Legislation Introduction Thread

[Ebowed]

December 31st?  No, that would be self-serving, because it's my birthday

[CheeseWhiz]

Designation of Forgotten Atlasians Holiday Bill

1. September 3rd shall hereby be declared Forgotten Atlasians Day.
2. This day shall be a national holiday.
3. Atlasians who no longer post or who have left shall be remembered on this day for their time in and, if applicable, their service to Atlasia.

Change to the day John last posted please

I thought about doing that, but since Dec. 31st is a (sorta) holiday already, I changed to the last time Nym90 was active.

[MasterJedi]

Great thanks to Emsworth for the writing.   And if there are any major problems I'm willing to work on the prison term and fine.


Atlasian Water Purity Act
1. No person shall supply for drinking any water that he knows does not meet the primary drinking water regulations or secondary drinking water regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Any person who violates clause 1 of this act shall be imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
3. The President may suspend or reduce such drinking water regulations as he deems fit during times of drought or national emergency to a still safe level of quality.

[MasterJedi]

After talking with Q I hereby withdraw the Species Act of 2005 for now. He's come up with some good changes that could assure it's passage so if I come back to the Senate after the elections I'll be sure to introduce it again.

[WiseGuy]

Atlasian Sovereignty Restoration Act

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

      This Act may be cited as the `Atlasian Sovereignty Restoration Act'.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION ACT.

      (a) REPEAL- The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-264, 22 U.S.C. 287-287e) is repealed.

      (b) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS- The President shall terminate all participation by Atlasia in the United Nations, and any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body of the United Nations.

      (c) CLOSURE OF ATLASIAN MISSION TO UNITED NATIONS- The Atlasian Mission to the United Nations is closed. Any remaining functions of such office shall not be carried out.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT ACT.

      (a) REPEAL- The United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act (Public Law 80-357) is repealed.

      (b) WITHDRAWAL- Atlasia withdraws from the agreement between the Atlasia and the United Nations regarding the headquarters of the United Nations (signed at Lake Success, New York, on June 26, 1947, which was brought into effect by the United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act).

SEC. 4. ATLASIAN ASSESSED AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

      (a) TERMINATION- No funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for assessed or voluntary contributions of Atlasia to the United Nations or any organ, specialized agency, commission or other formally affiliated body thereof, except that funds may be appropriated to facilitate withdrawal of Atlasian personnel and equipment. Upon termination of Atlasian membership, no payments shall be made to the United Nations or any organ, specialized agency, commission or other formally affiliated body thereof, out of any funds appropriated prior to such termination or out of any other funds available for such purposes.

      (b) APPLICATION- The provisions of this section shall apply to all agencies of the United Nations, including independent or voluntary agencies.

SEC. 5. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

      (a) TERMINATION- No funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any Atlasian contribution to any United Nations military operation.

      (b) TERMINATIONS OF ATLASIAN PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS- No funds may be obligated or expended to support the participation of any member of the Armed Forces of the Atlasia as part of any United Nations military or peacekeeping operation or force. No member of the Armed Forces of Atlasia may serve under the command of the United Nations.

SEC. 6. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE IN FACILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ATLASIA AND REPEAL OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.

      (a) WITHDRAWAL FROM ATLASIAN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY- The United Nations (including any affiliated agency of the United Nations) shall not occupy or use any property or facility of the Atlasian Government.

      (b) DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY- No officer or employee of the United Nations or any representative, officer, or employee of any mission to the United Nations of any foreign government shall be entitled to enjoy the privileges and immunities of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961, nor may any such privileges and immunities be extended to any such individual. The privileges, exemptions and immunities provided for in the International Organizations Immunities Act of December 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288, 288a-f), or in any agreement or treaty to which the United States is a party, including the agreement entitled `Agreement Between the United Nations and the United States of America Regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations', signed June 26, 1947 (22 U.S.C. 287), and the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, entered into force with respect to the United States on April 29, 1970, (21 UST 1418; TIAS 6900; UNTS 16), shall not apply to the United Nations or any organ, specialized agency, commission or other formally affiliated body thereof, to the officers and employees of the United Nations, or any organ, specialized agency, commission or other formally affiliated body thereof, or to the families, suites or servants of such officers or employees.

