A RESOLUTION

To Support the Candy Desk

Be it resolved by the Senate and of the United States of America,

The Senate officially states that:

(a) Each Senator should have a turn with the candy desk if they want it.

Written by /u/Parado-I (G), Sponsored by /u/Parado-I (G)

• /u/IAmATinman has been nominated to of Cheif Justice to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court by President /u/Gunnz011

This hearing has been called by the Committee Chair and shall last 24 hours, questions asked 12 hours before the hearing is meant to end will be ruled out of order as to allow the person appearing before the committee fair time to answer questions.

/u/CuriositySMBC has been nominated as to the Supreme Court of the United States by President /u/GuiltyAir

This is a hearing thread, please ask the two witnesses questions below relating to reforming the judiciairy. Their two opening statements can be found below.

Testimony from /u/tripps_93

Mr. Chairman,

Thank you for asking me to testify today. I am happy to share my thoughts and ideas on a more active judiciary in the sim. I hope my experience as the current Chief Judge of Atlantic Commonwealth, a former Supreme Court Justice, and the numerous cases I have argued in both state supreme courts and the United States Supreme Court. I take judicial activity in the sim seriously, I promised to resign from the United States Supreme Court if a bill was passed to decrease the number of Supreme Court Justices, and that is what I did.

First, this Committee asks how to increase activity. I have several suggestions. There has been talk for nearly a year now about starting a model law school. This would take a lot of work, but I think it would increase a lot of knowledge. This is a political simulation; therefore I’m assuming most people here are interested in law and would be interested in a basic law course. This is not as complicated as it seems. I think covering a few subjects would cover most of the legal issues that come up before courts in the sim. I think a brief and short lesson on constitutional law and legal writing would dramatically raise the quality of legal arguments in the sim. The legal writing course could be as simple as teaching the IRAC analysis, which is Issue, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion. We could include a short quiz after each subject as well. This would take quite a bit of work, but this type of proactive response will increase activity.

The second suggestion I have for activity is awards. We’re all on reddit, we’re all jonesin for a hit of sweet sweet karma, so we all love fake awards. We could do awards for best brief, legal argument, most impactful decision, best written-decision etc etc. Make whatever categories you want. Now in general, I am not in favor of the giving the modelABA any actual authority over the sim judicial system, but I think this could be a fun way to get the ABA some activity as well. The modelABA could sponsor the event. They could create categories and ask judges and active attorneys. The details would need to be ironed out, but the idea is laid out. Second, there has been a lot of discussion about creating some sort of appellate court at the federal level. Personally, I do not think there is enough activity in SCOTUS to necessitate another, lower, federal court. However, for those that do feel that way I have some ideas. As a start, I am against using state court judges as federal appellate judges in any form. As many others have stated, we have a judge shortage in the sim, we usually get decently qualified people at the United States Supreme Court, but there is no question the quality of state judges isn’t quite as high. This has become clear recently, as the Midwestern State Supreme Court recently ruled on a case they had no jurisdiction. I don’t mean to disparage the Midwestern Supreme Court, but it’s that has to be considered. There just aren’t enough qualified people as state judges to provide a sufficient federal appellate court. I’m also hesitant to use state judges because it would mix federal and state law. It is hard enough to get state courts to focus on state law rather than federal law. Having them switch between a state judge and a federal appellate judge will make it more difficult. It could also confuse federal vs state justiciability issues.

If a federal appellate court is created I propose the following: A United States Supreme Court Justice should serve as the appellate judge over each state. The Supreme Court should have the power whether to hear the case in front of the appellate court – which can then be appealed to the entire Supreme Court, or just go before the full Supreme Court right away.

In the early days of the United States, each Supreme Court Justice would be responsible for hearing cases in a specific area of the country. This was called riding circuit. So my proposal would go back to the circuit riding era to some extent. The good thing about the set up of the simulation is there are 6 states and 7 Supreme Court Justices. We could even leave it up to the Justices to decide how to divvy up the states among themselves. The last justice could serve as an alternate in all states if the justice assigned to that state doesn’t have the time to hear the case. The circuit-riding is the first aspect of my proposal.

