I offered to take on the judge position instead, but the current judge didn't like the idea very much.
I still believe that a general is just a vanity title anyways.
I believe it was the former judge who was against it. Or maybe both. But I do know it was the former judge who declared "over my dead body." I find your frustration with the lack of actual power amusing as the whole reason the position was given to you was because there was no official power. We needed a figure head position for a figure head.