Logically, there would need to be some sort of ruling empowering one member of the Council of Six to act in the interests of the security of Dalaran in an emergency. Logically that sort of responsibility should fall to the Head of the Council of Six.
There’s no lore saying such a rule exists, but it’d be madness not to have it. If Lordaeron launched a surprise attack on Dalaran, and three members of the Council of Six were on the Menethil payroll and were drawing the vote to defend themselves to a tie while their people are dying, would that make any kind of sense?
Was there some emergency other then her anger that needed the Sunreavers kicked out right then? There is lore that says all decisions are made by the council. So this sounds like it would fall under “all decisions”. Not to mention attacking a council member and pledging the Kirin Tor to the Alliance w/o the council.
The fact that Jaina remained leader of the Council of Six until she resigned when they outvoted her to bring the Horde back into Dalaran implies that she definitely had the power.
It’s not a difficult logic problem, either. Step one, the council can outvote the leader. Step two, they didn’t outvote her or remove her after her behavior. Whether they agreed with it or not, she clearly didn’t break her position.
The Divine Bell had been stolen and was unaccounted for, and the evidence made it clear the Horde had enlisted Sunreaver aid. I would say that counts as an emergency regarding national security.
To what extent though? Do all members of the Council of Six need to be present? If that’s the case, why wasn’t Dalaran paralyzed during the Third War when Kael’thas left to return to Quel’Thalas after learning it had fallen? He was a member of the Council of Six. If the Council was needed to make any kind of decision, like fighting the Scourge, defending themselves against it, evacuating the city, etc… then Kael’thas absence should have paralyzed them, unless there are rules which make it possible to operate without the full council.
There are no crimes in a war. War is hell and there are no rules. You want to win the war? You go in without mercy and wipe out everyone of your enemies or dont go. You go in and take the spoils and leave nothing there. You take it all or dont bother going in at all.
The problem is that the Horde and Alliance had two different scenarios for that questline, aaand Blizzard went ahead and retconned it a bit after the fact.
It was a breach of Dalaran’s security. Evidence made it clear the Horde had enlisted Sunreaver aid, meaning the Sunreavers had broken Dalaran’s neutrality. You can’t see how that’s a national emergency regarding security? What was to stop the Sunreavers from opening portals for Blood Elven Spellbreakers to swarm into the city and take it over?
Well, if the total number of council members present is 1 (considering Aethas had been removed), then it seems Jaina had the majority vote for that session of the Council.