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Constitutional Amendment #1; An amendment to Article III of the Constitution.
Topic Started: Jun 29 2018, 02:34 AM (427 Views)
Caesar
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Constitutional Amendment #1

An amendment to Article III of the Constitution.

Authored by:
Assembly Member Caesar
Emperor Emeritus Cognat I D'Vhakk

Proposed by:
Assembly Member Caesar



Foreword

The purpose of this proposal to the members of the Assembly is to amend and re-enact the sections and provisions under Article III of the Constitution currently titled "The Citizens' Assembly". All additions and subtractions from the original sections and provisions of this Article are subject to change if given a legitimate reason on the Assembly Floor.


Article III of the Constitution of The Ragerian Imperium shall be amended to read as such, be it enacted by the legislature of the region:




ARTICLE III - THE CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY THE LEGISLATURE

  1. The legislative authority of the Ragerian Imperium shall be vested in the Citizens' Assembly, henceforth referred to as the Citizens' Assembly. The legislative authority of The Ragerian Imperium shall be equally divided among two houses defined here as the Assembly and the Senate.

  2. The Citizens' Assembly shall have the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalisation. The Assembly shall be the citizenry of The Ragerian Imperium, with the exception of Senators.


    1. This assembly shall have the power to compose legislation.

    2. This assembly shall have the power to vote on Senate bills.

  3. The Citizens' Assembly shall have the power to define crimes and their punishments. The Senate shall be a group of officials elected by the citizenry.


    1. This assembly shall have the power to compose legislation.

    2. This assembly shall have the power to vote on bills by the Assembly.

    3. The number of Senators shall be composed of three, five, or seven citizens, subject to legal regulation.

    4. The establishment of the Senate must be validated by Standing Orders and Electoral laws that do not conflict with the provisions of this Article.

  4. The Citizens' Assembly shall have the power to declare war through a majority vote. Each house shall act as a check and balance for the other.


    1. For a bill to be brought to assent, it must be approved by the house(s) that stand(s).

  5. The Citizens' Assembly shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of The Ragerian Imperium, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The Assembly and the Senate shall both have an elected Speaker.


    1. The Speaker of the Assembly, shall have the responsibility of sending laws to the Senate upon a bill’s passing.

    2. The Speaker of the Senate shall have the responsibility of sending laws to the Assembly upon a bill’s passing.

  6. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.

  7. The Citizens' Assembly shall have the power to regulate the regional currency.

  8. The Citizens' Assembly and the Senate shall have the power to impeach the Grand Councillor, the Deputy Grand Councillor, the Councillor of Internal Affairs, the Councillor of External Affairs, any other Councillor, the Chief Justiciar, and any of the associate justiciars, and Senators with a ¾ majority vote.


    1. Impeachments of justiciars and councillors an office is are subject to the consent of the Sovereign.

    2. Office seats that are left vacant from an impeachment shall be refilled as established in electoral law that does not conflict with the provisions of this Article.

  9. Impeachments of justiciars and councillors are subject to the consent of the Sovereign.

  10. All Citizens serve as member of the Citizens’ Assembly.

  11. Unless specified otherwise, the Citizens’ Assembly and the Senate shall require a simple majority majority vote to pass legislation.


    1. Should a bill fail a vote in either house, the house that created it shall take it back and begin revisions followed by another vote.

  12. Legislation proposed by a citizen or Senator on the floor of the a Assembly or the Senate may shall be motioned for a vote after being on the floor for forty-eight hours.

  13. The Citizens and the Senators shall elect a Speaker every 8 weeks two months to preside over the Assembly and the Senate.


    1. The Speaker of the Assembly shall be elected from the Assembly.

    2. The Speaker of the Senate shall be elected by the Senate.

    3. Notwithstanding the provisions laid out in Section 8 of this Article, the Assembly and the Senate shall possess the power to impeach their elected Speakers with a ⅔ majority vote.

  14. The Speakers of the Citizens’ Assembly or the Senate shall then bring the bill to vote for 48 forty-eight hours at the ballot box Voting Desk.

  15. All bills passed by the Assembly must then be delivered by the speaker of the aforementioned Assembly to the visitor’s hall of the Sovereign's residence, where the Sovereign will provide assent to the bill if they so choose. All bills that pass the vote of the Assembly and the Senate shall be delivered by the Speaker of the second vote to the Visitor’s Hall of the Sovereign’s Residence for assent.


    1. If assent is denied by the Sovereign, the bill returns to the house of its origins for revisions and voting. The bill shall proceed through the same legislative process before being presented again.