The second part of my proposal is the appeal structure. Many states follow the appeal structure I lay out. Many states have three levels of courts. A district court, an intermediate court, and a supreme court. Many of the three-court states have a system of appeal by which a district court decision is not appealed to the intermediate system, but appealed to the state supreme court. The Supreme Court then decides whether the hear the case or not and if they do choose to hear the case they can choose to have the intermediate court hear the case (which can then be appealed to the state supreme court) or skip the intermediate court and hear the district court decision directly. This allows the state supreme court to much more quickly hear important decisions. We should adopt this type of system for the sim for the same reasons.

So, I’ll restate my proposal. Supreme Court Justices should serve as appellate court judges. Each justice will be assigned a state to cover, with the leftover justice acting as alternate for every justice. When a case is brought to the Supreme Court, the court should have the power to decide whether or not to hear the case at all, and then whether the appellate justice should decide the case (whose decision can then be appealed to the entire court) or if the entire court should hear the case right away. This would increase the efficiency of the federal judicial system, while also providing an avenue for the Supreme Court to take up the imperative cases quickly.

There are obviously some logistical issues that would need to be worked out for this system. The biggest issue is the appellate justice will be unable to rule on the case if it goes before the entire court, which makes a tie in the Supreme Court a possibility. Last time I checked, however, there have been very few contentious cases. There have been no ties at the federal level, and only one or two cases have been within a vote of a tie.

The other issues are generally related to details. For example, how to divide up justices, is granting cert different for appellate court decisions, etc etc. I suggest this committee speak with the justices to get their feedback and incorporate their ideas into the bill to refine the federal court system.

Thank you for hearing my testimony, and I hope you adopt every single one of my ideas as close as possible to what I suggested.

Trips_93 Chief Judge, Atlantic Commonwealth

Testimony from /u/Comped

Testimony from /u/Comped can be found here

The Honorable Attorney General of the United States u/CuriositySMBC

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20530

Mr. Attorney General:

On behalf of Ranking Member NateLooney and myself, I am writing to invite you to testify at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the week of Monday May 21, 2018 in this r/ModelSenateJudiciCom conference thread. The purpose of the hearing is to conduct systemic oversight of the federal judiciary as we consider observations from experts and evaluate proposed ideas for court reforms to achieve a fairer, faster, and more professional tribunal system to serve the American people.

At the present time, we are developing a diverse panel of voluntary witnesses to supplement our understanding of the state of the judiciary. As the Attorney General in the u/Nonprehension Administration, we look forward to hearing your views on upcoming changes in and out of Congress. In particular we are exploring opportunities to rekindle the courts and encourage activity within chambers through the possible development of district, circuit, and specialized chambers to better allocate legal expertise and complement the state judiciaries which traditionally serve as trial fact-finders to the federal appellate system.

We would appreciate by Sunday evening your confirmation via thread reply acknowledging receipt of and agreement to this invitation. The Committee strongly advises all witnesses to submit a copy of a prepared written statement pertinent to the above inquiry at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, the Ranking Member, and the Senate Clerk directly.

Sincerely,

Chairman CaribCannibal

U.S. Senator

Please vote on the cabinet nominees

Attorney General - /u/CuriositySMBC

Secretary of Homeland Security - /u/CheckMyBrain11

FBI director - /u/Leafy_Emerald

CIA Director - /u/toastinrussian

Director of National Intelligence - /u/The_Town_

Please vote bellow indicating which nominee you are voting for, the hearing thread can be found here

The amendment has been amended to read as follows:

"The several States within the union may not use funds, either raised through taxation, federal grants, or raised by any other sources and means, to support, whether by direct or indirect means, public or private schools, land, or institutions which are devoted to, practice, and endorse religious sects or denominations excluding religiously-run charities."

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Increasing Capitol Security Act

An Act to increase security of the Capitol in order to keep the building and those in the building safe.

Whereas, events like those that were seen on January 6, 2021, must never be allowed to occur again.

