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Unconditional Surrender Truman
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« on: November 15, 2018, 10:16:41 PM »

There has never been any question in my mind that, as the Senate is a branch of the federal government and the terms its members established by the federal Constitution, the recall of Senators initiated under provisions established by the regions is likely unconstitutional. I'm not sure why some people feel the need to be condescending about this, though that does seem to be the general theme of this game recently.
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Unconditional Surrender Truman
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2018, 12:00:07 AM »

TBH, I think that the Atlasian constitution was very loosely based on the USA one and thus when there are conflicts like this one where it's not really explicit either way, we should defer to the US Constitution. The US Constitution does not allow Senators or Representatives to be recalled but rather only removed by their peers in the Senate (or House) even though the States (or in this case, regions) are the ones that elect the Senators. I think someone should take this to the Supreme Court so we can resolve it, though.
Yep. To the extent there's a legitimate dispute, there's no harm in seeking a formal verdict; though were I a justice, I would need to see an argument more convincing than those in this thread to rule in favor of the constitutionality of the regions recalling their senators before the expiration of their term.
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