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Pocket Constitution FAQ Who sees my form response? Just me, COE. Do you collect my IP address or email address through that google form? No, I promise. The only personal information I receive when you fill out that form is your address. No names, no nations, etc. What do you do with my...

If you compare this part of your response to Madjack's, I think you might find that not all signers of this petition are on the same page about what should be banned, and what the admins are expected to do if they were to accede to it. I can imagine that probably makes it difficult for the team...

I don't think the admin team should ban "any known fascists." First, I don't think it should be up to the admin team to decide who is a fascist and who isn't. It is actually a pretty tough thing to define and enforce consistently. I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what fascism is, but...

I have multiple problems with this, and never took time to express them appropriately because I thought they were obvious, and made this unpassable. Apparently, I was wrong, so let's go through them: First, changing the scope of chapter 7 to include all government officials instead of just the...

I think we ought to take this a bit further and just make it so that the multiple-branch restriction only applies to elected officials. Even if you disagree with that, the proposal conflicts with Article 6 as it stands, so some amendments to Article 6 are needed. Here's my offering: A few...

Yeah, in cases where the first justice to reach a majority is not the one who got the highest number of first preference votes, the former had the better claim to chief justice, in my opinion. I agree that putting that into legislative language will be tricky though.

Regardless of the merits of this bill, I don't think it's a good idea to define the phrase "government officials" contrary to how it is defined in the Constitution, even if it is only for purposes of that chapter or section.

I respectfully decline. I'll admit I considered it though, and maybe next time. For now I'm happy consulting in the speaker's office.

I feel strongly that this is a step in the wrong direction and potentially violates the "equal and fair treatment" provision of the Bill of Rights. Too many nations are getting ejected. Lately, the Speaker's Office has run into the issue that the scripts underlying the citizen registry do not...

I didn't want to clutter the court thread with this, but wanted to point out that my quoted remarks in the brief filled yesterday took place before Gross Misconduct was added to the criminal code, and that the "legal grey area of oath violations" I was referring to was the lack of a crime...

I, Crushing Our Enemies, do hereby solemnly swear that during my term as Deputy Speaker, I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code in a...

Thanks for your answers. A few follow-ups: So what? Those people won't be elected Speaker. Why distinguish between motions to censure and other types of symbolic motions that have no legal effect (e.g. this bowl of porridge)? Is there something about a censure that deserves a special shout out...

By all accounts it seems like you've been doing a great job, and I'd like to see it continue. A few questions though: Why not just abolish the speaker's staff and make them all deputies? Has the speaker's staff always just been a way to get people to do shit without having to oath and resign...

I respectfully decline.

I think the OP of this thread could probably use an update, removing references to the AG's office, and adding links to those templates on the rows of the chart relevant to each one.

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This part makes sense, and if I decide not to support this bill, that will be the reason. They are both constraints on the discretion of a government official. If we repealed ranked choice voting, and went back to the vaguer language of "majority vote", the election commission would be well...

Shall we then repeal every new law after some months, once the practice has taken hold? I think we've got the hang of ranked choice voting now - is it time to take that one off the books? I haven't decided yet how I feel about this particular proposal, but "recent delegates have done this...

I'll give you the point on contempt, but you still have to appoint THOs either way, unless you're suggesting that under these rules, a panel of justices could determine a r4r is vexatious even though it would be out of order for them to take up the request.

Why do you need a procedure for allowing proceedings to continue when vexatious r4r's are submitted? Can't you simply deny the r4r and proceed? And if multiple successive r4r's are submitted, you can simply hold the petitioner(s) in contempt.

So let me get this straight: the TNP delegate, head of state and head of government of the largest region in the game, commander in chief of the most formidable NS military, and whose vote carries greater weight in the WA than any other single nation in the game, is seeking to increase his...

That's a good question. I'm not prepared to commit to anything at the moment. The best way to get me on board in a major way will be for someone to give me a calendar with deadlines and ask me if I can keep to it, well ahead of when the first deadline would be. Which is to say, I think I am...

I have some extra time on my hands due to coronavirus which has given me a chance to do some thinking. I think it's time for me to publicly admit what I and most of you probably already know: I am never going to be as active as I used to be. NationStates is not holding my interest like it did in...

Against. I see this as a very slanted view of Cormac's history in NS and leaves out a lot of his words and actions that disqualify him, in my view.

Kudos to Mcm for the highly detailed and accurate take on this. Everything I was going to say, but better.

Court Justice (select up to 3): Lady Raven Wing | Eluvatar | Zyvetskistaahn Would you like to reopen nominations? No

Bravo!

Our strong democratic culture will not be a factor in preventing people from serving as delegate indefinitely. It is precisely the structural supports like term limits that have created our strong democratic culture. Removing those supports will, in turn, weaken that culture. Furthermore, there...

I like adding the NPA to the Constitution because it will give the NPA a permanent and clear mission, as well as put some logical parameters around how it is structured and its legal status. I don't like keeping the clause about the "NPA leadership" changing the cosmetic details of the military...

Ah. I misremembered the relevant precedent. I retract my request. Well, that sucks.