Senate Protest and Analysis Thread

[Brandon H]

Porce,
While I disagree with many of your positions, with the exception of a few days  recently which Colin explained was beyond your control, you have kept the Senate running smoothly while the President and Vice-President have hardly been seen.

Besides Senators I was wondering if whether the President or Vice-President could be considered inactive. However, based on the 14th and 15th Amendment, besides 2/3 of the Senate, the President or Vice-President is required to declare the other inactive.

On the other hand, elections are taking place this weekend and in two weeks the new officers will take over so I am not sure if it is worth pursuing.

Since the AG is vacant, do you want me to add those bills that have passed to the wiki?

[Brandon H]

Jas introduced the following:

OSPR Amendment (Absent Senators) Resolution
That the following be added to the OSPR as 'Article 10: Absent Senators':

1. Where a Senator fails or neglects to post on any matter of Senate business for a period of not less than 14 days, said Senator shall be considered 'absent'.
2. At any time after the Senator is deemed 'absent', any Senator may motion in the Legislation Introduction Thread to call a vote to expel the absent Senator.
3. The PPT shall prioritise the motion, which shall then be dealt with as ordinary legislation.
4. This article shall not apply where Senators make a declaration to the effect that they shall be absent from the Senate for a time, which may or may not be explicitly stated.


OSPR Amendment (Absence of PPT) Resolution
That in Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1b of the OSPR, the terms "seven (7)" be amended to read "three (3)".

Can we add something in here that would also include the Vice-President being absent as well?

[Brandon H]

The Vice-President is the President of the Senate. If the VP is absent for a certain amount of time, could we declare the PPT as the President of the Senate. Not necessarily declaring him inactive altogether, but just inactive as President of the Senate.

[Brandon H]

With the close of debate and voting on the Third Constitution, I request that my Amendment creating a House of Representatives be moved into the slot that is reserved for legislation related to Forum Affairs.

[Brandon H]

I'm going to introduce a few bills, feel free to comment on them senators:

DWTL,
I would recommend posting your proposed bills in your office thread and asking for feedback before introducing them.

I think the Alcohol bill is something that should be handled at the regional level.

[Brandon H]

The Introduction to Atlasia Act could be implemented without a bill passing the Senate, though in the form of a bill, the thing is more concrete and less flexible though than if the executive were to act on his own.

[Brandon H]

I ask for my Repeal of Puerto Rico Statehood Act to be treated as emergency legislation to stop it from being including in the redistricting

Are any Senators strongly in favor or opposed to treating this as emergency legislation?

[Brandon H]

Reform of the Alcohol Reform Act Bill

I think Alcohol Reform Act Reform Act would have been a better name.

[Brandon H]

I actually find myself in agreement with DWTL over something here: The Judicial Term Limits Amendment needs to be amended such that the terms of the existing Justices would come up for reappointment in staggered, four-month intervals.

(As stated previously, I am supportive of this bill in general.)

You should feel free to contribute this to the actual thread on the amendment (and indeed to any of the matters currently before the Senate).

I was thinking about that, but if a Justice resigns in the middle of the year, everything gets screwed up.