Senate Legislation Introduction Thread (New)

[FairBol]

Submitting this as a member of the public, and seeking a Senate sponsor for this bill. 

A BILL

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia.

I. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the “Defining ‘Civil Officers’ Amendment”.


II. IN GENERAL

1. The Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia is amended by the addition of the following as Article I, Section 15:

"As used in this Constitution, the term ‘civil officers’ is construed to mean elected members of the Senate, including the President and their Cabinet".

2. All Sections of Article I other than as described in Sub-section A are re-numbered accordingly.


III. WHEN EFFECTIVE

This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon constitutional ratification of the same.

[FairBol]

It has to do with this recent decision by the Supreme Court. 

In effect, what the Court has said is that the Senate does not have the power to impeach or otherwise discipline its members, because they are not "civil officers". 

I think this goes against an important "check and balance" of the Senate, and would remedy it by means of this amendment.