D. N. Vercáriâ
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(last post: March 15, 2008 - 16:51)
Citizen #26:
Dieter N Vercáriâ | > A general note to the legislature from the Court.
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> I am a Justice of the Court, not a medical examiner.
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> I will be rendering a decision as requested on RC9, but let it be known that this is the last time I will be analyzing the legality of a failed piece of legislation.
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> The vetting process for legal/illegal is really suppose to take place before you submit, not after you vote and have it shot down.
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> I see another Talossan tradition has followed us to our new place. :-(
Your Honour, assuming a neutral position for a while, I think that RC9 is legal; and those involved in the legislative procedure who didn't support the bill did never question the legality of the bill, as far as I remember.
But looking back, maybe a detail of the procedure how the bill "sailed through" has been questionable. One Deputy, the esteemed Mr. Furxheir, was forced to retract his "contrâ" following a tie breaking rule in the Standing Orders. Maybe this rule is an undue restriction of the democratic rights of Mr. Furxheir, and maybe this rule should be declared null and void and replaced by something else, for instance by some setting aside of a proposed bill once it fails to "sail through" because of a tie.
Now off to some days in France,
the Att.-Gen.,
- D. N. Vercáriâ
¡Pecüliárismeu és escasençâ - MRP!
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