SR 106-01: Property Rights Amendment (Sent to Regions)

[Joseph Cao]

Looks very reasonable. Definitely in favor.

[Joseph Cao]

24 hours to object to the motion.

[Joseph Cao]

24 hours to object to the motion.

24 hours since this post or 24 hours since the motion, if the latter, then the time has already elapsed

The PPT makes the trains run on time hereabouts, so we will operate by PPT time. About a half hour to go.

[Joseph Cao]

With no objections, a final vote is now open on this legislation.

72 hours to vote. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[Joseph Cao]

This passes 11-1-0-6 (MB voted too late).

[Joseph Cao]

The Senate, whenever two thirds of its membership shall deem it necessary, shall have power to propose amendments to this Constitution...

May want to reconsider not counting the MB vote; you don't have passage without it.

Ah shoot, you're right.

With the MB vote we have 12-1-0-5. Ishan, can you please certify this?

[Joseph Cao]

[sad foghorn noise]

AN AMENDMENT
to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be the “Property Rights Amendment.”

Section 2 (Property Rights Amendment)
i. Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution is hereby amended:

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Passed 12-1-0-5 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,


Joseph Cao, president pro tempore

[Joseph Cao]

If MB voted too late this is illegal

First, yes, the PPT has the discretion to do this unilaterally.

Second, a feature of just about every vote this session has been vast swathes of the Senate missing 72-hour voting windows and Ishan not being around to care, and I’m not about to make this session even more of a black mark on Congress as a whole and retroactively throw out the stuff we did manage to pass.

Third, unlike Ishan, I am happy to be perfectly clear about when these decisions to extend vote windows, count late votes, and so on are made out in public as I did when Sestak raised the issue, and you and any other Senator may feel free to challenge the decisions if you so desire. That is also part of the rules, after all.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Joseph Cao]

If MB voted too late this is illegal

First, yes, the PPT has the discretion to do this unilaterally.

Second, a feature of just about every vote this session has been vast swathes of the Senate missing 72-hour voting windows and Ishan not being around to care, and I’m not about to make this session even more of a black mark on Congress as a whole and retroactively throw out the stuff we did manage to pass.

Third, unlike Ishan, I am happy to be perfectly clear about when these decisions to extend vote windows, count late votes, and so on are made out in public as I did when Sestak raised the issue, and you and any other Senator may feel free to challenge the decisions if you so desire. That is also part of the rules, after all.

Thanks for the feedback!

where i find the senate rules?

Here they are.