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Author: Lysander Lyon, MP
Sponsor: N/A
Type: Act of Parliament
Preamble: There is currently no procedure for impeachment of a Supreme Court Justice.
1. Short Title & Enactment
(a) This bill shall be referred to as the “Impeachment Procedure Act”.
(b) This bill was authored by Lysander Lyon.
2. Impeachment Proposals
(a) Any Member of Parliament may propose beginning impeachment proceedings against a Justice of the Supreme Court. To do so, the MP must make this proposal on the floor of Parliament, naming the dereliction of duties or the crime(s) committed.
(b) Any MP may second the proposal, on the floor of Parliament. When an impeachment proposal has been seconded, the Speaker of Parliament or another member of the presiding office should open a vote within the next 48 hours, with at least 48 hours for MPs to cast their votes.
(i) MPs may still discuss the impeachment proposal in private parliamentary chats, or on the floor.
(c) If an impeachment proposal receives a simple majority of votes cast, an official impeachment inquiry is opened. If not, the proposal is rejected.
3. Impeachment Inquiries
(a) Once an impeachment proposal has passed with a simple majority of votes cast, an official impeachment inquiry is opened into the Justice named by the proposal.
(b) A public thread shall be made for the purposes of the inquiry.
(c) The MP who made the impeachment proposal shall have 48 hours to make their remarks and outline the case against the Justice.
(i) The MP may yield any extra time once they have finished making their remarks, progressing to Section 3d.
(d) Upon the end of this time period, Members of Parliament shall have 48 hours to submit questions to the MP who made the proposal, who should address the relevant questions asked.
(e) Once this 48 hour time period ends, the accused Justice shall be granted 48 hours to provide a defense.
(f) Once a defense has been provided, or the 48 hour period elapses, the MPs shall have 48 hours to submit questions to the Justice, who should address the relevant questions asked.
(i) The MP making the case against the Justice may not participate in this step.
(g) MPs may discuss the impeachment trial in private parliamentary chats, or request a debate thread for centralized conversation, as the inquiry occurs.
(h) Once the time period elapses, the inquiry ends.
4. Impeachment
(a) The Speaker or presiding office shall open a vote within 48 hours of the end of an impeachment inquiry. The vote shall last 48 hours.
(b) The vote shall be on whether or not to convict the accused Supreme Court Justice, and impeach him or her.
(c) If a supermajority of votes cast vote in favor of conviction, the accused Justice is impeached, and shall be removed from the Supreme Court.
(i) A supermajority shall be two thirds of all votes cast.
(d) If a supermajority is not achieved, the impeachment vote fails, and the accused Justice remains on the Supreme Court.
Enactment: This Act comes into force immediately upon passage.
Sponsor: N/A
Type: Act of Parliament
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Establish the Procedures for Impeachment
BILL
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Establish the Procedures for Impeachment
Preamble: There is currently no procedure for impeachment of a Supreme Court Justice.
1. Short Title & Enactment
(a) This bill shall be referred to as the “Impeachment Procedure Act”.
(b) This bill was authored by Lysander Lyon.
2. Impeachment Proposals
(a) Any Member of Parliament may propose beginning impeachment proceedings against a Justice of the Supreme Court. To do so, the MP must make this proposal on the floor of Parliament, naming the dereliction of duties or the crime(s) committed.
(b) Any MP may second the proposal, on the floor of Parliament. When an impeachment proposal has been seconded, the Speaker of Parliament or another member of the presiding office should open a vote within the next 48 hours, with at least 48 hours for MPs to cast their votes.
(i) MPs may still discuss the impeachment proposal in private parliamentary chats, or on the floor.
(c) If an impeachment proposal receives a simple majority of votes cast, an official impeachment inquiry is opened. If not, the proposal is rejected.
3. Impeachment Inquiries
(a) Once an impeachment proposal has passed with a simple majority of votes cast, an official impeachment inquiry is opened into the Justice named by the proposal.
(b) A public thread shall be made for the purposes of the inquiry.
(c) The MP who made the impeachment proposal shall have 48 hours to make their remarks and outline the case against the Justice.
(i) The MP may yield any extra time once they have finished making their remarks, progressing to Section 3d.
(d) Upon the end of this time period, Members of Parliament shall have 48 hours to submit questions to the MP who made the proposal, who should address the relevant questions asked.
(e) Once this 48 hour time period ends, the accused Justice shall be granted 48 hours to provide a defense.
(f) Once a defense has been provided, or the 48 hour period elapses, the MPs shall have 48 hours to submit questions to the Justice, who should address the relevant questions asked.
(i) The MP making the case against the Justice may not participate in this step.
(g) MPs may discuss the impeachment trial in private parliamentary chats, or request a debate thread for centralized conversation, as the inquiry occurs.
(h) Once the time period elapses, the inquiry ends.
4. Impeachment
(a) The Speaker or presiding office shall open a vote within 48 hours of the end of an impeachment inquiry. The vote shall last 48 hours.
(b) The vote shall be on whether or not to convict the accused Supreme Court Justice, and impeach him or her.
(c) If a supermajority of votes cast vote in favor of conviction, the accused Justice is impeached, and shall be removed from the Supreme Court.
(i) A supermajority shall be two thirds of all votes cast.
(d) If a supermajority is not achieved, the impeachment vote fails, and the accused Justice remains on the Supreme Court.
Enactment: This Act comes into force immediately upon passage.