Senate Protest and Analysis Thread

[Napoleon]

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This may be the most ridiculous and unconstitutional thing TNF has introduced to-date. Another record broken - what can we expect next??

It won't pass.

[TNF]

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This may be the most ridiculous and unconstitutional thing TNF has introduced to-date. Another record broken - what can we expect next??

Yeah, stopping genital mutilation of children is a rather ridiculous position to hold.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

This may be the most ridiculous and unconstitutional thing TNF has introduced to-date. Another record broken - what can we expect next??

I couldn't agree more.  Thankfully it will never become law.

[President Tyrion]

Napoleon has stated that he'll resign, but I don't trust that he'll actually do it. What can we do to expedite the process?

[Maxwell]

Not much. Senate Expulsion is the best we can do, and he has actively made it so that he's untouchable from expulsion. Xahar has done much of the same.

[President Tyrion]

Not much. Senate Expulsion is the best we can do, and he has actively made it so that he's untouchable from expulsion. Xahar has done much of the same.

Let's see what I can do.

[President Tyrion]

Fyi I actually will be resigning.   I'm sorry, I have just lost all interest in things like "Honest Term Limits". Let me know when you need a new game moderator. Bye

I am taking a leave of absence for the remainder of my term.

For safekeeping.

[TNF]

He deserves to be expelled.

[President Tyrion]

He deserves to be expelled.

I am going to try to ram through some changes to the OSPR, as you can see in the Legislation thread.

[PJ]

Can someone explain why Nappy and Xahar haven't already been expelled?

[Maxwell]

Can someone explain why Nappy and Xahar haven't already been expelled?

It's a very simple explanation: they have both strategically dodged the numeric limits.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Can someone explain why Nappy and Xahar haven't already been expelled?

As Maxwell said, they both came narrowly skirted removal. They came really close in Sept/October but Legal issues concerning the validity of the use of impeachment on Senators (hence why we improved thE Expulsion process and then subsequently passed the On Second Thought Oops Amendment) as well as the fact that they both narrowly avoided being absent seven days, prevented action from being taken.

[PJ]

Does the Progressive Union have jurisdiction over the vacant senate seat? If the semi-presidentialism amendment passes, I believe we will appoint Superique, but who is it directed to if Napoleon was the only member of the Reality or Nothing at the time of his resignation?

[President Tyrion]

Does the Progressive Union have jurisdiction over the vacant senate seat? If the semi-presidentialism amendment passes, I believe we will appoint Superique, but who is it directed to if Napoleon was the only member of the Reality or Nothing at the time of his resignation?

This is still a question for the Department of Forum Affairs, according to the proportional representation act.

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[Fritz]

I have ruled on this.

[PJ]

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[President Tyrion]

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I swear, I was literally looking through Xahar's posting history as you posted this, because I feared the same thing.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Not like an amendment to this is presently on the floor or anything and thus the section in question aptly visible, or anything.

[Maxwell]

I just realized that TNF is the third most senior Senator now...

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I just realized that TNF is the third most senior Senator now...

Hasn't Yankee been there for like 3 years?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Regarding the Xahar shenanigans... why not just amend the constitution so that a party cannot replace a vacancy with the person who last occupied the seat before the vacancy occurred?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Regarding the Xahar shenanigans... why not just amend the constitution so that a party cannot replace a vacancy with the person who last occupied the seat before the vacancy occurred?

Well that doesn't help much in other circumstances like them running in a special and winning or getting appointed by the Governor to a regional seat if they were a Regional Senator. I was thinking last night that one which banned expelled Senators from serving as a Seantor for the duration of the term from which they were expelled from was preferable. That would cover all the scenarios and frankly, we have been one step behind on each expulsion incident it seems with regards to it being exploited so a little forward looking on the approach is warrented.

I just realized that TNF is the third most senior Senator now...

And Gass is now Dean of the Senate.

I just realized that TNF is the third most senior Senator now...

Hasn't Yankee been there for like 3 years?

Four years and six months. And I won all fifteen of those elections fair and square.

Keep in mind that there is an 80% turnover rate every six months or so. In fact it is even higher than that because you have Senators like Maxwell and Xahar who were elected in August and didn't run again in December and thus aren't factored in and of course Polnut winning that special and so on.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

But TNF has only been there since July 2013...

[PJ]

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Thank you so much!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

But TNF has only been there since July 2013...

Napoleon was Dean of the Senate for months, and he had only come in February 2013.