Whereas, the events of January 6 show that security at the Capitol must be increased to protect the building and those who work in or are visiting the building.

Whereas, it is important that members of government take action to ensure that the Capitol is protected.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE

This Act may be referred to as the “Increasing Capitol Security Act”

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS

(1) The U.S. Capitol Police shall refer to the United States Capitol Police force, a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for protecting Congress, members of Congress, Capitol employees, visitors, and Congressional builidings from disruption, crime, and terrorism.

(2) The Capitol Police Board shall refer to the four member board that oversees the Capitol Police.

(3) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall refer to the federal executive department created in 2002 that protects public security.

(4) The National Guard shall refer to the reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces that is composed of National Guard military members and units from each state, including Washington, D.C.

(5) The Architect of the Capitol shall refer to the agency that maintains, operates, develops, and preserves the U.S. Capitol Complex.

(6) Mayor shall refer to the mayor of Washington, D.C.

SECTION 3: PURPOSE AND FINDINGS

(1) PURPOSE:

(a) To increase security at the Capitol Building.

(b) To prevent events similar to those that were seen on January 6 within the Capitol building from ever occurring again.

(c) To decrease the time it takes to deploy the National Guard during certain times in Washington, D.C.

(d) To increase the accountability of the Capitol police.

(2) FINDINGS:

(a) On January 6, 2021, protesters were able to storm the Capitol Building.

(b) The events of January 6, 2021, led to much death and destruction in our Capitol.

(c) The violence that occurred in the Capitol must be prevented from ever happening again.

(d) Security failures at the Capitol on the day of the presidential election certification led to the protests getting as out of hand as they did in the Capitol.

(e) In order to call in the National Guard, the mayor of Washington, D.C. is required to be approved by the Washington, D.C. National Guard army secretary, which delays this process.

SECTION 4: INCREASING CAPITOL SECURITY

(1) The U.S. Capitol Police shall be authorized to hire 500 more officers.

(i) This will increase the size of the Capitol Police force from 2,000 members to 2,500 members.

SECTION 5: PROTECTING THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING

(1) The Architect of the Capitol shall be authorized to design and build a permanent barrier that will protect the exterior of the Capitol Building from a future storming.

(2) The height, design, and location of the barrier should be sufficient to protect the Capitol Building and may be determined by the Architect of the Capitol.

(3) This barrier must be completed no later than January 6, 2024.

(4) The necessary funding amount for the construction of this barrier shall be determined by the Architect of the Capitol.

SECTION 6: PROTECTING FUTURE ELECTORAL VOTE CERTIFICATIONS

(1) During electoral vote certifications, the following entities shall be authorized to guard the Capitol Building:

(a) The U.S. Capitol Police

(b) The Department of Homeland Security

(2) During electoral vote certifications, the mayor of Washington, D.C. shall be authorized to declare a state of emergency similar to a state governor in order to deploy the National Guard.

(a) This power shall only be available to the mayor during the event of an electoral vote certification and shall no longer be available to the mayor at the conclusion of an electoral vote certification.

(3) In the event of the Mayor calling in the National Guard during an electoral vote certification, the National Guard is to be immediately mobilized to protect the Capitol with no unreasonable delays.

SECTION 7: ACCOUNTABILITY

(1) An internal Capitol Police investigation is to be conducted into the security failures that led to the events of January 6, 2021 in the Capitol Building to occur.

(a) This investigation shall be run by and overseen by the Capitol Police Board.

(b) No later than October 6, 2021, the Capitol Police Board shall submit a report to Congress that shall include the following information:

(i) Specific security failures that led to protesters being able to enter the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.

(ii) Recommendations to ensure the future security of the Capitol Building.

(iii) Any other information relevant to the security of the Capitol Building.

SECTION 8: ENACTMENT

(1) This Act shall go into effect immediately after passage.

(2) Severability - If any provision of this Act or an amendment made by this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid for any reason in any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions and amendments to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected.

