Jack F. Kennedy

Jack Friedman "Trustworthy" Kennedy MHOK, Esquire, (IGN: JackFKennedy), or simply as Kennedy, is a Montroigian lawyer, historian, philosopher, and statesman who served as the 4th Minister of Resources of Montroig and the 4th Minister of Justice of Montroig, as well as the founder and Chief of Staff of the Kennedy Militia, and the Chairman of the Montroig Historical Society. Kennedy currently serves as the first High Justice of the Union of Haven.

Early Life
Kennedy was born in the Kingdom of Nieden (now the Kingdom of Escharia) in 1917 to two farmers who died when Kennedy was 57. It is unknown how or why Kennedy has lived so long, however some speculate that they stay alive fueled only by a pure, unbridled hatred towards anything remotely resembling happiness, unity, and kindness.

Immigration to Montroig
Kennedy emigrated from Nieden to Montroig in the closing days of Arcadian Sheep's first term as Guardian of Montroig. Kennedy lived their early days in Montroig observing and learning about the political landscape, often engaging in parliament meetings, and partaking in public works projects, most notably the walls around Terroja. Kennedy spent most of this time living in public housing, next to the Friendship Tower of Terroja.

Port development and feud with FaelYeey
On August 7, 2021, Kennedy bought a plot of land from the Ministry of Infrastructure in the Terroja harbor to develop a house for themself so they would no longer be a "wellfare bum". This caused severe anger from the original builder of the port, FaelYeey, who claimed that since he originally built the port, he should have full control over who can build and what gets built there. Fael attempted to tear down the house multiple times, and eventually sued Kennedy. The courts favored Kennedy in FaelYeey v. Kennedy, stating that Kennedy had the right to build their house there and Fael did not own the port in any capacity. The feud would continue for months, with Fael attempting to tear down any developments to the port made by Kennedy, and Kennedy consistently attempting to have Fael banned from destroying things in the port due to constant vandalism.

Attempted impeachment of Arcadian Sheep
On August 3, 2021, then-Guardian Arcadian Sheep muted Kennedy, along with Anomalous Crow and Mayoreo in the Montroig Discord. The three argued that it was infringing on both the rights to free speech, due process, and participation in parliament (since being muted you cannot see the parliament channels). The three were unmuted an hour later, however they still went forward with the proceedings. Kennedy eventually withdrew their articles of impeachment, citing that the whole thing was "stupid, pointless, and a waste of time". The attempted impeachment led to several constitutional amendments being passed that determined that administration of the Montroig Discord was outside the jurisdiction of the Montroig government or law.

Minister of Resources
Kennedy ran for Montroig Minister of Resources on August 11, 2021, as they saw that the current Minister of Resources, BuckTootha, wasn't running, so they announced their candidacy five minutes before registration ended. Kennedy ended up winning by default since there were no other opponents and was sworn in two days later on August 13, 2021. Kennedy used their position to attempt to reform the heavily inactive Ministry of Resources, hiring multiple employees (the previous number of employees had been zero), however the employees proved to be heavily inactive themselves. Kennedy also ran the 2021 August Montroig Census, which had 40 responses. Kennedy's most notable endeavor as Minister was their constant attempts to expand the amount of land Montroig had. The first attempt made by Kennedy was covering the entire Baldic Sea in dirt, with a 50/50 split in support following a poll posted by Kennedy, which had 19 responses. Kennedy's second attempt was buying or forcibly taking land from the Chevkri Republic, who refused to sell any land to Montroig for any amount less than $1,500,000.

Founding the Kennedy Militia
Kennedy founded the Kennedy Militia on August 19, 2021 with the purpose of taking land from Chevkri and giving it to Montroig (which was far more populous at the time). The militia did see some people enlist (mostly political allies of Kennedy such as Mayoreo or FuriousDan), however the majority of the population refused to pay any attention to the militia, with some going as far to call it a "domestic terrorist organization". Kennedy established the militia's headquarters, Fort Kennedy, in New Baldia with permission from the New Baldian Mayor Ben "Anti_Xray_Plugin" Shapiro (a personal friend and political ally of Kennedy). The militia never engaged in any actual operations, but that never stopped Kennedy from constantly bringing it up, because they thought it was funny.

