On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 10:27:00AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard) writes:
>
> > This is the heart of the matter. It is akin to the U.S.
> > controversy over `activist' judges, who rule based on their beliefs of
> > what should be, rather than on what the law says. At least in U.S.
> > jurisprudence several levels of appellate review are available. Under
> > the Debian Constitution no such appeals are available. This is a far
> > more important point than the fate of John's GR.
>
> But under the Debian Constitution, it's pretty easy to override the
> Secretary's judgement.
No, it is not. The developers have to propose a GR to effectively do so,
and the Project Secretary controls the timing and form of the ballot.
There is no mechanism for appeal of a decision by the PS that doesn't
involve him, and there is no mechanism for external arbitration or vote
conduction.
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