This Act is authored and sponsored by Senator Polka Dot (D-GA) (u/polkadot48), cosponsored by Speaker of the House Brihimia (D-DX-4)

H.R.### IN THE HOUSE A BILL enshrining equal rights to lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, and other sexual orientation and gender identity minorities of the United States;

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:,

Section 1: Short Title

(a) This amendment may be referred to as the “Civil Rights Amendment of 2021”.

Section 2: Amending Title II

(a) Title II Section 201 (a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

(b) Title II Section 202 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

Section 3: Amending Title III

(a) Title III Section 301 (a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

Section 4: Amending Title IV

(a) Title IV Section 401 (b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

(b) Title IV Section 402 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

Section 5: Amending Title VI

(a) Title VI Section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “color” and “or”.

Section 6: Amending Title VII

(a) Title VII Section 701 (b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(b) Title VII Section 703 (a) (1) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(c) Title VII Section 703 (a) (2) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(d) Title VII Section 703 (b) (2) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(e) Title VII Section 703 (c) (1) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(f) Title VII Section 703 (c) (2) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(g) Title VII Section 703 (d) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(h) Title VII Section 703 (e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

(i) Title VII Section 703 (e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between each instance of the words “sex” and “or”.

(j) Title VII Section 704 (b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between each instance of the words “sex” and “or”.

(k) Title VII Section 706 (g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “sex” and “or”.

Section 7: Amending Civil Rights Act of 1957

(a) Section 104 (a) (1) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

(b) Section 104 (a) (2) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

(c) Section 104 (a) (3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

(d) Section 104 (a) (4) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 shall be amended to insert “sexual orientation, gender identity” in between the words “religion” and “or”.

This amendment was authored by Associate Justice /u/oath2order (D-CH).

S. J. Res. 153: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, By two-thirds of the House of the Representatives and the Senates of the United States of America in Congress here assembled, that the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within ten years of its submission by the Congress:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This amendment may be cited as the “Equal Rights Amendment.”

SECTION 3. AMENDMENT

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation.

This amendment is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader /u/darthholo (S-AC) and co-sponsored by Speaker of the House /u/Ninjjadragon (D-CH-2).

The Resolution, which may or may not be amended by this Committee, is read above in its current form.

Any committee members may propose Amendments; however, familiarize yourself with any rules set by the Senate or the Committee that may exist.

This thread will close at 3:45 PM EST Tuesday.

S.XXX

IN THE SENATE

March 30th, 2020

A BILL

adjusting our record preservation laws for the modern era

Whereas, the United States should strive for maximum clarity in our laws respecting record retention;

Whereas, there is a delicate balance between history being available to learn from and national security being protected;

Whereas, some adjustments to said balance in favor of history being available are appropriate;

Whereas, the United States learned the hard way that official communications through non-official channels are inappropriate;

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1: Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the “Preservation of History Act”.

Section 2: Constitutional Basis

(1) The constitutional basis for this bill may be found in Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress “All legislative powers herein granted”.

Section 3: Provisions

(1) In this act, bold text indicates an addition and strikethrough text indicates striking.

(2) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (a) is amended to the following:

(i) Prior to the conclusion of a President’s term of office or last consecutive term of office, as the case may be, the President shall specify durations, not to exceed 12 8 years, for which access shall be restricted with respect to information, in a Presidential record, within one or more of the following categories:

(3) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (a)(1) is amended to the following:

(i) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order;

(4) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (a)(1)(A) is striken.

(5) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (a)(2) is striken and the remaining renumbered accordingly.

(6) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (b)(2)(A) is amended to the following:

(i) the date which is 5 4 years after the date on which the Archivist obtains custody of such record pursuant to section 2203(d)(1); [1] or

(7) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (d) is amended to the following:

(i) Upon the death**,** or disability**, (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the President themself), or the inability to exercise their powers in accordance with the 25th amendment to the United States Constitution** of a President or former President, any discretion or authority the President or former President may have had under this chapter, except section 2208, shall be exercised by the Archivist unless otherwise previously provided by the President or former President in a written notice to the Archivist.

