Quote Originally Posted by hroşila View Post
In my opinion, if we argue that the trial wasn't valid and therefore that rigging it shouldn't count, then what we have here at the very least is a case of abuse of power: he took advantage of his public office to commit an unlawful act in an official capacity by ordering the detention of some folks and staging a fake trial for them.
Abuse of power? Who cares? He did not personally gain from this abuse, but was attempting to carry out his duties in a manner that bent the law. In a society that lacks a formalized Bill of Rights or similar, it just does not matter.

IMHO the only thing that matters here is that the Paladins would no longer accept Shojo's leadership once it becomes clear he used his authority as head of the SG to assist in breaking his oath to the SG, even if he did so with the intention of serving the spirit of the purpose of the oath.

We really do not know that either leadership of Azure City or leadership of the SG is hereditary or that they are tied together, just because that was the story since Soon.