Sixth Montrogian Elections
Kennedy attempted to capitalize on their newfound infamy from founding the Kennedy Militia and their generally unpopular political positions by running for Montroig Guardian, stating that they were "a nice break from the constant far-left circlejerk". Kennedy's original running mate was Ben Shapiro, however Shapiro was banned following the First Battle of CoolioCity. Kennedy then replaced Shapiro with Gooblegins (who was already running with Agapitikos). Kennedy then replaced Gooblegins with Fickogames, just because. Following the Guardian debates on August 26, 2021, Kennedy essentially ended their campaign, endorsing Miningboy_12, believing he stood for many of the things Kennedy did. Kennedy did not withdraw their name from the ballot, however, and received 10% of the first round vote.

Independence Commissioner
Miningboy_12, the then-Guardian of Montroig appointed Kennedy to be the chairman of the newly-formed Commission on Montroig Independence From the Second Empire of Uldarash. Kennedy was often at odds with the other Ministers in the Montroigian cabinet, namely Foubrac, the then-Minister of Defense, who consistently refused to cooperate with the commission. This caused Kennedy to constantly attempt to pass bills to allow the commission and all future commissions to issue subpoenas, however every bill proposed was killed in parliament. Kennedy was mostly useless as Independence Commissioner, never actually producing any plans for Montroig independence or any substantial reasons for independence besides unhinged rants and ramblings of "tyranny" and warnings of what Uldarash might do in the future.

Arrest and trial
On October 5, 2021, Kennedy and Montroig Guardian Miningboy_12 were both formally indicted with charges of treason and warrants were issued for both of their arrests. Kennedy served as their own attorney, gather substantial evidence to prove their innocence, however they constantly argued and berated the presiding judge Aerith via Sinclair, the two emperors Nikephoros and Qwaser_, and the Uldarash High Council, most notably Ted Hastings. Kennedy called them "tyrants bent on silencing political dissidents" and referred to the court as "nothing more than a kangaroo court that already has its mind set on the judgement". The trial never occurred, however, as Kennedy was banned from Stoneworks on October 8, 2021 for toxicity.

First Exile
Kennedy spent most of their time in exile watching news from Montroig, occasionally conversing with people in their militia's Discord server. During this time, Qwaser_ was deposed as Emperor of Uldarash, to which Kennedy stated "I told you they [The Second Empire of Uldarash] were tyrants". Kennedy attempted to start a TV show "The Super Kennedy Brothers Super Show", but was too busy with real life issues to bother doing so. Kennedy also increased their interest in historical work, writing and editing multiple pages on this very Stoneworks Wiki.

Return from exile
Kennedy returned to Montroig from exile on November 8, 2021. The Montroigian government was originally skeptical to allow them to return to the country, however they gave in and unbanned them from the Montroig Discord server. Kennedy returned to see very little changed within the, with the exception that Montroig had joined the Empire of Loyalist Uldarash, the faction in the Uldarash Civil War loyal to Qwaser_. Kennedy was at first very excited, believing that the Empire could both win the war and bring actual democracy to Uldarash, however they became more and more disillusioned with the cause as the war went on, as the Empire lost more and more battles and proved to be barely any more democratic than the previous Empire. Kennedy became an outspoken critic of Loyalist Uldarash and the Civil War in general, believing in either complete independence of Montroig from Uldarash or very little centralization in the Federal Government.

Attempted run for Loyalist Uldarash Lower Council
During the elections for the first Congress of Loyalist Uldarash, Kennedy ran for one of Montroig's two seats, but was beat by career Montroig politicians CoCoLaxxative and Arcadian Sheep. Kennedy's platforms included democratic reforms to Uldarash, an overhaul of the justice system including passing a codified criminal law, and amending the Constitution of the Second Empire of Uldarash to include more checks and balances and properly defining the powers of the three branches of government. Kennedy received only four votes in the election.