SEC. 7. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION ACT.

      The joint resolution entitled `A joint resolution providing for membership and participation by Atlasia in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an appropriation therefor' approved July 30, 1946 (Public Law 79-565, 22 U.S.C. 287m-287t), is repealed.

SEC. 8. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1973.

      The United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 287 note) is repealed.

SEC. 9. REPEAL OF ATLASIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

      The joint resolution entitled `Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor,' approved July 14, 1948 (22 U.S.C. 290, 290a-e-1) is repealed.

SEC. 10. REPEAL OF INVOLVEMENT IN UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS.

      As of the date of the enactment of this Act, Atlasia will end any and all participation in any and all conventions and/or agreements with the United Nations and any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body of the United Nations. Any remaining functions of such conventions and/or agreements shall not be carried out.

SEC. 11. REEMPLOYMENT WITH ATLASIAN GOVERNMENT AFTER SERVICE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

      Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the rights of employees under subchapter IV of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, relating to reemployment after service with an international organization.

SEC. 12. NOTIFICATION.

      Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall notify the United Nations and any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body of the United Nations of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.

      Except as otherwise provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

I support this act and urge all Senators to vote aye when it comes to the floor.

[Q]

After talking with Q I hereby withdraw the Species Act of 2005 for now. He's come up with some good changes that could assure it's passage so if I come back to the Senate after the elections I'll be sure to introduce it again.

This bill replaces the previous bill of the same name submitted by Senator MasterJedi.  I am signing on as a co-sponsor of the revised bill:

Species Act of 2005

1. Endangered and Threatened Species
   a. Atlasia hereby recognizes the Endangered and Threatened Species List of animals and plants, as compiled by the Atlasian Fish and Wildlife Service.
   b. Any individual wishing to import into Atlasia an organism of a species that appears on one of these lists shall first purchase from the AFWS a permit for this purpose at a cost of $10,000 for each organism imported.
   c. This fee shall be waived for any zoo or zoological society, as defined and satisfactorily inspected by the AFWS.
   d. If an organism of an endangered or threatened species is proved in a court of law to have been intentionally killed or died as the direct result of treatment by the party applying for an importation permit, said offender shall pay a fine of $100,000 on the first offense, $200,000 for the second offense, and $500,000 for the third offense.
   e. Any entity proved in a court of law to have imported an organism of an endangered or threatened species without first securing an importation permit shall be fined $100,000 on the first offense, $200,000 for the second offense, and $500,000 for the third offense.

2. Invasive Species
   a. Atlasia hereby recognizes invasive species as a threat to the nation’s environmental resources.
   b. An invasive species shall be defined as any non-native plant or animal that disrupts or destroys the natural state of the environment.
   c. Only zoos or zoological societies shall be permitted to import invasive species into the U.S.
   d. Any such organisms imported per the provisions of Section 2c of this act shall not be sold to other parties within Atlasia.
   e. Any entity other than those provided for in Section 2d found in a court of law to have knowingly imported in an invasive species shall pay a fine of $100,000 on the first offense, $200,000 for the second offense, and $500,000 for the third offense.

3. Species Tracker
   a. The Atlasian Fish and Wildlife Service shall create a computer system to track the import and export of endangered, threatened, and invasive species into and out of Atlasia.  This system is required to keep on file information identifying each violator
   b. Any endangered, threatened, or invasive species import or export must be reported the Atlasian Fish and Wildlife Service.
   c. Any individual, company, zoo or zoological society that currently has endangered, threatened, or invasive species shall within two years report all of said species to Atlasia’s Fish and Wildlife Service to be logged in the computer system.

[PBrunsel]

The Right to Life Amendment
The following shall be added to Article VI of the Constitution as Clause 16:

16. No Atlasian person may be deprived of their right to life under the uses of abortion, euthanasia, or capital punishment.

A. The practices of abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment will be completely outlawed by the Government of Atlasia.

B. The definitions of the terms in Clause B are as follows:
Abortion:  The termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival.
Euthanasia:  The act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment, also referred to in this law as "assisted suicide."
Capital Punishment:  The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.

