From bdcecc5b06ecd9059ae5a77660d9a7d794ebd0b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wellspringcp <69349872+wellspringcp@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:43:39 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Update 08-01-bill-of-procedural-protections-apologia.md --- 08-courts/08-01-bill-of-procedural-protections-apologia.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/08-courts/08-01-bill-of-procedural-protections-apologia.md b/08-courts/08-01-bill-of-procedural-protections-apologia.md index 67c644f..a80fa73 100644 --- a/08-courts/08-01-bill-of-procedural-protections-apologia.md +++ b/08-courts/08-01-bill-of-procedural-protections-apologia.md @@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ Some commentary where deemed necessary: - On the 5th and 10th amendments: The `WS` constitution does not recognize any notion such as, or of similar nature to "substantive due process". - On the 7th amendment: The `WS` constitution wishes to make it extremely clear that all trials are to be trials by jury. Somehow at the time of writing there are non-jury trials in the forerunning republic for sums exceeding twenty dollars, so this must mean that somehow, the 7th amendment wasn't clear enough. Being unsure which part was unclear, `WS` wishes to emphasize this point and hopefully ensure that it is clear this time. - On the 12th amendment: "Citizenship" is a tenuous concept in `WS` and we may need to massage this phrasing. + +## Procedural protections: + +Hopefully this is extremely clear: no `WS` polity shall ever be made subject to the jurisdiction of any non-`WS` court, whether that be the International Criminal Court or the European Court of Justice or the Caribbean Court of Justice or any other court system which is a non-`WS` court system.