User:Retep998/Constitution

Judicial branch
Laws are subject to interpretation and the judicial branch has the final say on the interpretation of a law. The judicial branch may also decide that a law is unconstitutional and therefore void. The decisions by the judicial branch form case law. There are tiers of courts that decide on various matters. If you disagree with a lower court's decisions you may appeal to a higher court. The tiers are the court of all admins, the court of all bureaucrats, and the supreme court of Gamepedia. A judicial member is qualified to vote if they edited an article within the 30 days prior to the start of the vote. A judicial decision is formed if the majority (greater than one half) of qualified members agree on a decision. A judicial vote lasts for 7 days.

Legislative branch
Legislative laws are created by the legislature. Any member of the legislature may propose a law. The law then goes up to vote. A legislative member is qualified to vote if they edited an article within the 30 days prior to the start of the vote. A law passes if the majority (greater than one half) of qualified members vote in favor of the law. The legislature consists of all members of the editor group. Laws cannot conflict with the constitution and the judicial branch may strike down legislative laws that do conflict. A legislative vote lasts for 7 days. Promoting an editor to admin, or admin to bureaucrat is an act of legislature and undergoes the same vote process as legislative laws. Promoting a user to editor follows a similar process, however the vote will only last for 3 days and only require a majority of qualified members who voted on that promotion to be in favor of the promotion.

Executive branch
Any admin may make executive orders without a vote, however these executive orders must abide by legislative law and the constitution. Executive orders that do not can be struck down by the judicial branch. An executive order may be overridden by a future legislative law or constitutional amendment.

The constitution
The constitution may only be amended by a vote by the legislature where a super-majority (greater than two thirds) of qualified members of the legislature vote in favor of the amendment. Certain things not explicitly written in the constitution are considered part of the constitution, including but not limited to the groups that exist, the rights assigned to a given group, the wiki name and url. Amendment votes last for 14 days.