Texasa v. Culture of Life

[Culture of Life]

JUSTICE COURT OF RIGHT TO LIFE
Texasa v. Culture of Life
Decided September 24, 2016

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THE TROLLING PRO LIFE REPUBLIC OF TEXASA,
Plaintiff, representing himself,

v.

THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC NATION OF CULTURE OF LIFE,
Defendant, in his official capacity as Founder, representing himself.

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On September 5, 2016, Texasa, as the deputy speaker of Right to Life's roleplay parliament, used his moderation privileges to combine all of the threads in the roleplay parliament's subforum into a single megathread. Afterwards, Founder Culture of Life said that Texasa had engaged in "reckless conduct." Considering Texasa's prior disciplinary history, Culture of Life (1) attached a warning to Texasa's forum account, (2) permanently banned him from holding moderation privileges on the region's offsite forums, and (3) banned him from posting for seven days or until he repaired his damages. Texasa subsequently filed a complaint in the Justice Court, which requested that the lifetime ban on moderation privileges be lifted.

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NEW DOLGARIA, JP, delivered the opinion of the Justice Court.

I do not think that Texasa acted maliciously. It seems likely that he thought combining the threads would be a good idea. I don't doubt he regrets that decision. Having said that, Culture of Life's decision to permanently revoke Texasa's admin/moderator privileges is not inappropriate, harsh as Texasa may find it, given how easily mismanagement of the forums can disrupt our regional proceedings.

Ultimately, though, whether the punishment fits crime, or in this case, mistake, is irrelevant. As Culture of Life has pointed out, he, as the founder, is given the ultimate say on forum management by the Constitution. What he did was entirely in line with his prescribed duties. Furthermore, the judiciary does not have the power to review appointments by the executive or legislative branches. Quoting Culture of Life:

"At various points, regional law has committed to the Founder, the President, the Senate, or some combination thereof powers of appointment and dismissal. Unless regional law says otherwise, it ought to be presumed that these powers of appointment and dismissal are absolute, left solely to the discretion of those persons in whom these powers have been lawfully vested."

Therefore, I find Culture of Life not guilty and dismiss Texasa's complaint.