Minister of Justice
Kennedy was appointed to serve as Minister of Justice by Gooblegins following her election as Guardian as Montroig and the resignation of previous minister, LegalC. Kennedy served for around two weeks before resigning due to personal issues. Kennedy was succeeded by RogerAintRight, who Kennedy was extremely critical of, given the fact that Roger did absolutely nothing in his term as Minister of Justice. Kennedy aimed to run again to replace Roger in the next election, but Montroig surrendered the Uldarash Civil War and the high command of the Second Empire of Uldarash decided to exile Kennedy from the Empire, including Montroig.

Second Exile
Following their Exile from the Empire, Kennedy went to Huitca and Knossos with their fellow exile and friend FuriousDan (TheReaperTDM). Kennedy aimed to re-create their law firm and establish better justice systems in the country. Kennedy eventually gave up, as they found both countries to be missing the same fun that Montroig had, stating that Montroig had a "far better political structure" and "far more fun people". Kennedy also joined the Gaians, being highly sympathetic of their cause since their original inception on the server, however they were unable to dedicate much time to the organization due to real life obligations. Kennedy's final act on the server was assassinating the Guardian of Montroig, Gooblegins, in revenge for surrendering to the Second Empire of Uldarash. Following this act, Kennedy went into self-exile from Rathnir as a whole, mostly due to general boredom, stating they would only ever return to Rathnir if Montroig "grew a spine" and gained true independence or Uldarash collapsed. Kennedy resided as a hermit in Viratayn for several years, watching global politics from afar and recording both Rathnir and Eldham's history.

Formation of the Union of Haven
Following the dissolution of the Second Empire of Uldarash on March 23, 2022, Kennedy returned to Rathnir politics and Montroig, due to Montroig no longer being a member of Uldarash. Kennedy supported the formation of the new Union of Haven to replace the old empire, stating that it was "everything that the Loyalists could have been". They staunchly supported of the constitution of the new nation, believing it to have actual checks and balances, something they believed Uldarash (and even the Loyalists) lacked, as well as being a republican system of government, instead of a monarchy, and having term limits on the chief executive. Due to their background in law, Kennedy originally wished to be appointed Attorney General of the Union, however they were instead appointed to serve as a Justice on the High Court of the Union on March 28, 2022, and confirmed by unanimous vote of the High Council on April 1, 2022.

Kennedy Court
On April 2, 2022, in accordance with Article VI, Section II, Subsection III, the five Justices of the High Court held an election for High Justice of the Union, with Kennedy winning with four of the five votes (the other going to Justice Mystxc). Following the collapse of Chevkri on April 4, 2022, the first case held by the Kennedy Court began on April 5, 2022, with Rexhold v. Alfheim, et al., a case between the Dutchy of Rexhold and the Republic of Alfheim over a land dispute of the Schwanstein region of Rexhold. The case is scheduled to be heard on April 18, 2022. The court also put in place a unanimous emergency ruling on April 13, 2022, following a resolution passed by the High Council of the Union of Haven forcing the Dutchy of Rexhold to denounce the Kingdom of Aurora. The court decided in Rexhold v. Union of Haven that the Union did not have the authority to manage constituent nation's foreign affairs with non-Union nations, as long as the nations were not signing legally binding treaties of agreements with the non-Union nations.

Political Positions
Kennedy's political positions are far more right-wing than the majority of those who live in Montroig (Montroig being a socialist nation), often causing disagreements with their fellow citizens and disrupting the status quo of things.. Kennedy considers himself to be a libertarian, believing in no government regulations on the market and no infringement on civil liberties. However, they also believe in a strong foreign policy, believing Montroig should have a greater presence on the world stage and believes in the importance of a functional intelligence apparatus.

Economics
Kennedy believes that Montroig should have an entirely free market, believing in a Laissez-faire economic system, stating that "This is Minecraft, government intervention in the economy is completely pointless". Kennedy believes that people should set aside their real life political ideologies and think about things in the scope of Minecraft. Kennedy believes that economic regulations, often put in place by the Socialist Montroig Party are laughable and do nothing more than stifle economic development and turn off potential entrepreneurs.

Justice and internal affairs
Kennedy believes that a strong justice system is the backbone of any free nation, and consistently showed disapproval towards the Justice Ministry in Montroig and the Montrogian Judiciary, namely Chief Judge Fickogames, believing that Ficko ruled in favor of his friends and not what Kennedy thought was the objective truth. Kennedy was also in favor of shrinking the courts from three judges to two.

