On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > I withdraw my previous proposal, "Two tiered tiebreaker". > > I submit the following proposal, "Two tiered tiebreaker", AI 2.0, > ais523 coauthor: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Amend Rule 911 (Appeal Cases) by deleting: > If the time period ends with no majority judgement, > the panel acts to deliver a judgement of REMAND. > > Amend Rule 911 (Appeal Cases) by inserting the following new > paragraphs immediately after the paragraph in which the above > deletion occurred: > > If the time period ends with no majority judgement, then: > - if the Justiciar has published an opinion on the case > clearly marked as the Justiciar's Opinion and indicating > a valid judgement, and that judgement is the same as > one given by at least one panel member (other than the > Justiciar), then the panel delivers that judgement; > > - otherwise, the case enters an overtime period, which > lasts for four days. The CotC SHOULD publicly remind the > Justiciar when an overtime period begins. During > this period, if the Justiciar publishes a Justiciar's > Opinion that is the same as one panel member's as > described above, then the panel delivers that judgement; > > - otherwise, the CotC CAN and SHALL, asap after the > overtime period ends, act for the panel by announcement > to deliver a judgement of either REMAND or REASSIGN, > whichever e feels is most appropriate. > > > Amend Rule 2019 (Prerogatives) by replacing the paragraph > that begins with "b) Justiciar" with the following paragraph: > > b) Justiciar. The Justiciar may be granted particular > abilities or privileges associated with the judicial > process as described elsewhere in the Rules. > > [The Justiciar can just submit an opinion when e feels like it, > and it's used as the tiebreaker when needed]. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The overtime period probably should end as soon as the Justicar submits his opinion.
