Sunday, February 13, 2005

Supreme Court Hands Down Two Decisions

NYMAN, DC- The Supreme Court handed out two decisions today. The first, reached unanimously, said "In the case of Mike Assad vs. StevenNick, the Supreme Court of Atlasia unanimously rules in favor of the plaintiff. Mike Assad's voting rights shall be restored in full. We rule that StevenNick violated the Civil Liberties Amendment, Clauses 1 and 8, by removing Mr. Assad's voting right without due process. Since trolling is a crime, the proper due process would have been a trial. All future instances where trolling is accused for any purpose, a trial must be held to determine guilt. Under normal circumstances, StevenNick may have brought this issue to trial, but because Clause 8 specifies that all criminal accusations must have a trial occur within one month of the accusation, we are unable to hold a trial on Assad's trolling. However, should Assad be accused of trolling in the future, a trial may be held to determine guilt. If found guilty, his registration may be removed." The move was applauded by most, except Lt. Gov. Htmldon, who has been a victim of Mr. Assad.

In the second case, Bono v. Atlasia, Bono won 2-1. The court ruled, "In the case of Bono vs. Atlasia, the Supreme Court of Atlasia finds the Unwed and Teenage Mothers Protection Bill unconstitutional. We find that several sections of the bill violate the Constitution. Proponents of the bill argue that Section 1, Clauses 16 and 17 of the Powers Amendment gives the Federal Government the power to implement this program. Clause 16 says “To provide for the humanitarian relief of the distress caused by unpredictable events of natural or man-made origin.” We find that this clause is clearly intended to apply to natural disasters such as a tsunami or violent events such as a terrorist attack. It is not intended to apply to everyday events such as childbirth. Clause 17 says “to provide for systems of Insurance and Annuity for Unemployment, Disability, and Retirement.” We find that this clause is clearly intended to apply to Unemployment benefits, Disability benefits, and retirement programs such as Social Security. We do not view pregnancy and childbirth as a disability. Furthermore, this bill violates the equal protection clause of the Civil Liberties Amendment. By only applying to unwed and teenage mothers, this bill discriminates against certain women on the basis of marital status.
Finally, this bill violates Section 2, Clause 7 of the Powers Amendment which states “No Law requiring any action to be taken or to be not taken by a Region shall be passed, except to preserve the rights of the Senate or of the People enumerated under the Constitution.”. Because the bill regulates how state funds will be spent, it violates Regional rights as determined by Section 2, Clause 7. Due to all these violations, the Court rules the Unwed and Teenage Mothers Protection Bill grossly Unconstitutional." The move was attacked as partisan by Senator Supersoulty. TexasGurl dissented, writing, "It is my belief that the paramount responsibility of government is the welfare and safety of it's citizens.Clauses 16 and 17 were clearly an attempt by the senate to do just that.In striking down this attempt to further the welfare of societies most helpless citizens, the court has forced countless desperate mothers to resort to abortion or prostitution for a lack of any alternative. No one was harmed by this legislation and no one was realisticaly discriminated against.this is simply a matter of too narrow an interpretation of the intent of the senate in regards to the Powers of the Senate and Regions amendment."

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