(8) 44 U.S. Code § 2204, (d) has the following added as a subsection:

(i) (1) If the President or former President is disabled or unable to discharge their powers in accordance with the 25th amendment to the United States Constitution under the terms of paragraph (d) such disability may be ended and the President or former President will regain all discretion or authority under this chapter they lost. Such disability may be ended in the following manner:

(A) Where the President or former President is ruled disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction, a ruling from the same or a similar court of competent jurisdiction that the President or former President is no longer disabled;

(B) Where the President or former President has ruled themself disabled by notice to the Archivist reversing that previous determination; or

(C) Where the President is unable to discharge their powers in accordance with the terms of the 25th amendment to the United States Constitution, when the President transmits their written declaration that no such inability exists to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(9) 44 U.S. Code § 2911, (a) is amended to the following:

(i) In General.—An officer or employee of an executive agency may not create or send a record using a non-official electronic messaging account**.** unless such officer or employee—

(10) 44 U.S. Code § 2911, (1),(2) are striken.

(11) 44 U.S. Code § 2209, (a) is amended to the following:

(i) In General.—The President, the Vice President, or a covered employee may not create or send a Presidential or Vice Presidential record using a non-official electronic message account**.** unless the President, Vice President, or covered employee—

(12) 44 U.S. Code § 2909, (1),(2) are striken.

(13) 18 U.S. Code § 1924, (a) is amended to the following:

(i) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly or with reckless disregard of the law, directly or indirectly, removes or attempts to remove such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

Section 4: Enactment

(1) This act will take effect 90 days following its passage into law.

(2) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration will not affect the part which remains.

This act was authored and sponsored by Senate Majority Leader PrelateZeratul (R-DX) and co-sponsored by Rep. Polkadot48 (R-CH1).

The chairman has subpoenaed the Governor of Lincoln according to this document.

The Subpoena will last approximately 48 hours, any questions asked 4 hours before the end of the hearing that are not answered will not be help against the subpoenaed person.

• /u/BSDDC has been nominated to of Associate Justice to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court by President /u/Gunnz011.

• /u/Reagan0 has been nominated to of Associate Justice to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court by President /u/Gunnz011.

President /u/Gunnz011 has nominated /u/Aubrio to be the Deputy Attorney General.

Confirmation vote will last two days

Federal Gender Security Act

Whereas citizens should not be endangered by sexual predators; Whereas citizens deserve a basic level of everyday safety; Whereas the Federal Government has power over its own buildings, restrooms, and prisons, which it should use and can use to protect its citizens and employees;

Be it Enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION I. LONG TITLE

     (1.) This Act may be cited as the “Federal Gender Security Act of 2019”, or simply as the “Gender Security Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

     (1.) For the purposes of this act, “Biological Sex” shall refer to the gender assigned to a man or women at birth, based of the genital organs thereof.

     (2.) For the purposes of this act, “Federal Government Building” shall be defined as any building owned, managed, or occupied by the Federal Government, in addition to any building whose owner, occupier, or controller receives monetary funding from the federal government.

     (3.) For the purposes of this act, “Hermaphrodite” shall refer to a person naturally having both male and female biological organs.

SECTION III. FINDINGS

     (1.) The Congress finds that the transgender inmates being placed with not transgender prison inmates has in many cases lead to the rape or assault of those same inmates.

     (2.) The Congress finds that biological sex should be followed in bathroom usage so as to best ensure the safety of those involved.

     (3.) The Congress finds that biological sex and gender is set at birth and should be followed for government matters.

SECTION IV. PROVISIONS

     (1.) Upon sentencing, the Bureau of Prisons remand convicted inmates to prisons reflecting their biological gender. No inmate shall be placed in a prison, cell block, or grouping based off of any other claimed or stated gender save for their biological gender.

      (1a.) This clause shall not be construed to mandate the placing of biological Hermaphrodites in either male or female prisons, cell blocks, or groupings.

     (2.) All Federal Government buildings shall mandate that visitors and staff use bathrooms reflecting of their biological gender.

      (2a.) This clause shall not be construed to block biological Hermaphrodites from using their bathroom of choice.

      (2b.) This clause shall not apply to family bathrooms, restrooms or changing rooms.

