Mideast Assembly Thread

[Devilman88]

I see no problem with it, but I'm not voting on it.

[Devilman88]

Again, I would dearly love to vote in favour of the Amendment, however, my feeling is that the federal Constitution will not allow such a bill to pass. See the Debate on the Amendment as it was proposed in the Senate.

At the time I was against the Amendment, and I strongly voiced, as did others, that grenades and mortars were probably covered by the clause, but that intent was unclear.

I also feel that provisions of Section 2 constitute an unreasonable search of the person seeking to buy the weapon. A fingerprint registry of the nation is in my view highly undesirable on policy grounds, and probably unconstitutional on legal grounds - these people have done nothing illegal, and therefore should not have their fingerprints stored ad infinitum just because they bought a gun - this is treatment we only subject criminals too.

The TSA makes any driver who is getting Hazmat on their license get their fingerprint taken and have a back ground check. But of course the law are different here so I'm not to sure it it would go against their rights.

[Devilman88]

I think that the time has come to change the region's capital.  College Park seems like a small and arbitry choice.  I would propose some place in the center of our region such as Columbus or Indianapolis.

I had actually just been thinking about this, especially how tucked away the capital is. How about we give each incoming Governor the right to move the capital wherever he so chooses. This can only be done once by each non-incumbent Governor. Or we could setup a roaming thing where it changes each month or each gubernatorial election cycle.

I don't think a moving captail is a good idea, to much work trying to keep up with where it is. Why not Louisville, KY??

[Devilman88]

I would say VA, as it is our most populous state. Of course, it also happens to be where I reside, but ya know...

I say come up with a list of cities and let the Mideast Citizens vote on it.

[Devilman88]

Looks good to me.

[Devilman88]

Seems like everyone has.

[Devilman88]

Farewell Message from the Speaker

Fellow citizens of the Mideast,

I want to thank everyone for the opportunity you have given me over the past few months to serve as your Assembly Member and Speaker. I know that, without your incredible activity and passion to make this region successful, I would never have been able to accomplish all that we have done together. Specifically, I would like to thank Afleitch for first appointing me to the Assembly way back when, Peter for helping me become Speaker of the Assembly, and Inks for being a great partner in the Third Constitutional Convention and a great Governor.

As many of you know, last night fellow AM Afleitch and I were elected to the Atlasian Senate, a great accomplishment for the Mideast region. This will leave two Assembly seats vacant, as we will be stepping down from our positions here. I must say it has been an honor. However, this does not mean that I am through with the region. I want you all to stay active and involved in the Mideast. Invest in your region and allow it to continue to prosper. Although I will hold no formal position in the region, rest assured I will remain active in helping craft legislation and new ideas.

In addition, I will soon be opening my Senate office. Please be sure to stop by and voice any comments or questions. My door is always open to ideas you may have, proposed legislation, or just a quick hello.

I will also take this time to endorse Dan as my replacement in the Assembly. He has proven to be an invaluable voice in the crafting of legislation and I believe that the Assembly will be a great place for him to continue to learn and thrive in Atlasia. I urge Governor Inks to appoint him upon my resignation later this week.

I plan on refraining from presenting new comprehensive legislation during this transition week. I would rather allow for the next Assembly to enter with a clean slate to craft for themselves. However, if anyone has a proposal for any emergency legislation that will be considered. Instead, I do plan on giving us a few fun and less formal resolutions to pass as my present to you all.

~Your Proud Speaker Purple State

You will surly be missed in the Assembly, Purple State. Thank you for endorsing me for your replacement. I would also like the Governor to think about putting Persepolis on the Assembly as well. But whatever the Governor does I know you will do it trying to make the Mideast a better place.

[Devilman88]

I see no problem with it, but I have no vote.

[Devilman88]

Once Persepolis swears in, we can get to work.

[Devilman88]

I would recommend once he swears in you elect a Speaker. Also, don't forget you still have Peter to help out and I'm always good for advice.

Good luck you two rascals.

Yea, that was the first thing I was going to do. Also you more then likely will be getting alot of PMs soon.

[Devilman88]

Well I think we need to go ahead and elect a speaker. I'm willing to do it, but I think to be fair we should let peter pick the speaker. Then take it to a vote just to say we elected someone.

[Devilman88]

I would like fore Peter to be the Speaker.

