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So long as it doesn't entail IRC, I might find some time as well, as I was part of the NPC as well as GBM and a few other former Delegates who are still around. The only one you probably can't reach is Hersfold, as he's long since retired from NS, and he's no longer even with Wikipedia once he...

The TNP legal system is essentially a common law based system. The Court Rules apply a basic principle of common law jurisprudence by making prior decisions binding unless a court decides a holding should be overruled. To have it be code based, and not based on the common law, there would have...

As I have said for the past several general and special elections, I will not seek and will not accept nomination or election to any office. I ask that my name not be placed in nomination for this special election or any subsequent regular or special election. I appreciate the sentiment, but...

Believe me had the RON option been included, I've would have voted "yes" as I have on every ballot the last few months.

And I think you are reading things too broadly. I've explained my rationale in the last couple of posts, and I can't be any clearer than that. (And if you're curious, the book I mentioned is available on Kindle as a reprint in 2012. It's on my Kindle right now.)

I stand on my stated position. The R.A. could have authorized the consultations with the S.C. to come with a voted recommendation in the statute, but it didn't not. Had the statute been totally silent on the topic, then SillyString, your view on recommendation would be the proper statutory...

For the record, I did not support these recommendations in the Security Council because I do not believe the Security Council has any statutory authority to make any sort of formal voted recommendations on security clearances for citizenship applications. The statute in question only allows for...

From a security and stability perspective, I, too, am seriously concerned about the content of that telegram.

It was not a personal attack, but a response to one. I really these people may be your political allies or something, but I cannot be responsible for the personal attack leveled against me by SS. And if you read read this thread, I did not start any personal attacks, and I have tried to keep...

Speaker: < Abstain >

I'm sorry -- I criticize with emphasis a badly written flawed proposal that poses serious risks, and you consider that a personal attack. The problem here is a that you refuse to accept criticism of your flawed legislative proposals, such as this one, and this time, it poses a serious danger...

What I am suggesting does not violate or contradict Clause 11 in any way. And to unlimited authority, not every Clause 11 grants that to anyone, and what I suggest is still limited by these clauses (bolded for your convenience. So allowing the S.C. or any other government official to act in an...

You argument would apply just as well to the Security Council as it does to the R.A. The S.C> is a body created under the democratic process to act to defend the democratic process. Which is part of the problem you continue to fail to recognize or acknowledge. Which is why the failure to...

Anjd I don't know how to make it anyh more clear that not addressing this flaw in the proposal as you have it, is leav ing the door wide open to paralysis and failure at the very point in time the need to act in response to the emergency would be greatest. YES.

And again, the problem comes about how to handle the need to act prior to the completion of an R.A. vote. The Bill of Rights was originally composed in an environment where the structure of government was unknown and had to state broad principles and thus be given broad meanings. It has...

And I think you are plainly, simply and clearly misreading Clause 11. Any mechanism in the Constitution becomes the requisite express consent as the nations of the region and their representatives adopted the Constitution and Legal Code, and defined the norms; the closing clause then qualifies...

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Clause 11 of the Bill of Rights provides the limitation on emergency power being exercised by anyone or any body within the government. Do the position you take is a straw man, for a situation that cannot arise, so long as the bill is properly drafted so as to not be construe to preclude any...

I object to this bill being in formal debate or being scheduled for a vote. There is a fundamentally serious flaw in the bill that needs to be fixed first, and it should not proceed to a vote until that flaw is fixed.

It is clear that it is not ready. I therefore object to it being scheduled for a vote, or for it to be in formal debate.

You have a problem following your own rules it seems to me. All I did was point it out, again. (I was the one who pointed out the problem of not listing abstain last time, and as soon as I saw that email, I posted a request to fix the templates.) It wouldn't, hurt to add a note about making...

The random voter ID is a requirement of the ballot submitted by PM. Thus, the legal code prohinbits its disclosure. It is right on point. No need for a court case. It is illegal to publish. And given the asserted reason for having it (to be disclosed), it becomes an unnecessary burden on the...

Chapter 4, Section 4.3 of the Legal Code states that: The random ID number is not a mention that a vote has been cast privately, and is not announcing "who that vote was cast for." Thus, by the plain language of this provision, "[t]he Election Commissioners may not announce any other details...

I still then we need to acknowledge that government authorities have the power to act while waiting for the R.A. to vote. Otherwise this language could easily be construed to prohibit any action of any kind when an emergency first arises, and that construction goes again the clear meaning of...

No, SS, my problem is that Clause 4 simply makes the entire bill inapplicable to potential conflicts of interest. That is not what ought to be intended, or ought to be the result. The COI process should apply whenever the facts indicate the appearance of a potential conflict of interest, whether...

Delegate: < Abstain> Would you like to reopen nominations? < Yes > Vice Delegate: < Abstain > Would you like to reopen nominations? < Yes > Speaker: < Abstain > Would you like to reopen nominations? < Yes >

Can someone please edit the templastes to specifically include "abstain" or "present" as an option for each office? Clearly the fact that the templates do not show this as an option is leading to erroneous initial OPs and PMs concerning voting in the elections. Maybe that tweak would avoid yet...

I have made clear for the past few elections that I would not stand for election under any circumstances going forward. So, for the record, I decline any and all nominations now and going forward. (And in RL at this time, I simply do not have the time. Please see my FYI in the technical and RA...

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I disagree with your theory that only the R.A. can act in any emergency and no one else. If the way the government is structured under the Constitution and Legal Code permits others than just the R.A. to act, then that makes those other bodies "representatives" of the Nations of the Region. That...