Public Consultation and Legislation Submissions

[Former President tack50]

This is the only government reform Lincoln needs, not repealing the Philly Plan:

AN AMENDMENT
to the Constitution of the Region of Lincoln

Be it enacted by the Lincoln Council:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be, the “Peanut Governor for Life Amendment.” It may be cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Peanut Governor for life Amendment)
1. Peanut is hereby declared Governor for life of the Lincoln region. He can be removed from power only if he resigns from the position or he is absent for over 10 days without a public announcement of absence before hand. Once he resigns or is removed on the absence clause, he may not resume power in this fashion unless declared otherwise in a proposition in the future. Upon his removal from power, elecitons will resume for the position of Lincoln governor. This rule does not apply to the chancellor.

2. The position of Governorship of Lincoln shall be redesignated to the Peanutship, with its holder being renamed "Peanut [name of officeholder]" instead of Governor [name of officeholder]

Also I will note there is precedent of a regional dictator, and said precedent is actually a sitting Supreme Court Judge

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Ilikeverin_Governor_for_Life_Proposition

Of course apparently even in 2006 this was illegal, to the detriment of MidWesterners then and Lincolnites now!: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=50723.0

But I am sure we can eventually work something out.

[Former President tack50]

AN AMENDMENT
to the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives, in Congress assembled:

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this Amendment shall be, the “Southern Agression Punishment Amendment.” It may be cited by its ordinal number in order of ratification.

Section 2 (Southern Agression Punishment Amendment)
i. The State of Kansas is hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the Southern Region to the Commonwealth of Fremont
ii. The federally recognized flag of the South, as established by President Griffin via executive order, shall be the only flag flown at Southern government buildings and the flag used for Wiki purposes. Executive order GRIFF-003 shall be given constitutional status.
iii. The Southern Region is hereby placed under military occupation from the Atlasian military. HS Truman shall be declared Southern Administrator and have all powers relative to government.
iv. The Southern Governorship and the Southern Chamber of Delegates are hereby dismantled. The regional government of the Southern Region shall be ran by a comitee made up of the Labor Party politburo (or its successor party equivalents) or such people as said Politburo may appoint
v. The Southern Regional Senators are hereby dismissed. MB298 is appointed Class I Senator for the South for eternity. NC Yankee is appointed Class II Senator for the South, until the end of his PPT-ship or until the Labor Party has 3 seats or less in the Senate, in which case he shall be immediately dismissed and the seat declared vacant.
vi. Vacancies in the Senate shall be resolved by an appointment made by the Labor Party chair.
vii. The vote of the Southern Region in any referendum on a constitutional amendment; or for the purposes of electing its regional Senators shall be decided by a vote from the registered members of the Labor party in the Southern Region

This amendment will punish the South for electing LT by removing its various privileges

LT's election to the Senate is clearly an act of Southern Agression that must be punished severely. This amendment will correct several wrongdoings that have unfairly benefited the South over Atlasian history. Also, this is clearly not a dictatorship, anyone can join the Liebor Party. Plus we still allow Yankee to retain his seat

[Former President tack50]

CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION
In the Matter of the Supreme Court of Atlasia

1. Resolved, That pursuant to Article III, Section 6, Clause XV of the Atlasian Constitution, Supreme Court Chief Justice Windjammer, be, and he hereby is, impeached for his high crimes and gross negligence, and the Offices he holds are declared to be vacant.

2. Resolved, That pursuant to Article III, Section 6, Clause XV of the Atlasian Constitution, Southern Associate Justice PiT, be, and he hereby is, impeached for his high crimes and gross negligence, and the Offices he holds are declared to be vacant.

3. Resolved, That pursuant to Article III, Section 6, Clause XV of the Atlasian Constitution, Fremont Associate Justice Ilikeverin, be, and he hereby is, impeached for his high crimes and gross negligence, and the Offices he holds are declared to be vacant.

4. Resolved, That pursuant to Article III, Section 6, Clause XV of the Atlasian Constitution, Lincoln Associate Justice Bacon King, be, and he hereby is, impeached for his high crimes and gross negligence, and the Offices he holds are declared to be vacant.

