Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] Re: Judge Assignment: 15 points for DOOM!

[Jeremy Cook <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:08:16PM -0500, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> 
> Hmmm. It looks like the rule describing how the Upper House can rule on 
> CFIs got replaced by an appeals-oriented version without anything 
> describing what happens when a CFI reaches them without an appeal.
> 
> I would interpret this to still work the way it used to, though, on the 
> following grounds:
>   * Given the standard english meaning of remanded, the Upper House is 
> now the judge of the CFI itself.
>   * Since the Upper House is a collection of players, that collection of 
> players is now collectively the Judge of the CFI.
>   * The Judge is required and empowered by the rules to judge this CFI; 
> hence the collection of player is as a unit empowered to issue 
> judgment.
>   * There is only one reasonable way of getting a group of people to 
> issue a single decision; hence, every member of the Upper House should 
> submit a judgment, and once the allotted time for judging the CFI has 
> passed, the most popular judgment will be the House's judgment.
> 
> This is consistent with the way the House worked prior to its 
> rewording, and is also consistent with the wording and spirit of the 
> rules.

Yeah, we all forgot that the Upper House can get a case in other
ways than an appeal. FWIW, I agree with your interpretation.

Zarpint
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