Kennedy believed the internal operations of the Montroig Government should be completely transparent and visible to the people. Kennedy was heavily in favor of a monthly budget to curb reckless spending of the Terrojan treasury (the de facto budget for the Montroig Government) by the Montroig Government.

Civil rights
Kennedy believes that there should be absolutely no infringement on freedom of speech by the government, and was extremely critical of the Second Empire of Uldarash for attempting to have Miningboy_12 and themself tried with treason simply for disagreeing and criticizing the Empire and Emperors. Kennedy was also critical of the Stoneworks TOS and its heavy focus on "non-toxicity" believing that it was draconian and was abused too often by moderators to ban their own opponents on the server, such as many moderators hailing from the Kingdom of Aurora banning members of the Shirokaneza for things they said years ago during the Uldarash Civil War, as they were some of the best fighters from the Eldham Entente and posed significant threat to Aurora.

Foreign Affairs, military, and intelligence
Kennedy believes that Montroig should take a greater presence on the world stage, being the oldest and most populous true democracy in Rathnir. Kennedy generally believes that it is Montroig's duty to spread democracy to the mainly monarchic nations of Rathnir and Eldham. Kennedy also believes that many Montroig administrations had allowed for Montroig to be a forgotten nation and many politicians are too weak in their attempts to spread democracy in Rathnir.

Kennedy believes that Montroig needs both a strong military for Montroigian defense and military interventions on behalf of Montroig. However, Kennedy also believes that Montroig's armed forces should only receive 25% of the Montroigian budget and the rest should be allocated to other parts of the government. Kennedy also believes in a strong intelligence branch to keep a pulse on affairs occurring within the world outside of Montroig's borders, stating that "It doesn't have to be the CIA, yknow going in and overthrowing countries and shit, but we still need an intelligence branch". Kennedy believes lack of obtaining and disseminating strong intelligence was a major factor in the Loyalist's loss in the Uldarash Civil War.

Uldarash
Kennedy has an absolute disdain for Uldarash, believing the nation to be tyrannical and the only people who should be in charge of Montroig's politics should be Montroigians. Kennedy was a strong supporter for independence from Uldarash. Kennedy did openly support Loyalist Uldarash for a short while before believing that it was no better than the Second Empire. Kennedy often referred to the Second Empire of Uldarash as the "Auroran Empire" and claimed that Aurora kills any attempts to limit their own power, and constantly packs the Federal Uldarash Government with their own population. Kennedy opposes any sort of Uldarash federalism.

Uldarash Civil War
Kennedy originally supported the Uldarash Civil War, believing it would bring genuine change to Uldarash, but quickly became opposed both the war and the Empire of Loyalist Uldarash. They viewed the war as simply a ploy by Qwaser_ to attempt to hold onto shreds of his own power, and believed Qwaser_ to be nothing more than a conman, citing the fact that Qwaser_ supported the trials against Miningboy_12 and themself when the two were pro-Montroigian independence, but flipped as soon as his own power was removed. Kennedy also became angry at the fact that there was no referendum for Montroig to secede from the Second Empire of Uldarash to join the Empire of Loyalist Uldarash, stating that "Nobody gave carte blanche to Argon [Retter] and Foubrac to decide which Uldarash is legitimate and which is not. That fact should have derived from the people. This pisses [sic] on the very idea of our democracy". Kennedy was also against surrendering to the Second Empire stating "It's better we die with our principals in tact than surrender and piss away [sic] everything we stand for".

Law Firm
Kennedy opened his law firm "JackFKennedy, Attorney-at-law" on September 29, 2021 as they wanted there to be more competition to Spooky's Law Office, which was, at the time, the only law firm in Montroig. Kennedy's main client was his personal friend and staunch political ally FuriousDan, who hired him twice to represent him in criminal treason cases. Kennedy attempted to branch his law firm out to other countries, but found no other countries with true, functional legal systems, only monarchies with rubber stamp judiciaries.

Works

 * Kennedy, Dr. Jack F. (2021). The Foreign Policy
 * Kennedy, Dr. Jack F. (2021). Declaration of Susdependence.
 * Kennedy, Dr. Jack F. (2022). Montroig n' shit