5. Resolved, That pursuant to Article III, Section 6, Clause XV of the Atlasian Constitution, Justice Gass3268, be, and he hereby is, impeached for his high crimes and gross negligence, and the Offices he holds are declared to be vacant.

based on: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/620/text

Given one month since the end of oral arguments has passed, I will start sharpening the blades

(This is more than in the 2013 debacle in fact, though Windjammer has kept us updated unlike the Justices from 2013)

Credit goes to Peebs for bringing that RL resolution here and to Ralph Abraham for actually proposing it irl

PSA for thumb and Yankee: This is not serious and do not treat it as citizen legislation (if I was serious I would actually introduce it myself for real)

[Former President tack50]

Covering For Our Citizens Act

Section 1: Title

1. This legislation may be cited as/referred to as Covering For Our Citizens Act, or CFOC as a shorthand.

Section 2: Providing Security to the Homeless
1. The federal government shall ensure fair housing and living to the homeless through the establishment of a Department of Landless People (D.P.L.)

a.The budget for the department shall be 0.6% of the federal budget for the previous fiscal year

b. The goal of the department is to ensure that the needs of the homeless are covered

I. 30% of the allocated funds shall be designated for the nutritional needs of the homeless

II. 40% of the allocated funds shall be designated for the housing needs of the homeless

III. 40% of these allocated funds shall go towards the creation of public homeless shelters (40%)

IV. 60% of these allocated funds shall go towards sanitation and inspection control (60%)

V. 20% of the allocated funds shall be designated for job and vocational training programs VI. 10% of the allocated funds shall be directed to subsiding the medical needs of the participants

Section 3: Better Conditions for Undocumented Workers

1. The application and enforcement of work security standards for undocumented workers to ensure that the same work standards apply all across, and to prevent them from being a source of infection.

a. Additionaly undocumented workers will be given the same rights to compensation and benefit rights that non-undocumented workers have, in accordance with the fact that many of them pay into state and local taxes in an amount not ignorable by the government.

b. Any testing of COVID-19 infection shall remain anonymous to ensure that no deportation takes place.

Section 4: Penalties for Employers
1. If an employer has been proven to have not provided it’s workers with the necessary PPE equipment when they have ability to purchase such equipment, said employer shall be penalized $1,000 dollars for the violation for every 3 employees endangered by the lack of supplies.


Section 5: Equal Stimulus Check Program
Section II of the SB 23:06 COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Act shall be changed to

1. Beginning April 1, 2020 and ending on August 1, 2020, every Atlasian who has lived in the nation for more than one year and is of of 18 years of age or older, regardless of income or employment status, shall receive $2,000 on the first day of each month and $1,000 for each dependent.

You are a sitting representative, why didn't you introduce this directly into the House instead of here as citizen legislation?

[Former President tack50]

To be fair given that Elcaspar, much like myself, is not a native English speaker I would not criticise him for language issues.

[Former President tack50]

Labor dictatorship Act

1. All parties other than the Labor Party of Atlasia are hereby disbanded and all atlasian citizens are hereby registered in the Labor Party.

2. The Labor Party of Atlasia shall be the only legal party in the Republic of Atlasia and registration in it shall be complusory in order to vote in any election or serve in any office.

3. The leading and guiding force of the Atlasian society and the nucleus of its political system, of all state organisations and public organisations, is the Labor Party of Atlasia. The Labor Party exists for the people and serves the people.

4. The ultimate goal of Atlasia is to become an undisputed socialist society

Ah I see you have dropped the appearances and are now a commited socialist

[Former President tack50]

Thought for a bit over whether to submit this for sponsorship.

The Southern National Party is hereby banned.

All members of the Southern National Party have until July 1, 2023 to change their registration to another party.

Continued membership in the Southern National Party after that date is punishable by a a prohibition on holding office in Atlasia for a period of time that shall be determined by the Supreme Court.

This legislation shall take effect immediately upon passage.

Assuming this is even constitutional, you do realize that they could just reregister under a different name, right?

I wonder if a broader ban on "parties that seek their goals by unlawful and violent means" would work. However, tbf such a ban is mostly pointless on a game like this.