whether legitimate or not, to the Judex, the Landsraad has overstepped its legal bounds set by the Charter.

I thank you.
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I now open the floor for the Respondent's rebuttal, if any. After that, the court will hear any and all amicus curiae.
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Lord Arbiter,

It would be very much appreciated if Mr. Archer would quote from the version of the Alejian Castle Resolution that was actually passed by the Landsraad, which also can be found in the Hanzard of the Landsraad.
Jeremy H. Archer wrote:The question here is not whether Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki was a lawful ruler of our Imperial Republic, but whether or not this question should be settled by a Landsraad resolution.
Again, when the Kaisership becomes vacant without the Kaiser having designated a successor it is the duty of the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2 to elect a new Kaiser.

There is no Imperial Decree by the hand of the late Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson in which he designates a successor - as is required by Ch.II.C.1 in accordance with Ch.II.A.3 - and therefore the Kaisership became vacant upon the death of Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson. The Landsraad subsequently met the obligation imposed upon it by Ch.II.C.2 by electing the Lady bint Daniyal to to Kaisership by means of Article 1 of the Alejian Castle Resolution.
Jeremy H. Archer wrote:I applaud the Praetor for her excellent brief, which brings forward some fairly convincing arguments against the late Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki. But by doing so, she also unwillingly shows exactly why the Alejian Castle Resolution breaks the limitations put on the powers of the Landsraad by the Charter. Indeed, what the Alejian Castle Resolution does is to weigh Imperial Law (in this case the Decree on Assumption of Office) against the Charter. And this is something the Landsraad cannot do.

To briefly address the point made by the Praetor regarding the ways a Kaiser comes to office. It should be noted that in the decree mentioned above, Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki claims to have been named successor by Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson.
The Kaiser, Dominus Thorgils Tarjeisson Einhorn Ettlingar Verion, is dead. On the night of the 13th of Nomeziooqu, the Kaiser appointed the Commissioner of the Crypteia, Tokaray al-Osman, as his designated successor. Today We address you as Aurangzeb II Steffki. Our beloved and illustrious predecessor passed from the mortal realms last night as a consequence of injuries sustained in the leading of loyalist forces in the defence of Raynor's Keep, our ancient and eternal seat of government.
Only an Imperial Decree by the hand of the late Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson would be proof that Tokaray al-Osman, who used the purported regnal name of Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki, had been named the successor to the Kaisership by the late Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson; it is required by Ch.II.C.1 in accordance with Ch.II.A.3. As there is no such Imperial Decree, Tokaray al-Osman has not ever been the Kaiser.

Furthermore, the announcement by Tokaray al-Osman in which he claims to have been named the successor of the late Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson is made in the form of an Imperial Proclamation. It is well-settled law in Shireroth that Imperial Proclamations do not carry any legal weight.
Jeremy H. Archer wrote:The Praetor and the Landsraad may have good reasons to think that this claim was false and indeed fabricated by al-Osman in order to legitimise his rule. In that case however, the Praetor or an honorable member of the Landsraad should have brought the matter before the Imperial Judex.

And this is indeed the fundamental point of this suit. It is not the Landsraad that decides upon the constitutionality of the acts taken by Imperial office holders. The Charter clearly states that it is the Imperial Judex that interprets the Charter (IV.B.II) and that the Imperial Judex is the sole judicial power in our nation (IV.A.I).

