i’m already winning but i’ll flesh out the system further to give everyone a sense of what’s gonna happen:
a new subforum will be created for the court system. i will nominate associate justices and take applications for judgements outstanding. then i’ll set a schedule and hold hearings for any outstanding complaints.
but most of the time i expect nothing will go on until a mod deems it necessary to take action against someone, whether it’s a temp ban or containment or whathaveyou. when the mod takes whatever action he or she takes, the accused perpetrator of the forum crime will have an opportunity to challenge that mod action in this court. this will be done with like a button the banned person sees, or if we can’t do that then just email me, i’ll make an email.
the accused will remain in whatever state the mod put them in pending trial. bail can be arranged through a bitcoin address that i’ll also post. this is absolutely not any corruption of any kind, it will be used for the good of the forum absolutely, it’ll just be resting in my account. when i get the application for a trial i’ll call the justices and once a 69% quorum is reached we’ll unban the accused and contain them to the court-thread for the remainder of the trial. if the accused flees and starts posting in other places, they risk banishment until the trial is concluded.
we will hear from the accused, and we can ask to hear the side of anyone else involved, but that request would be nonbinding, there will be no threat to testify against anyone. justices will be allowed to ask questions of the accused and witnesses. no other member will be allowed to post in the court-thread under punishment of tempban by the bailiff. there will be a parallel thread for the hooting and hollering mob just outside of the court so that we can all have our fun
in accordance with the will of the people by the results of the poll at the top of this thread, i pledge not to use mod powers outside of the judicial subforum. for each trial i will request a bailiff from the community-approved group of moderators to carry out punitive actions decreed by the court in accordance with forum law. there is no compulsory aspect to this request, mods can freely decline as they will remain a separate and equal branch. a trial will not take place without a bailiff. the purpose of this court will not be to overrule mods, only the voters have that power. the purpose of this court will be to work with the mods and the members AND the accused to make the community better.
and if it doesn’t, like i said, we’ll bin it