Electronic notifications help route filings and events to the proper persons. Trial matters should reach the responsible trial-level authority, appellate matters should reach the appropriate Assistant Judge Advocate General, and final-review matters should follow the Judge Advocate General workflow.
A notification is administrative. Receiving a notification does not create jurisdiction. The system saying "new filing" does not make you the judge any more than a pizza notification makes you the restaurant manager.
Section 103 · Audit records
Material actions affecting judicial records should generate audit information sufficient to identify the actor, action, affected record, time, result, and source where appropriate. Audit records help authorized reviewers reconstruct system activity.
An audit log may provide evidence concerning what occurred, but it is not automatically proof of misconduct. Context and legal analysis still matter.
Section 104 · External integrations
Approved integrations, including Discord tools, may interact with the judicial system through authorized backend processes. They do not become independent authoritative court systems.
External integrations remain subject to the same permissions, access restrictions, and legal limitations as the underlying Case Portal. A Discord bot can deliver a court notice. It does not become a judicial officer because somebody gave it a gold embed.
Section 105 · Security and uploaded files
Electronic files may undergo malware or security review before ordinary access is permitted. A filing may appear on the docket while the underlying file remains temporarily unavailable during required security scanning.
Security review should not alter the substantive contents of the filing. Knowingly attempting to bypass required security controls for malicious purposes creates an entirely different legal problem, and probably an unpleasant afternoon for everybody involved.
Section 106 · Local procedures and standing orders
Judicial authorities may establish reasonable local procedures and standing orders where authorized and consistent with superior law. Such procedures may help manage hearings, filing practices, administration, or recurring local issues.
They may not create new substantive offenses, alter appellate jurisdiction, diminish protected rights, or contradict controlling precedent. Local procedure fills administrative gaps. It does not allow every court to create its own miniature constitutional order.
Section 107 · Rulebook status and version history
Rules may be amended, superseded, or repealed over time, which makes version history important. A proceeding may need to be analyzed under the version of a rule actually in force when the relevant event occurred.
A later amendment should not silently rewrite the historical law applicable to an earlier case. Rulebooks may therefore carry statuses such as In Force, Pending Approval, Proposed, Superseded, or Repealed. Publication on the website does not itself make a proposed rule legally effective unless the required approval actually occurs.
