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The Typhlochactas Reform Act (Part 1) Congressional Discussion
Topic Started: Aug 9 2012, 07:23 AM (119 Views)
Birkinghamia
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The Typhlochactas Reform Act (Part 1)
Written By Typhlochactas, with edits made by Speaker Birkinghamia


Amendments to the Constitution
The following shall be added to Article VI: Section VIII of the constitution:

''Reasonable causes for impeachments are failing to fulfill Presidential duties, violating regional law or the constitution, and abuse of power.''

- All instances of ''Congress'' or ''Congressional'' shall be replaced with ''Senate'' and ''Senatorial'', respectively.

Article III: Section III shall now state:

''The Senate shall have jurisdiction in the following areas: the power to pass laws in regards to the regional military, the power to approve of or reject treaties, the power to overturn the veto of the President, the power to manage the WFE and the Forum, and the power to pass laws in order to improve the general welfare of the region, as long as they are within the restrictions of the Constitution.''

Article IV: Section III of the constitution shall be replaced with the following:

''Every citizen shall have the right to participate in the Regional Constituent Assembly. The Regional Constituent Assembly shall have the power to send legislation to the Senate if a majority of citizens vote in favor. The Senate must approve of all laws passed by the Regional Constituent Assembly, but the Regional Constituent Assembly cannot reject laws passed by the Senate. The Regional Constituent Assembly is only available to those who are not Presidents or Senators.

The Regional Constituent Assembly shall elect a new Speaker on the date of every Senatorial election. The Speaker shall organize the Regional Constituent Assembly's agenda and debates, but his decisions may be overruled by a majority of the Regional Constituent Assembly.

The Speaker of the Regional Constituent Assembly shall be required to deliver all passed legislation to the Senate within two days after its passage."

Article VI: Section IX shall be added and will state:

"The Senate shall debate and discuss legislation passed from the Regional Constituent Assembly to the Senate, and then shall approve (with a plurality vote in favor) or reject the proposal within four days of the proposal's arrival in the Senate."

Article IV: Section V shall be added and will state:

''The people of the region shall convene in People's Courts to put accused citizens on trial for their alleged crimes. The People's Court may only convene after the Supreme Court has ruled the charges valid. The trial shall be a vote of at least five citizens, and if a majority vote in favor, the accused citizen shall be exiled for the time prescribed by the code of law.''

Article VII: Section II shall now state:

''The Supreme Court shall hold a preliminary trial for all people accused by the Executive Branch of breaking a law. The defendant may argue in his own defense, or have a citizen do it for him. A representative from the Executive Branch must argue to the court why they feel that citizen has broken a law. After reviewing the debate, the justices must decide on the validity of the allegations towards that citizen. If a majority of justices approve of the charges, then the citizen shall go to trial. If a majority of justices reject the charges, then they shall not go to trial.''

Article II: Section II shall now state:

''The Judicial Branch shall have jurisdiction in the following areas: the ability to rule a law unconstitutional by a plurality of justices, the ability to arbitrate conflicts between citizens of the region, and the ability to rule on the validity of charges against a citizen.''
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Article VI: Section IX shall be added and will state:

"Congress shall debate and discuss legislation passed from the Regional Constituent Assembly to the Senate, and then shall approve (with a plurality vote in favor) or reject the proposal within four days of the proposal's arrival in the Senate."


This clause doesn't make any sense, when the term ''Congress'' has been removed in a previous proposal in the same package.
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Aug 9 2012, 11:10 PM
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Article VI: Section IX shall be added and will state:

"Congress shall debate and discuss legislation passed from the Regional Constituent Assembly to the Senate, and then shall approve (with a plurality vote in favor) or reject the proposal within four days of the proposal's arrival in the Senate."


This clause doesn't make any sense, when the term ''Congress'' has been removed in a previous proposal in the same package.
Oh whoops :P fixed.
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This looks good.
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The articles regarding the People's Court and the Senate management of the WFE and forums were removed, after discussion with others.
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Look, I certainly don't view it as acceptable to cut out parts of the bill at the last second.
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Aug 13 2012, 09:19 PM
Look, I certainly don't view it as acceptable to cut out parts of the bill at the last second.
This is the voting thread. If you have questions or comments, please post them in the debate thread.
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Birkinghamia
Aug 13 2012, 09:32 PM
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Aug 13 2012, 09:19 PM
Look, I certainly don't view it as acceptable to cut out parts of the bill at the last second.
This is the voting thread. If you have questions or comments, please post them in the debate thread.

Fuck off. It needed to brought to attention on the voting thread because that's where everybody is going to be going.

Don't assert the right of procedure and rules after what you just did.
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And do you not realize that you've destroyed the entire trial system by taking the People's Court out?
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The parts were added back in.

Normally, I'd move it back to the debate floor (here) and have it "re-debated", but since the exact same version of the bill was moved to the floor before (meaning it's the same law and is covered by the CDADA), I decided to move it directly to a vote.
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