C.  Any person who violates this law by administering an abortion or an assisted suicide shall be sentenced to twenty-five years in prison; if the law is violated a second time they shall be sentenced to life inprisonment without the possibility of parole.

D.  Any regional government that continues to execute convicted criminals following the ratification of this law shall have all federal funding for roads and highways rebuked.

E.  All criminals currently sentenced to death in Atlasia are commuted to life inprisonment without the possibility of parole following the ratification of this amendment.

F.  This law will be administered by the Office of the Attorney General.

G.  This law will take effect upon its ratification by the regions.

[Ebowed]

I wish to co-sponsor this amendment.

[Frodo]

The Right to Life Amendment
The following shall be added to Article VI of the Constitution as Clause 16:

16. No Atlasian person may be deprived of their right to life under the uses of abortion, euthanasia, or capital punishment.

A. The practices of abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment will be completely outlawed by the Government of Atlasia.

B. The definitions of the terms in Clause B are as follows:
Abortion:  The termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival.
Euthanasia:  The act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment, also referred to in this law as "assisted suicide."
Capital Punishment:  The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.

C.  Any person who violates this law by administering an abortion or an assisted suicide shall be sentenced to twenty-five years in prison; if the law is violated a second time they shall be sentenced to life inprisonment without the possibility of parole.

D.  Any regional government that continues to execute convicted criminals following the ratification of this law shall have all federal funding for roads and highways rebuked.

E.  All criminals currently sentenced to death in Atlasia are commuted to life inprisonment without the possibility of parole following the ratification of this amendment.

F.  This law will be administered by the Office of the Attorney General.

G.  This law will take effect upon its ratification by the regions.

Isn't this an amendment best left to the regions to decide as they see fit, rather than imposed by the federal government?

[Max Power]

Isn't this an amendment best left to the regions to decide as they see fit, rather than imposed by the federal government?

I agree. I encourage all senators to vote against this BBB (Big Brother Bill).

[PBrunsel]

Isn't this an amendment best left to the regions to decide as they see fit, rather than imposed by the federal government?

I agree. I encourage all senators to vote against this BBB (Big Brother Bill).

The regions get to vote on it. If they don't like it then their citizens can vote against it. It is an amendment.

[MasterJedi]

I'd like to co-sponsor PBrunsel's amendment as well because of what he said, the people do get to vote on it if it passes the Senate.

[Gabu]

Having seen the idiocy over discounting presidential votes simply because the voter forgot to list the VP candidate, I'm introducing the following:

Definition of Allowable Presidential Votes Bill

§1. Section 6 of the Unified Electoral Code Act is stricken and replaced with the following:

Section 6: Miscellany Regarding Presidential Elections

  1. Any instance of the word "candidate" in Sections 1 through 5 shall be read as "ticket" in the case of presidential elections.
  2. If only one candidate is listed in a vote in a presidential election, and if the candidate listed is a presidential candidate with a chosen running mate, then the vote will be assumed to be for the ticket containing the listed candidate.

[MasterJedi]

Having seen the idiocy over discounting presidential votes simply because the voter forgot to list the VP candidate, I'm introducing the following:

Definition of Allowable Presidential Votes Bill

§1. Section 6 of the Unified Electoral Code Act is stricken and replaced with the following:

Section 6: Miscellany Regarding Presidential Elections

  1. Any instance of the word "candidate" in Sections 1 through 5 shall be read as "ticket" in the case of presidential elections.
  2. If only one candidate is listed in a vote in a presidential election, and if the candidate listed is a presidential candidate with a chosen running mate, then the vote will be assumed to be for the ticket containing the listed candidate.

I'd like to co-sponsor this now and when Gabu re-introduces it next session.

[ilikeverin]

Having seen the idiocy over discounting presidential votes simply because the voter forgot to list the VP candidate, I'm introducing the following:

Definition of Allowable Presidential Votes Bill

§1. Section 6 of the Unified Electoral Code Act is stricken and replaced with the following:

Section 6: Miscellany Regarding Presidential Elections

  1. Any instance of the word "candidate" in Sections 1 through 5 shall be read as "ticket" in the case of presidential elections.
  2. If only one candidate is listed in a vote in a presidential election, and if the candidate listed is a presidential candidate with a chosen running mate, then the vote will be assumed to be for the ticket containing the listed candidate.

