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Everything in this document pertains to both Judges and Parliamentarians. For ease of reading, the words "Judge", "Judges", and "High Court", will be used throughout, but the same applies to "Parliamentarian", "Parliamentarians", and "Office of Procedure" -- except that, declarations of medical incompetence or corruption are always made by Judges, not by Parliamentarians.
Judges cannot be appointed until the group is in Size Regime Large.
There are 5 Judges in the High Court. Their method of appointment and terms are identical.
When there is a vacancy, an individual may be appointed a Judge by an Act with a vote threshold of 2/3.
Judges are appointed by the Combined Board for fixed terms of 3 electoral cycles, and no more than 2 Judges may be appointed within one electoral cycle duration.
On any particular issue, an odd number of Judges must be maintained. Whenever there is an even number, one of them must recuse her or himself. The juniormost Judge is forced to recuse her or himself if others do not volunteer.
When there are less than 3 Judges, the Chairs also serve as Judges. First the senior, then the middle, and finally the junior Chair is made a Judge, halting as soon as the total number of Judges is 3, or the number of Chairs is exhausted.
Chairs serving as Judge in this fashion end their term as Judge at the same time that they end their term as senior Chair, or sooner, if enough new Judges are appointed, except that if there are any cases in progress they are completed with the same people serving as Judges.
Chairs serving as Judge are not actually Judges and term limits, etc, which apply to Judges do not necessarily apply to Chairs.
