Imperial Dominion of the South (IDS) vs Atlasia

[Oakvale]

Time is up. No more briefs will be accepted after this point.

The matter at hand is now under deliberation.

[Torie]

Imperial Dominion of the South (IDS) v. Atlasia

Junior Associate Justice Torie delivers the opinion of the Court, with Chief Justice Bgwah and Senior Associate Justice Oakvave concurring.

The Court finds for the Petitioner, Jbase, on behalf of the IDS region, and holds that the Atlasian statute known as the State Name Recognition Act of 2013 violates Article 1, Section 6, Clause 7 of the Atlasian Constitution, and is thus void and of no force and effect.

While it may be true that the Federal government has the power to annex and name new states and append them to regions, the text of the above referenced Clause 7 specifically proscribes the Federal government from requiring regions to act or not act:

7. 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.

Such proscription includes the act of requiring regions to eschew passing legislation abolishing state names within their jurisdiction, which is precisely what the State Name Recognition Act of 2013 in relevant part in fact does:

1. … Regions may not abolish the existing names of states.

The Court notes that it is not aware of any other provisions of the Atlasian Constitution of relevance here that might cause the Court not to be otherwise constrained by the clear and specific and plain meaning of the language at issue here.

[Oakvale]

Confirming that I concur with Justice Torie's eloquently expressed opinion, as is for some reason required by law.

[CatoMinor]

I thank you all for you ruling.