I support this.

[Gabu]

Okay, this giant is done.  I present it to see what you think; this is a first draft only, and there may be things I've missed.

First, we need a constitutional amendment to clear up the constitutional issues relating to the secret ballot:

Amendment to Allow a Secret Ballot

§1. The text "All elections to the Senate shall be by public post." in Article I, Section 4, Clause 6 of the constitution is hereby stricken and replaced with "All elections to the Senate shall be by either public post or secret ballot."

§2. The text "All elections to the Presidency shall be by public post." in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the constitution is hereby stricken and replaced with "All elections to the Presidency shall be by either public post or secret ballot."

Once that is cleared up, here is the bill I have drafted in its current form.  It's designed to replace the Unified Electoral Code Act, because quite frankly fitting all of these bits and pieces into that act was getting very tedious, and I think just scrapping the whole thing and bringing in a whole new bill is easier:

Electoral System Reform Bill

Definitions:

Class A invalid vote: A vote that is invalid, but which is invalid under such a circumstance that the vote may be discarded such that the voter may vote again.
Class B invalid vote: A vote that is invalid under such a circumstance that no new vote may be made; a vote that must be disqualified.

§1. Form of the Voting Booth.

   1. Whenever possible, the Secretary of Forum Affairs, or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs, shall be the administrator of the voting booth. If both shall be absent or unable to administer the voting booth, then the President shall designate an executive officer to do so instead.
   2. The administrator must post a voting booth that includes a usable ballot that lists all declared candidates as well as two sections below the list of candidates, one for the purposes of voting for "None of the Above", and one for the purposes of writing in a candidate.
   3. To the left of every name, and to the left of both "None of the Above" and the section for writing in a candidate, the administrator must include a designated space in which a voter can place a mark to indicate his or her choice of candidate.
   5. The administrator must include links in the voting booth to all relevant statute pertaining to election law.
   6. The administrator must include a list in the voting booth of all criteria that make a voter's vote invalid.
   7. The administrator shall be free to design the voting booth however he or she sees fit as long as the requirements detailed in clauses 2 through 5 are satisfied.

§2. Voting.

   1. To vote in an election, any eligible voter must make a copy of the ballot provided by the administrator, make some form of mark in one and only one of the spaces provided in clause 3 of section 1, and then post the completed ballot in the voting booth.

§3. Closing of the Voting Booth and Election Results.

   1. After the time has expired allotted either in Article I, Section 4, Clause 3 or in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution, whichever is relevant, the administrator of the voting booth shall declare voting to be closed and proceed to tally the votes.
   3. Once the administrator has tallied the results of the election, the administrator must post the final results and certify them as being official.
   4. Once certification has occurred, the administrator must publicly post a full list of all votes that were not counted with a full description beside each uncounted vote explaining why the vote was not counted.  The list of votes that must not be counted includes, but is not limited to, unreplaced class A invalid votes and all class B invalid votes.
   5. If a candidate has received a majority of the votes, that candidate is declared the victor and no runoff shall occur.
   6. If no candidate has received a majority of the votes, then all candidates either who have been beaten by None of the Above or who have received at most a percentage of the vote equal to one hundred, divided by three, divided by the number of candidates in the election, will be eliminated.
   7. After the preliminary round of elimination in clause 6, to determine the number of candidates to advance to a runoff, take the number of candidates remaining, divide by two, and round up to the nearest whole number, unless the nearest whole number shall be one, in which case the number shall be incremented to two.  The candidate with the most votes advances, then the candidate with the second most votes, then the candidate with the third most votes, and so on, until there are as many candidates advanced as the number specified in the previous sentence.

§4. Runoff Administration.

   1. If a runoff is required due to the clause 5 of section 3 being unsatisfied, the runoff shall take place in the 72 hours spanning the beginning of the next Friday to the end of the next Sunday in the weekend following the initial election.
   2. The election shall be run equivalently to the initial election, except that the only candidates on the ballot provided shall be those who advanced according to clause 7 of section 3, that "None of the Above" and an option to write in a candidate shall not be available, and that the candidate receiving the plurality of votes, not necessarily a majority, shall be declared the victor.

