The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[CatoMinor]

3 nays - 1 aye - 1 no vote

The bill has failed

Moving on to

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Sponsor: Speaker Jbrase

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I sense federal lawyers lurking in the mist.

[CatoMinor]

Let them lurk. We are simply enforcing the rights guaranteed in the Constitution that people shall not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures. The fact that it is a robot makes little difference, a warrantless search is a warrantless search.

[Adam Griffin]

I support this act, as it is needed given the recent advances in technology that leave areas such as this "grey".

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I think this is great. I just wanted to put that out there.

[Donerail]

It's got my support.

[CatoMinor]

     I think this is great. I just wanted to put that out there.

[CatoMinor]

If there is no other debate it will be up for a vote later tonight

[CatoMinor]

Time to get our voting on then


AYE

[Adam Griffin]

Aye.

[Donerail]

Aye.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Sorry to be late for debate, but I don't think I was about to change any minds.

Nay

[CatoMinor]

I'll give Duke a couple more hours to convince us that spying on our ow citizens with out warrants is a good thing and change our votes.

[CatoMinor]

And it passes, we await the Emperor

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the the Privacy is a good thing Act: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[afleitch]

-sniffs-

[CatoMinor]

I will be away for at most a week. Until my triumphant return (I expect nothing short of a parade in my honor) to Texas Hagrid will be Speaker Pro Temp.

[Associate Justice PiT]

-sniffs-

     Good day, sir.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

In light of my temporary speakership, I introduce the following bill for debate in this chamber:

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Have at it.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I have returned from the great land of the PGA Championship. Let us celebrate! And congrats to Rory McIllroy.

[Donerail]

This bill would establish procedures for recalling and replacing elected officials (see 2003 California and 2012 Wisconsin).

[Associate Justice PiT]

    This would have to be proposed as an amendment.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I'll let SJoyceFla properly change this to an ammendment, but in the interim, I am supportive of the spirit of this bill.

I wonder, though, if the recall is necessary for officials serving a two-month term. It's a pretty short timespan anyway. I'd be open to the idea of lengthening the Emperor's term to four months and then providing the recall option just for that position. Emperors seem to have long and successful tenures, so lengthening the term, to me, wouldn't be groundbreaking. If an Emperor finds the new term to be too long, he can of course resign and we'd hold a special election. Similarly, if voters get fed up with the Emperor, they can start the recall process.

In terms of the bill as it stands now... I've got to think about it. I could see myself supporting it though.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Oh, if you look back in the region's history, we've had many short-reigned executives.

     According to Article IV, Section 2 of the regional Constitution, a recall petition needs six signatures to result in a vote. While the percentage is an obvious issue of discussion, I think it'd be a sensible move to make the number of signatures responsive to the changing population of the region.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Just 25% of the people who voted? Doesn't that seem a little low? If 8 people voted in the governor's race, that means only 2 have to want to recall that guy and they could call a special election.