The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

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passed and awaits sig or veto

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Puts finger on nose*

not it.

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Tweed V. DoFE ended up as it should have, however it taught everyone an important lesson, that coups are possible here in this great nation, and it would only take two justices to kill democracy. If a coup, whether by courts or other means were to take place, we'd  need a plan. We may at times disagree with the Federal Government but while we are part of this nation it is our duty to ensure that those in power are the very same the people put in power.

For that reason I introduce this bill. It may never have to be used, as we all should hope, but as long as there is the chance of coups or revolution (that we do not support) then we have a plan of how to react. This bill does just that and I urge my colleagues to vote in favor

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Puts finger on nose*

not it.

I'd be up for it in the future, but I've got too much on my plate at the moment. I know Adam ran on the idea of wiki modernization, so I do think he'd be a good fit if he's up for it. Haven't seen him around much lately though.

Re: the Valkyrtweed Act... I strongly support the spirit of this bill.

But I do wonder if we might be able to avoid more bloodshed by sheltering the duly-elected president somewhere in the IDS and working to establish a temporary capitol here.

Either way, I will support this bill.

The issue there is that we can say the true president is the legit guy until we are blue i nthe face, but if we do not control nyman the other side will be in the drivers seat and can control the other branches of government + the military. Seizing control of Nyman D.C. means we are not just simply some rebel group.

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Ok then, time for a vote on Valkyrtweed. and PiT, I think your suggestion may be a tad bit illegal

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Aye

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Valkyrtweed has passed and awaits the Emperor's veto/sig

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I am having some fun oral surgery tomorrow morning and I may or may not spend the the next few days just relaxing watching South Park and eating yogurt/ other soft foods, you know the American dream.

Anywho, due to me likely not feeling like coming on for a couple days or so Andy Griffith will be  Speaker Pro-Temp from now until lets say Monday morning.

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Ok, I have some pretty good pills so I'm not feeling that bad. But I like the idea of bottom up. So Andy is still Speaker pro-temp until monday.

I kinda like the idea of breaking it into shifts so everyone can get used to running the Legislature.

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As it stands I am opposed because with not every state having voters, and some having proportionally large numbers of voters in comparison to others, I feel its best to leave which state one lives in irrelevant and keep things at-large.

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     I once had an idea of splitting the region into three districts and electing a Legislator from each, along with two at-large. The proposed bill appeals to me, but I think it's too specific and would just lead to lots of vacancies.

Maybe I could get on board if we set up a committee to change if need be the boundaries of the districts every few months and allow perhaps some of the larger states to be in multiple districts.

Maybe.

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Unless any changes introduced by morning, it'll be up for a vote tomorrow.

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Up for a final vote.


Nay

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3 nays - 1 aye - 1 no vote

The bill has failed

Moving on to

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Sponsor: Speaker Jbrase

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Let them lurk. We are simply enforcing the rights guaranteed in the Constitution that people shall not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures. The fact that it is a robot makes little difference, a warrantless search is a warrantless search.

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     I think this is great. I just wanted to put that out there.

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If there is no other debate it will be up for a vote later tonight

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Time to get our voting on then


AYE

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I'll give Duke a couple more hours to convince us that spying on our ow citizens with out warrants is a good thing and change our votes.

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And it passes, we await the Emperor

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I will be away for at most a week. Until my triumphant return (I expect nothing short of a parade in my honor) to Texas Hagrid will be Speaker Pro Temp.

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*Walks into chamber in dramatic Mr. Smith style*

Aye!

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Sure why not.

The bill passes and awaits Imperial action

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May I ask why? Horse meat (not that I have ever had it) is a legit food.

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I am in agreement with PiT and Hagrid here

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Hmm, perhaps we could just have a list of things that cannot be put in horses if they are to be allowed to be consumed by humans.