      (2c.) This clause shall not apply to parents or guardians accompanying a minor child of the opposite sex, or a disabled or otherwise incapacitated individual.

      (2d.) This clause shall not apply to singular single room restrooms without stalls.

      (2e.) This clause shall not apply to minor children below the age of 12.

SECTION IV. ENACTMENT

     (1.) This act shall take effect three months following its passage into law.

     (2.) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this act shall remain valid.

This act is authored and sponsored by Senator /u/DexterAamo (R-DX), and co-sponsored by Sen. /u/Kbelica (R-CH)

LinkS. XXX: Recognizing Domestic Terrorism Act

SECTION 1: PREAMBLE

Whereas there is no specific statute regarding domestic terrorism;

Whereas domestic terrorism is often just as strong a threat to our nation and way of life as international terrorism;

SECTION 2: PROVISIONS

(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.—

    (1) OFFENSES.—Whoever engages in conduct within the borders of the United States and --

         (A) kills, kidnaps, maims, commits an assault resulting in serious bodily injury, or assaults with a dangerous weapon any person within the United States; or

         (B) creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to any other person by destroying or damaging any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property within the United States or by attempting or conspiring to destroy or damage any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property within the United States;

In violation of the laws of any State, or the United States, and with the intent to

    i. intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

    ii. to influence the policy of government by intimidation or coercion; or

    iii. To affect the conduct of a government

shall be punished as prescribed in subsection (b).

    (2) THREATS, ATTEMPTS AND CONSPIRACIES.—

Whoever threatens to commit an offense under paragraph (1), or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished under subsection (b).

(b) PENALTIES.--Whoever violates this section shall be punished—

     (A) for a killing, kidnapping, or if death results to any person from any other conduct prohibited by this section by imprisonment for any term of years or for life;

     (B) for maiming, by imprisonment for not more than 35 years;

     (C) for assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years;

     (D) for destroying or damaging any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property, by imprisonment for not more than 25 years;

     (E) for attempting or conspiring to commit an offense, for any term of years up to the maximum punishment that would have applied had the offense been completed; and

     (F) for threatening to commit an offense under this section, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.

(c) CONSECUTIVE SENTENCE.—

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not place on probation any person convicted of a violation of this section; or shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this section run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment.

(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIGGERING CRIME—

this section shall be included as a triggering crime within 18 USC § 2339A(a).

(e) CENTRALIZED DATA COLLECTION.—

     (1) The Attorney General shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the Senate, by September 1 of each year, a full and complete report providing--

          (A) details as to every instance of a violation under this section, including but not limited to the perpetrator, a brief narrative of the incident, and the steps taken in responding to the incident;

          (B) all relevant information about any activities during the preceding year engaged in by any group reasonably believed by the Attorney General to be involved in the kidnapping or death for the reasons of intent outlined in Section a(1)(B)(i-iii) of any American during the preceding five years in order

          (C) any other information the Attorney General determines should be included.

SECTION 3: PLAIN ENGLISH

This bill creates a criminal statute aimed specifically at domestic terrorism by mirroring and adapting the pertinent parts of the international terrorism statute. While domestic terrorism can often be prosecuted under other statutes, there is currently no statute that allows prosecutors to prosecute it for what it is: terrorism. The bill also requires the Attorney General to produce an annual report of all instances of domestic terrorism and the activities of groups which have engaged in domestic terrorism, so that there is a centralized location for this data, which is not currently the case. The bill also has a section dedicated to centralized data collection, which is currently lacking for these types of crimes.

SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this bill shall be found unconstitutional, unenforceable, or otherwise stricken, the remainder of the bill shall remain in full force and effect, unless such striking or removal of a provision or passage renders the entirety of the bill’s purpose unattainable, in which case the entirety of the bill shall be rendered null and void.

SECTION 5: ENACTMENT

This law shall take effect immediately after passage.

