Censure Revision Act

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Legislation: Censure Revision Act

Category: Charter Amendment
Author: Korolevia

The Congress of the Democratic Socialist Assembly:
Observing that the McJESUS Act introduced the ability for the Court (ergo, as of the Ministry of Justice and Court Restructuring Act, the High Judge) of the DSA to unilaterally censure members of the region;
Wishing to limit the possibility of unjust treatment of members;
Admitting, however, that a means of quickly censuring wrongdoers without waiting for Congressional censuring is beneficial;
Hereby enacts the following legislation:

Chapter I - General Provisions
I - This act may be cited as the “Censure Revision Act”
II - This act shall come into force upon its passage.

Chapter II - Charter Amendment
I - Article III, Section I, Subsection V “Censuring” is struck out and rendered null and void:

Subsection 3.1.5 - Censuring
I. Censuring is a method for the Court or Congress to express their disapproval of the actions or conduct of a resident or Member of Congress.
II. Should the Court choose to censure a resident or Member of Congress, they shall provide their statement along with the ruling.
III. Should a Member of Congress wish to censure another Member, they will introduce the motion with their statement, and after a period of five (5) days, a vote may be held. The voting period shall last no fewer than seven (7) days.

II - a new Article III, Section I, Subsection V “Censuring” is inserted:

Subsection 3.1.5 - Censuring
I. Censuring is a method whereby Congress or the members occupying the elected judicial roles of the DSA may express official disapproval of the actions or conduct of a resident or Member of Congress.
II. Should a Member of Congress wish to censure another Member, they shall introduce a motion to Congress with a statement, and after a period of five (5) days, a vote may be held. The voting period shall last no fewer than seven (7) days.
III. On the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, or with the agreement of the Minister of Justice, the High Judge may censure a resident or Member of Congress. A joint statement between the Minister of Justice and High Judge shall be issued along with the ruling.

[jes5862]

I like the clarification of definitions. I endorse this.

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Good catch.

[Dekks]

I support this legislation, though i would like to state that i find the change to 1 a bit unneccesarry, considering that the high judge is in charge of the court. though it isn't a dealbreaker either.

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Nov 15, 2018 19:18:29 GMT Dekks said:

I support this legislation, though i would like to state that i find the change to 1 a bit unneccesarry, considering that the high judge is in charge of the court. though it isn't a dealbreaker either.

The change to Clause I is mainly to reflect the involvement of the Minister of Justice in addition to the High Judge

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Eh, how does allowing two officers to censure someone outside of the normal proceedings of the Court (IE an argued case with defence) limit the possibility of unjust treatment of members?

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Nov 15, 2018 20:04:29 GMT @bananaistan said:

Eh, how does allowing two officers to censure someone outside of the normal proceedings of the Court (IE an argued case with defence) limit the possibility of unjust treatment of members?

It means there's two elected officers doing it jointly and overseeing each other rather than leaving it up to the whim of one elected officer. Furthermore, Censuring is the expression of official disapproval rather than a full case involving disciplinary measures and as such it is useful to retain a means of issuing such disapproval while the matter at hand is still relevant rather than waiting for at least 12 days for Congressional censuring to pass.