The Alejian Castle resolution does assume the power to interpret the Charter and to meassure the situation at hand agains the Charter. And does that most clearly in the following articles:
1. The Landsraad hereby charges the Steward appointed by, the now late and profoundly mourned, His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson, to wit: Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Jarl of the Seven Ports, to lead and conduct the government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth until the traitor and usurper Tokaray al-Osman, who has taken the purported regnal name of Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki, (hereafter "the Usurper") and his henchmen have been eliminated, and the person that the late His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson had in mind as his successor has conquered the City of Shirekeep and seated zirself on the Golden Mango Throne.
2. The Landsraad hereby declares all proclamations, decrees, rescripts, instruments, edicts, orders and other measures issued and taken by or under what the traitors and rebels view as the Kaiseral Authority of the Usurper to be null and void.
6. For greater legal certainty, the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth shall until the person that the late His Imperial Magnificence the Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson had in mind as his successor has conquered the City of Shirekeep and seated zirself on the Golden Mango Throne solely and exclusively be the government led and conducted by the Steward Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Jarl of the Seven Ports.
Since the Charter does only grant the power to check acts taken by the Kaiser, whether legitimate or not, to the Judex, the Landsraad has overstepped its legal bounds set by the Charter.
The above Articles are not in the version of the Alejian Castle Resolution that has been passed by the Landsraad.

I would, however, like to note the Landsraad is the Federal Legislature and it therefore can pass legislation and measures concerning the conducting and operations of the Imperial Government.

The Landsraad also has the power under Ch.III.B.2 to repeal and veto Imperial Decrees issued by a genuine Kaiser, so it can most certainly pass legislation and measures declaring the so-called decrees and orders from someone who is purporting to be Kaiser null and void.

Thank you for your time.

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Thank you. I will now hear amicus curiae briefs.
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Addendum: I did mean to quote articles 2, 3 an 7 from the Alejian Castle Resolution.
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Lord Arbiter

On behalf of the Goldshire government, I respectfully submit this brief of amicus curiae:

The Kingdom of Goldshire holds that the Alejian Castle Resolution carries full legal weight on the matter of electing Noor as-Salaam to the Kaisership.

At the time of Kaiser Dominus’s demise, there was no declared legal successor, and accordingly it befell the Landsraad to elect one.

Firstly, It was not necessary for the Landsraad to seek an opinion on the illegitimacy of Tokaray al Osman’s and Marcus Myksos’s claims on the kaisership, as they were manifestly without any basis. If after every single demise of the throne, every person in the Imperial Republic would shout out “I am the Kaiser”, then there would be a lot of work for the Judex if, if we accept Archer’s argument, we have to have a judgment on each claim’s merits.

Secondly, the Alejian Castle was open to all members of the Landsraad. Indeed, the tally of the vote shows that Marcus Myksos, at that time, self-proclaimed Kaiser, voting in the resolution.

Thirdly, the leaders of each imperial state voted in favour of the resolution, along with 82% of the votes of the Landsraad. Accordingly, if by some mean, Marcus Myksos (or some other person) was deemed to be kaiser at the time of the resolution, then the Charter’s rules on deposition of kaisers and election of kaisers would apply:

Art II, D: “The Kaiser can be deposed by a three-fourths' majority vote of the Landsraad, and the consent of a majority of the Imperial States” (the criteria of which would have been met at the time)

Art II, C, 3: “Should the Kaiser be removed from the Throne such removal shall include the removal of zir declared successor, irrespective of when zie has declared such successor, and the Landsraad shall immediately elect a successor to the Kaisership from among the citizens of the Imperial Republic.”.

SUMMARY

1. There was no kaiser on the throne when the Landsraad elected Noor.
2. It was not necessary to seek a judgment to state the above.
3. If, there had been a kaiser on the throne, then the Resolution removed the kaiser, received the consent of the imperial states, and elected a new kaiser, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Kingdom of Goldshire,

Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh, the Count of Suthergold
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I thank the agent from Goldshire for that brief.
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IMPERIAL JUDEX OF SHIREROTH

ARCHER v HALLBJÖRNSDÓTTIR, Praetor

Conclusion of pre-trial stage

ORDER OF THE IMPERIAL JUDEX

The Imperial Judex has decided to deny the application made by the Applicant, Mr. Archer. Based on the briefs submitted in the pre-trial stage, the Court finds no reasonable cause to believe that any unconstitutional actions have been taken by the Praetor or the Landsraad.

SO ORDERED
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