This bill was authored and sponsored by Senator SHOCKULAR (D-NE) and co-sponsored by Senator Kingthero (BM-CH)

Whereas, blood quanta are artifacts from a racist period in American history,

Whereas, blood quanta do little more than to disown Indigenous Peoples of their traditional lands, customs, traditions, and claims to heritage,

Whereas, it is the duty of our nation to make whole injured parties whole, especially including those parties who were harmed as a result of racist policy,

Whereas, many Indigenous Nations are caught betwixt the Canadian-American border, with some members born on the Canadian side wishing to be granted lawful entry to the American side, but are otherwise disallowed due to such blood quanta regulations, and

Whereas, the same applies to Indigenous Nations caught betwixt the Mexican-American border,

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section I. Short Title

This Act may be referred to as the Blood Quanta Elimination Act.

Section II. Blood Quanta Reversal

A. Section 1359 of title 8 of United States Code shall be amended to read as follows: “Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the right of American Indians born in Canada, who possess membership to either a American tribe, band, or nation, or its Canadian counterpart, to pass the borders of the United States.”.

B. Upon the valid application of any American Indian born in Canada to be granted lawful entry to the United States, the United States shall issue, except in cases of valid national security concerns, such waiver for lawful entry. There shall be no numerical limit to such applications or waivers. Refusal of waiver shall be appealable in a manner prescribed by the Department of Homeland Security, or its equivalent, with final appeal reaching the President.

C. The United States shall not use blood quanta in any determination of granting lawful entry to any person.

Section III. American Indian Right of Return from Mexico

A. For the purposes of subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 8 of United States Code, nothing shall be construed to affect the right of American Indians born in Mexico, who possess membership to either an American tribe, band, or nation, or its Mexican counterpart, to pass the borders of the United States.

B. Upon the valid application of any American Indian born in Mexico to be granted lawful entry to the United States, the United States shall issue, except in cases of valid national security concerns, such waiver for lawful entry. There shall be no numerical limit to such applications or waivers. Refusal of waiver shall be appealable in a manner prescribed by the Department of Homeland Security, or its equivalent, with final appeal reaching the President.

Section IV. Rules of Construction; Enactment; Severability

A. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as granting non-American Indians, or their respective Canadian or Mexican counterparts, any additional rights or privileges in application for lawful entry to the United States. The United States shall defer to American Indian tribes, bands, and nations, or the Canadian or Mexican counterparts thereof, in the determination of whether an individual possesses membership thereto. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the right or privilege of American Indian tribes, bands, and nations, or the Canadian or Mexican counterparts thereof, to use blood quanta in determining membership thereto.

B. This Act shall go into effect immediately after its passage into law.

C. The provisions of this Act are severable. If any part of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, or repealed, that declaration or repeal shall not affect the parts which remain.

The Export-Import Bank Deauthorization Act

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank is the very embodiment of crony capitalism

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank is corporate welfare run amok

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank costs the United States billions of dollars

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank is due to be reauthorized by Congress on September 30th, 2019

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE.

This bill may be cited as The Export-Import Bank Deauthorization Act

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS.

(a) The Export-Import Bank - The Export-Import Bank of the United States which is an Independent Agency located within the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

(a) Chairman - The Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States along with Directors of the same bank.

SECTION III. DISSOLUTION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

(a) The Export-Import Bank shall cease all operations and be ended on December 31, 2019.

(b) Immediately following the passage of this Act the Export-Import Bank shall not offer any loans, loan guarantees, insurance, or anything reasonably similar.

1. Any current negotiations or otherwise ongoing regarding loans, loan guarantees, insurance, or anything reasonably similar shall be terminated and no further negotiations regarding these subjects may commence.

(c) The Chairman, in cooperation with the United States Secretary of the Treasury, shall be responsible for overseeing and implementing efforts to end the Export-Import Bank on December 31, 2019.

(d) The Chairman shall, within 3 months of this Act’s passage into law, present to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein a report detailing the current status of efforts to cease operations. The same shall occur at least 2 months prior to December 31, 2019.

1. This report shall include all information deemed relevant by the Chairman and by the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

2. At least 2 weeks prior to the issuance of the report to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein, the Chairman shall advise Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein of the subjects expected to be addressed in the upcoming report.

