Affirmative Action Criteria Specification Bill

[Gabu]

As introduced by... hey, it's me:

Affirmative Action Criteria Specification Bill

§1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is hereby amended by increasing the numbers of sections 708 and onward by one and adding the following section immediately after section 707:

"CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION
SEC. 708. (a) Any claim of violation of the guidelines laid out in sections 703 and 704, put forward as a result of the guidelines specified in in sections 705 to 707 with regards to the punishment of discrimination against an individual based on the traits specified in sections 703 to 704 (hereafter referred to as the "Traits"), shall have the standard laid out in subsection (b) applied to it in order to determine whether a violation has occurred.

(b) For the claim of discrimination to be sustained, it must be proven, by the accuser,

(1) if a discrimination in hiring has occurred, that the hired applicant and the receiver of the alleged discrimination were exactly equal in ability and competenece, or that the receiver of the alleged discrimination was more able and competent than the hired applicant, and that the choice to not to hire the receiver of the alleged discrimination was based soley on that individual's Traits; or

(2) if an other form of discrimination has occurred, that the action against the receiver of the alleged discrimination was not warranted by any procedures laid out by law, by any form of arrangement or agreement between the accused and the receiver of the alleged discrimination, or, if the discrimination was towards an employee of a company, by any form of company code or regulation, and that the choice to take the action against the receiver of the alleged discrimination was based soley on that individual's Traits.

(c) The burden of prove shall be on the accuser.  If any part of the relevant requirements in subsection (b) cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the accusation shall be regarded as without merit and shall be consequently disregarded."

I hereby open debate on this bill.

---

Since the original B-DILT that had my post on this is gone, I'll repost what I said before.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 can be found here; relevant sections are 703-707.

Essentially what I found after looking at those sections was that I couldn't see a single concrete guideline whatsoever regarding how to determine whether or not discrimination has occurred.  It seemed completely left up to the people who are required to make the decision, which I found, well, odd, to say the least.

The point of this bill is to establish those concrete guidelines, since I think we all can agree that, if we must have affirmative action at all, it should at least be required that one can prove that discrimination has occurred.  I recognize that there are those who would like that the entire Civil Rights Act of 1964 not even exist at all, but this is a compromise.

[Sam Spade]

I am fine with it. 

[Gabu]

Ahem, this was certainly a polarizing, inflammatory bill.

Given that, uh, a little bit more than twenty-four hours has elapsed with no debate, I hereby open voting on this bill.

All senators in favor, vote "aye"; all against, vote "nay".

[Sam Spade]

Aye.

[Colin]

Aye

[Sam Spade]

Is Naso even still a Senator?

[WMS]

Aye.

[Joe Republic]

Is Naso even still a Senator?

Let me put it like this: Naso is still a senator in the same way that John Edwards was still a senator in late 2003.

[Colin]

Is Naso even still a Senator?

Only in name.

[MAS117]

Aye

[12th Doctor]

Aye

[Peter]

This now has enough votes to pass. You have 24 hours to realise the error of your ways.

[Sam Spade]

This bill is passed and all dat.

[Gabu]

Word up.

I just realized that I never voted for this bill, so... aye.

With seven votes in favor to none against, this bill has passed.

I hereby present it to our president for his signature.

[Peter]

With seven votes in favor to none against, this bill has passed.

For the Congressional Record, I simply point out it was actually 6 votes in favour.

[Gabu]

With seven votes in favor to none against, this bill has passed.

For the Congressional Record, I simply point out it was actually 6 votes in favour.

Oops, so it was.  I'm not sure where I got the seventh vote from...