    2. Laws may be enacted granting a bill an exact number of attempts for assent before becoming null and void.





Additional Information

Under current law, the Legislature is too specified in what sorts of legislation they are deemed to propose as evident in Sections 2 through 5. New law enacts that the Legislature, both Assembly and Senate, will have the power to legislate whatever they will be it acts of war, crimes and punishments, citizenship regulations, etc.

Under current law, the Assembly is the only legislative body in the region. New law enacts that there shall now be an elected body of citizens known as the Senate. The system intended to be created through the Senate is one of checks and balances instead of legislative hierarchy. Instead of a bill going in a linear direction from Assembly to Senate to Sovereign, or from Senate to Sovereign, the bill will go in an nonlinear direction.
New Law enacts the system that if the Assembly passes a bill, it then goes to the Senate who then vote on it and deliver it to the Sovereign among passing. New law also enacts that if a bill is started in the Senate, it is to pass a vote in the Assembly in the same manner as previously stated.

Under current law, there is no set system determining the fate of a bill that fails assent. New law enacts that if a bill is denied assent, it is sent back to the house that delivered it, be it the Assembly or the Senate, for revisions and another vote. This does not conflict with the provisions of Section 5 in Article 1 of the Constitution which states that bills that fail assent can be "either" thrown away "or" rewritten. New law establishes the way legislation is to be rewritten so as to save potential bills that could prove useful in the future.

Under current law, there are standard electoral procedures determining the election of Speakers for the Assembly and the Senate. New law enacts and upholds this standard procedure and leaves open any additional form of electoral procedure and regulation such as special elections, sudden resignations, impeachment procedure, and term lengths for Senators to be passed in laws separate of the Constitution.

Under current law, votes require 3/4 percent of total votes of impeachment to pass. New law enacts that the required percentage will be 2/3 for an impeachment vote to pass so as to assure a reasonable chance that an official who should be removed from office is removed.

Under current law, votes for standard bills and legislation require a "simple majority" of "50% plus 1" in order to pass. New law amends and enacts the reduction of the "simple" majority to the majority vote. For a bill to pass or fail, either side simply needs more than 50% of the total votes, be it 51%, 52%, etc.

The Additional Information section is not a part of the proposed bill and, if made into law, shall not be included in the revisions.




Edited by Caesar, Jul 3 2018, 10:32 PM.
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Caesar
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Madeline, I have taken your suggestions into consideration and decided that they can be written in. I will edit the wording in your suggestions since you seem to be aiming for clarity. In that case I shall provide your clarity with even more by subtracting some words yet keeping the suggestions near identical. Thank you for the suggestions and thank you Vult for understanding the beauty of simplicity.
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The Honorable Aav Verinhall
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You should change Voting Desk to "the Area for Votes to be Tallied" or similar. Enacting constitutional law that depends on a forum section name? I don't think that's a good plan.
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Madeline
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Jul 4 2018, 03:36 AM
You should change Voting Desk to "the Area for Votes to be Tallied" or similar. Enacting constitutional law that depends on a forum section name? I don't think that's a good plan.
The Voting Desk is where votes on proposals go. Considering you’ve been here awhile I would have assumed you understood that.
It isn’t dependent on a forum name, it is dictating where actual votes go. Mr. Caesar could have made it the Magical Pony Lands of Rageria.
Making where votes occur vague is poor in thought and in practice as it ruins the expected consistency when bringing proposals to vote.
Without a specified area the Speaker could have votes occur in the Palace or the Citizenship Applications or just on the discord with a vague summary of what occurred.
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Caesar
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I simply changed the name from "ballot box" to "Voting Desk" since, per forum organization, that is where bills go to vote. The only downside of this is that if one wanted to change the name of the Voting Desk to say Magical Pony Lands of Rageria, they would have to amend that area of the Constitution first. But seeing our activity as of recent, I do not see that possibility playing out in the future and have deemed the name change not only legally safe but appropriate given there is no place in the Assembly on the forum which even refers to a ballot box. Though I enjoy the minuscule suggestions you have to offer, I would appreciate a higher level of understanding and contribution as a name change is far too simple to argue about and far too simple to misunderstand. Given what Madeline has said, I have to agree. Given your tenure, I would have assumed you would have had this down already.
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Madeline
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If there are no other qualms with this amendment that have not been addressed, I would like to motion a vote.
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Caesar
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I second this motion.
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Eli Hesial
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Wait, shouldn't the creator of the bill just not motion, as it would be already implied he would motion it?
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His Imperial Highness, Scottie
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I also second the motion. (In the case that Caesar can't or whatever it is that Eli said.)
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His Imperial Highness, Vulturret
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Your motions and seconds are noticed. Please note that while it is the responsibility of the Speaker to bring this to vote, I will be working very closely with the Speaker to make sure it is done correctly. Thank you for your patience.
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