SECTION IV. CARE OF ASSETS

(a) The Chairman and the United States Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately begin to develop a plan to transfer existing assets of the Export-Import Bank to the Department of the Treasury.

1. The report outlining this plan must be presented to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein once it is completed.

(b) All assets of the Export-Import Bank shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury on or before December 31, 2019.

1. A report must be submitted by the United States Secretary of the Treasury to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein specifically detailing the assets that have been transferred from the Export-Import Bank to the Department of the Treasury no later than January 31, 2020.

SECTION V. NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE

(a) This act shall take effect notwithstanding any other provisions of applicable law.

SECTION VI. ENACTMENT

(a) This act shall take effect immediately following its passage into law.

(b) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains.

This bill is authored and sponsored by Senator PrelateZeratul (R-DX)

The Export-Import Bank Deauthorization Act

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank is the very embodiment of crony capitalism

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank is corporate welfare run amok

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank costs the United States billions of dollars

Whereas, the Export-Import Bank is due to be reauthorized by Congress on September 30th, 2019

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE.

This bill may be cited as The Export-Import Bank Deauthorization Act

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS.

(a) The Export-Import Bank - The Export-Import Bank of the United States which is an Independent Agency located within the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

(a) Chairman - The Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States along with Directors of the same bank.

SECTION III. DISSOLUTION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

(a) The Export-Import Bank shall cease all operations and be ended on December 31, 2019.

(b) Immediately following the passage of this Act the Export-Import Bank shall not offer any loans, loan guarantees, insurance, or anything reasonably similar.

1. Any current negotiations or otherwise ongoing regarding loans, loan guarantees, insurance, or anything reasonably similar shall be terminated and no further negotiations regarding these subjects may commence.

(c) The Chairman, in cooperation with the United States Secretary of the Treasury, shall be responsible for overseeing and implementing efforts to end the Export-Import Bank on December 31, 2019.

(d) The Chairman shall, within 3 months of this Act’s passage into law, present to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein a report detailing the current status of efforts to cease operations. The same shall occur at least 2 months prior to December 31, 2019.

1. This report shall include all information deemed relevant by the Chairman and by the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

2. At least 2 weeks prior to the issuance of the report to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein, the Chairman shall advise Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein of the subjects expected to be addressed in the upcoming report.

SECTION IV. CARE OF ASSETS

(a) The Chairman and the United States Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately begin to develop a plan to transfer existing assets of the Export-Import Bank to the Department of the Treasury.

1. The report outlining this plan must be presented to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein once it is completed.

(b) All assets of the Export-Import Bank shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury on or before December 31, 2019.

1. A report must be submitted by the United States Secretary of the Treasury to Congress and the appropriate committees contained therein specifically detailing the assets that have been transferred from the Export-Import Bank to the Department of the Treasury no later than January 31, 2020.

SECTION V. NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE

(a) This act shall take effect notwithstanding any other provisions of applicable law.

SECTION VI. ENACTMENT

(a) This act shall take effect immediately following its passage into law.

(b) The provisions of this act are severable. If any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains.

This bill is authored and sponsored by Senator PrelateZeratul (R-DX)

Amendment proposal will last two days, followed by two days of amendment voting

No amendments were proposed

Judge Retirement Amendment

Whereas, the effectiveness of the courts is based on their legitimacy

Whereas, the courts are becoming increasingly politicized

Whereas, judges should not be forced to remain on the bench while sick or infirm until death due to worries about their successor

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:,

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE.

This amendment may be cited as the Judge Retirement Amendment

SECTION II. PROVISIONS

(a) The following text shall be added as an amendment to the United States Constitution, Article III, Section 1 following the word “Behaviour”:

1. but shall not hold office upon reaching the age of eighty or older

(b) The following text shall be added as an amendment to the United States Constitution, Article III, Section 1:

1. The age provision set out in this section shall not apply to any current officeholder at the time of this amendment’s adoption.

This amendment is authored and sponsored by Senator

S.J.Res.57 - Amendment Vote

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