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Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee
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« on: February 25, 2018, 12:57:19 PM »

Are we ready for a final vote?
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2018, 12:46:01 PM »

Baring no objections between now and then a final vote shall commence at 3:40 PM EST, Representatives please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.


Anyone who votes early doesn't get cake.

Trying this out for size since it is less than 3 hours away. 
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2018, 04:11:24 AM »

Windjammer's entirely correct -- if we want to go down this route that only practical way of preventing political activity by Justices would be an outright ban on just that. Such would, of course, be extremely difficult to enforce. But a ban on officially holding an office would, if anything, only serve to push political activity behind the scenes and into the shadows, making the problem it purports to solve worse.

This is indeed problematic and one that ironically myself and others pointed out in 2016. The very types that would indeed be engaging in wrong doing, would be the ones this is completely toothless to do anything about.
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2018, 04:04:13 AM »

This has enough votes to fail presently.

Since this is presently failing, I am going to go against the grain and vote Aye because while I most certainly do share the concerns expressed about this particular amendment, I think it is an important to express a commitment to the independence of the judiciary and my hope is that said goal may indeed be advanced, but through other more practical means.

AYE
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2018, 06:58:10 AM »

Vote on Final Passage of the Nonpartisan Judiciary Amendment

Aye (1): NC Yankee
Nay (5): Oakvale, PoliticalMasta73, ReaganClinton20xx Rfayette and WxTransit
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (3): Jake, Leinad and Peebs

The Resolution is rejected.
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