[Devilman88]

I think this would be good to have:

Mideast Assemblymembers Active Act of 2009
1. Any member of the Assembly that miss more then three votes in the Assembly shall be removed from the Assembly and replace with another member by the appointment of the Governor.

[Devilman88]

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How does that sound?

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What about now?

[Devilman88]

We could always edit it to say recall election, but I will wait to see what the other Assembly members think.

[Devilman88]

We can table this and move on to something else you guys want to.

[Devilman88]

Persepolis write something up.

[Devilman88]

Rewritten:
 1. All forms of abortion are banned in the Mideast.
     i. Abortion is defined as the premature and intentional termination of a pregnancy not due to a risk that could cause serious damage to the mother or the fetus.
2. The punishment for committing said crime would be ()

I would like it to be changed to the following, otherwise I'm going to vote against it.

Mideast Abortion Staute II

1: No abortions shall be permitted after the First trimester of a pregnancy except in the cases of threat to the mother's health or a pregnancy caused by rape and/or incest.
2: No female under the age of 18 years old shall be permitted to have an abortion without a parent/guardian consent.
3: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall have any existing license from the Mideast Region or a subdivision thereof to practice a medical profession revoked for up to five years.
4: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall be sentenced to up to one year in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000. Any person knowingly facilitating the inducement of a prohibited abortion shall be subject to a criminal fine of up to $100,000 and/or six months in prison.
5: The Mideast Abortion Statute is hereby repealed.

[Devilman88]

Why not leave the current statute?

Because this new one moves the timing up and I wanted sec 2 to be added.

[Devilman88]

The legislation stands as:

Mideast Abortion Staute II

1: No abortions shall be permitted after the First trimester of a pregnancy except in the cases of threat to the mother's health or a pregnancy caused by rape and/or incest.
2: No female under the age of 18 years old shall be permitted to have an abortion without a parent/guardian consent.
3: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall have any existing license from the Mideast Region or a subdivision thereof to practice a medical profession revoked for up to five years.
4: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall be sentenced to up to one year in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000. Any person knowingly facilitating the inducement of a prohibited abortion shall be subject to a criminal fine of up to $100,000 and/or six months in prison.
5: The Mideast Abortion Statute is hereby repealed.
I motion to strike Clause 2.

24 hours debate is open. Vote in 24 hours unless there is significant debate which is worthy of continuation

My reasons are simple - I feel that parental consent should be in a separate piece of legislation, and should contain a judicial waiver option for extreme situations.

I'm willing to take it out, as long as we make sure we piece together another legislation with it in it. Also I am willing to work with the age.

[Devilman88]

The legislation stands as:

Mideast Abortion Staute II

1: No abortions shall be permitted after the First trimester of a pregnancy except in the cases of threat to the mother's health or a pregnancy caused by rape and/or incest.
2: No female under the age of 18 years old shall be permitted to have an abortion without a parent/guardian consent.
3: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall have any existing license from the Mideast Region or a subdivision thereof to practice a medical profession revoked for up to five years.
4: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall be sentenced to up to one year in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000. Any person knowingly facilitating the inducement of a prohibited abortion shall be subject to a criminal fine of up to $100,000 and/or six months in prison.
5: The Mideast Abortion Statute is hereby repealed.
I motion to strike Clause 2.

24 hours debate is open. Vote in 24 hours unless there is significant debate which is worthy of continuation

My reasons are simple - I feel that parental consent should be in a separate piece of legislation, and should contain a judicial waiver option for extreme situations.

This needs to go to vote today.

[Devilman88]

Aye

[Devilman88]

If all of you supported the motion, why didn't you just accept it as a friendly amendment?

I was think the same thing after the voting started, but oh well.

[Devilman88]

The motion carries. The bill now stands as:
Mideast Abortion Staute II

1: No abortions shall be permitted after the First trimester of a pregnancy except in the cases of threat to the mother's health or a pregnancy caused by rape and/or incest.
2: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall have any existing license from the Mideast Region or a subdivision thereof to practice a medical profession revoked for up to five years.
3: Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall be sentenced to up to one year in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000. Any person knowingly facilitating the inducement of a prohibited abortion shall be subject to a criminal fine of up to $100,000 and/or six months in prison.
4: The Mideast Abortion Statute is hereby repealed.

Should we go ahead and vote on it?