§5. Tie Breaking.

   1. In the case that a tie arises in the stage of elimination in clause 7 of section 5 such that it cannot be determined who should advance and who should be eliminated then the members of the Senate shall vote for exactly the number of people still required to advanced from a list of candidates who are present in the tie.  The candidates receiving the least amount of votes shall be eliminated until enough candidates have been eliminated to be able to advance the rest to the runoff.
   2. In the case that a tie arises for first place in a runoff, there are two options that may be taken, which must be unanimously decided upon by all of the candidates present in the tie:
      a. Senate Vote: The Senate shall vote to break the tie under quorum rules, with the Vice President casting a deciding vote as necessary.
      b. Term Splitting: The candidates in the tie shall agree upon a schedule according to which the candidates shall divide the term among themselves. The schedule shall be allowed to be whatever the candidates agree upon, provided that its total length does not exceed the term to which a candidate would have been elected to had he won in his own right.
      c. Failure to Agree: If, within five days of the necessity of tie breaker being known, the candidates have not agreed on a method to break the tie, then the method described in subclause (a) shall be used to break the tie.

§6. Victory by None of the Above.

   1. If, in an election, the None of the Above option shall have gained more votes than each candidate, then a new initial election shall be held beginning at midnight Eastern Standard Time on the second Friday after the election, and ending 72 hours thereafter.
   2. None of the candidates defeated by the None of the Above option in the original may be declared candidates in the new election. However, a voter may still write in any such candidate.
   3. The candidacy declaration deadline for the new election shall be the same as that for special elections.
   4. Except where a contradiction arises with clause 2 of this section, all provisions of section 1 of this act shall apply to the new election.

§7. Invalid Ballots.

   1. Any voter who votes more than once shall have all of his or her ballots declared to be class B invalid votes.
   2. Any voter who makes on his or her ballot either no mark in the spaces provided in clause 3 of section 2 or who makes a mark in more than one of the spaces shall have his or her vote declared to be a class A invalid vote.
   3. Any voter who edits the ballot such that the names present on the ballot are altered in any way, except in the case to add a name in the space provided for writing in a candidate, shall have his or her vote declared to be a class A invalid vote.

§8. Handling of Invalid Ballots.

   1. If any vote is determined to be a class A invalid vote, the administrator must inform the voter of this fact as soon as possible.  The voter shall be permitted to submit another ballot, but must not delete the invalid ballot.  If the invalid ballot is deleted, all subsequent ballots shall become class B invalid votes.
   2. If any vote is determined to be a class B invalid vote, the administrator is not required to take any action, save for that in clause 4 of section 4.

[Gabu]

§9. Miscellany Regarding Presidential Elections.

   1. Any instance of the word "candidate" in sections 2 through 7 shall be read as "ticket" in the case of presidential elections.
   2. If only one candidate is listed in a vote in a presidential election, and if the candidate listed is a presidential candidate with a chosen running mate, then the vote will be assumed to be for the ticket containing the listed candidate.

§10. Concession of Victory.

   1. If a candidate shall concede his or her victory of a Senate election after the certification of the election result, then the candidate with the next greatest number of votes in the election in which a victor was declared shall then be declared victor.
   2. If both members of a Presidential ticket shall concede their victory in the Presidential election after the certification of the election result, then the members of the ticket with the next greatest number of votes in the election in which a victor was declared shall then be declared victors.
   3. If a victor who has conceded shall wish to retract his or her concession, then he or she shall only be able to do so with the permission of the newly declared victor.
   4. Concessions made before the certification of election results, or on or after the date on which the newly elected official is due to be sworn in, are of no legal effect whatsoever.

§11. Statute of Limitations.

   1. Lawsuits challenging the validity of certified election results shall only be valid if filed with the Supreme Court within one week of the certification of such results.
   2. Lawsuits challenging the validity of election results certified on or before October 24, 2005 shall not be valid.

§12. Federal Activity Requirements.

   1. All those persons who have posted at least 25 times in the 8 weeks (56 days) prior to the commencement of an election shall be defined as active for the purposes of that election.
   2. Those persons considered inactive (defined as not active) shall not be qualified to vote in a particular election.
   3. Anyone who has cast an absentee ballot shall be regarded as an active voter, provided he or she fulfills the definition by the time the election commences for which the ballot was cast, of an "active voter"; However, the post containing the ballot shall not count towards the total number of required posts.

§13. Public Vote for Implementation.

   After passage in the Senate, this bill shall not be put into place unless a majority of registered voters shall vote in favor of its enactment in a public poll administered by either the Vice President or the President Pro Tempore.

§14. Repealed legislation.

   The Unified Electoral Code Act is hereby repealed.

[Gabu]

I withdraw the Definition of Allowable Presidential Votes Bill, as this bill includes its provisions.

[Sam Spade]

I thought the legislation was supposed to get simpler when we acquiesced to the children from the Midwest?

[Jake]

If Senators may now introduce legislation pending approval of Presidential nominees, the final federal budget, and introduction of expired legislation.

The Colombia Bill

Recognizing the Uribe government in Colombia represents a strong ally in South America and acts as a bullwark against Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and finding that support for this ally is crucial to Atlasia's interests in the region, the Senate agrees to take the following steps to address this situation.

1. Military aid to Colombia under the Foreign Military Financing Program shall be raised from $ 108,000,000 in FY 2005 to $ 250,000,000 in FY 2006.

2. Economic aid to Colombia under the International Narcotics Control Program shall be raised from $ 484,000,000 in FY 2005 to 600,000,00) in FY 2006.

3. Sections 3201, 3204(a), 3204(b), and 3207 of H.R. 4425 (The 2001 Military Construction Appropriations Act) are hereby repealed.

4. Under the heading of Colombia in the Foreign Policy Review, it shall read:
The democratic movement in Colombia is greatly encouraged, and Atlasia will take all steps possible to support a quick transition to full and fair democracy. We recognize Colombia's support for eliminating narcotics terrorism in South America and shall designate Colombia as having no military or economic restrictions.

Constitutional Amendment of Judicial Terms

1. Clause 2 of Section One, Article III shall read:

The Supreme Court shall consist of three Justices who shall all be registered voters, one of whom shall be the Chief Justice. Justices shall hold their office for a maximum term of twelve months, excepting currently serving justices.

[Ebowed]

Since Q is gone, I'll take over as sponsor for his Gulf Coast Hurricane Damage Prevention Bill II.

[KEmperor]

The Right to Life Amendment
The following shall be added to Article VI of the Constitution as Clause 16:

16. No Atlasian person may be deprived of their right to life under the uses of abortion, euthanasia, or capital punishment.

A. The practices of abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment will be completely outlawed by the Government of Atlasia.

B. The definitions of the terms in Clause B are as follows:
Abortion:  The termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival.
Euthanasia:  The act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment, also referred to in this law as "assisted suicide."
Capital Punishment:  The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.

C.  Any person who violates this law by administering an abortion or an assisted suicide shall be sentenced to twenty-five years in prison; if the law is violated a second time they shall be sentenced to life inprisonment without the possibility of parole.

D.  Any regional government that continues to execute convicted criminals following the ratification of this law shall have all federal funding for roads and highways rebuked.

E.  All criminals currently sentenced to death in Atlasia are commuted to life inprisonment without the possibility of parole following the ratification of this amendment.

F.  This law will be administered by the Office of the Attorney General.

G.  This law will take effect upon its ratification by the regions.

How dare you seek to federalize a ban on capital punishment just after the Northeast has voted to keep it?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I may be putting this in the wrong place but who cares.

Sealand Declaration of War Bill (or Resolution or Whatever

Seeing as Sealand has consisitently violated international law by it's very existance, the Republic of Atlasia hereby declares War on the Principality of Sealand.

[Jake]

I remove the Myanmar Declaration of War Bill

[MasterJedi]

Myanmar Declaration of War Bill

Due to the military government of Myanmar's consistent abuses against basic civil rights and their imprisonment of key opposition leaders, the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia declares a state of war to exist between Atlasia and Myanmar.

Myanmar sounds so familiar but I just can't place it..........................